------------------------The King James 2000 Version Gen 1 1 Genesis Exo 1 1 Exodus Lev 1 1 Leveticus Num 1 1 Numbers Deu 1 1 Deuteronomy Jos 1 1 Joshua Judg 1 1 Judges Ruth 1 1 Ruth 1Sam 1 1 1 Samuel 2Sam 1 1 2 Samuel 1Kin 1 1 1 Kings 2Kin 1 1 2 Kings 1Chro 1 1 1 Chronicles 2Chro 1 1 2 Chronicles Ezra 1 1 Ezra Neh 1 1 Nehemiah Est 1 1 Esther Job 1 1 Job Psa 1 1 Psalms Prov 1 1 Proverbs Eccl 1 1 Ecclesiastes Song 1 1 Song of Solomon Isa 1 1 Isaiah Jer 1 1 Jeremiah Lam 1 1 Lamentations Eze 1 1 Ezechiel Dan 1 1 Daniel Hos 1 1 Hosea Joel 1 1 Joel Amos 1 1 Amos Oba 1 1 Obadiah Jonah 1 1 Jonah Mic 1 1 Micah Nah 1 1 Nahum Hab 1 1 Habakkuk Zep 1 1 Zephaniah Hag 1 1 Haggai Zec 1 1 Zechariah Mal 1 1 Malachi Mat 1 1 Matthew Mark 1 1 Mark Luke 1 1 Luke John 1 1 John Acts 1 1 Acts Rom 1 1 Romans 1Cor 1 1 1 Corinthians 2Cor 1 1 2 Corinthians Gal 1 1 Galatians Eph 1 1 Ephesians Phi 1 1 Philippians Col 1 1 Colossians 1The 1 1 1 Thessalonians 2The 1 1 2 Thessalonians 1Tim 1 1 1 Timothy 2Tim 1 1 2 Timothy Titus 1 1 Titus Phm 1 1 Philemon Heb 1 1 Hebrews James 1 1 James 1Pet 1 1 1 Peter 2Pet 1 1 2 Peter 1John 1 1 1 John 2John 1 1 2 John 3John 1 1 3 John Jude 1 1 Jude Rev 1 1 Revelation ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 1 Gen 1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen 1 2 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. Gen 1 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Gen 1 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. Gen 1 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Gen 1 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Gen 1 7 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. Gen 1 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. Gen 1 9 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. Gen 1 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. Gen 1 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth vegetation, the plants yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. Gen 1 12 And the earth brought forth vegetation, and plants yielding seed after their kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind: and God saw that it was good. Gen 1 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. Gen 1 14 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: Gen 1 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. Gen 1 16 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. Gen 1 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, Gen 1 18 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. Gen 1 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. Gen 1 20 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. Gen 1 21 And God created great sea creatures, and every living thing that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind: and God saw that it was good. Gen 1 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. Gen 1 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. Gen 1 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kinds, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kinds: and it was so. Gen 1 25 And God made the beasts of the earth after their kinds, and cattle after their kinds, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind: and God saw that it was good. Gen 1 26 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 upon the earth. Gen 1 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Gen 1 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill 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 upon the earth. Gen 1 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, which has seed in its fruit; to you it shall be for food. Gen 1 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green plant for food: and it was so. Gen 1 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 2 Gen 2 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. Gen 2 2 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. Gen 2 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Gen 2 4 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, Gen 2 5 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. Gen 2 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. Gen 2 7 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. Gen 2 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Gen 2 9 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. Gen 2 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads. Gen 2 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which encompasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; Gen 2 12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. Gen 2 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that encompasses the whole land of Cush. Gen 2 14 And the name of the third river is Tigris: that is it which goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. Gen 2 15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it. Gen 2 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: Gen 2 17 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. Gen 2 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him. Gen 2 19 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 its name. Gen 2 20 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 a helper suitable for him. Gen 2 21 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 its place with flesh; Gen 2 22 And from the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Gen 2 23 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. Gen 2 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Gen 2 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 3 Gen 3 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, has God said, you shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Gen 3 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: Gen 3 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die. Gen 3 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, You shall not surely die: Gen 3 5 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. Gen 3 6 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. Gen 3 7 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. Gen 3 8 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. Gen 3 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where are you? Gen 3 10 And he said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. Gen 3 11 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? Gen 3 12 And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. Gen 3 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Gen 3 14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life: Gen 3 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. Gen 3 16 Unto 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. Gen 3 17 And unto Adam he said, Because you have listened unto 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; Gen 3 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field; Gen 3 19 In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return unto the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and unto dust shall you return. Gen 3 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Gen 3 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. Gen 3 22 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 forever: Gen 3 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. Gen 3 24 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 guard the way of the tree of life. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 4 Gen 4 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. Gen 4 2 And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Gen 4 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. Gen 4 4 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: Gen 4 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. Gen 4 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your countenance fallen? Gen 4 7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And you shall be its desire, and you must rule over it. Gen 4 8 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. Gen 4 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? Gen 4 10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries unto me from the ground. Gen 4 11 And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand; Gen 4 12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield unto you its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shall you be in the earth. Gen 4 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Gen 4 14 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 wanderer in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that anyone that finds me shall slay me. Gen 4 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Gen 4 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. Gen 4 17 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. Gen 4 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methushael: and Methushael begat Lamech. Gen 4 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. Gen 4 20 And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. Gen 4 21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. Gen 4 22 And Zillah, she also bore Tubalcain, an instructor of every forger in bronze and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. Gen 4 23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man for wounding me, and a young man for hurting me. Gen 4 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. Gen 4 25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, has appointed me another child instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. Gen 4 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 5 Gen 5 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Gen 5 2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. Gen 5 3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: Gen 5 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: Gen 5 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. Gen 5 6 And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh: Gen 5 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: Gen 5 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. Gen 5 9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan: Gen 5 10 And Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: Gen 5 11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died. Gen 5 12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel: Gen 5 13 And Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: Gen 5 14 And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. Gen 5 15 And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: Gen 5 16 And Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: Gen 5 17 And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. Gen 5 18 And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: Gen 5 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: Gen 5 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. Gen 5 21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: Gen 5 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: Gen 5 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: Gen 5 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Gen 5 25 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: Gen 5 26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: Gen 5 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. Gen 5 28 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: Gen 5 29 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. Gen 5 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: Gen 5 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. Gen 5 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 6 Gen 6 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, Gen 6 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Gen 6 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. Gen 6 4 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 bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Gen 6 5 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. Gen 6 6 And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. Gen 6 7 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 I am sorry that I have made them. Gen 6 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Gen 6 9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. Gen 6 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Gen 6 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. Gen 6 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. Gen 6 13 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. Gen 6 14 Make you an ark of gopher wood; rooms shall you make in the ark, and shall pitch it inside and outside with pitch. Gen 6 15 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. Gen 6 16 A window shall you make for the ark, and within 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. Gen 6 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; and everything that is in the earth shall die. Gen 6 18 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. Gen 6 19 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. Gen 6 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto you, to keep them alive. Gen 6 21 And take with 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. Gen 6 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 7 Gen 7 1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark; for you have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Gen 7 2 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. Gen 7 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth. Gen 7 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. Gen 7 5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. Gen 7 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. Gen 7 7 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. Gen 7 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of everything that creeps upon the earth, Gen 7 9 There went in two by two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. Gen 7 10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. Gen 7 11 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. Gen 7 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. Gen 7 13 In the very same 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; Gen 7 14 They, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every sort. Gen 7 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh, in which is the breath of life. Gen 7 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. Gen 7 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. Gen 7 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. Gen 7 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Gen 7 20 Fifteen cubits above did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Gen 7 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, and every man: Gen 7 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. Gen 7 23 And every living thing 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. Gen 7 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 8 Gen 8 1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided; Gen 8 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; Gen 8 3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. Gen 8 4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. Gen 8 5 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. Gen 8 6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: Gen 8 7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. Gen 8 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; Gen 8 9 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. Gen 8 10 And he waited yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; Gen 8 11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was a plucked off olive leaf: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. Gen 8 12 And he stayed yet another seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. Gen 8 13 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. Gen 8 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. Gen 8 15 And God spoke unto Noah, saying, Gen 8 16 Go forth from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you. Gen 8 17 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 upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. Gen 8 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: Gen 8 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creeps upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. Gen 8 20 And Noah built an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Gen 8 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet odor; 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 everything living, as I have done. Gen 8 22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 9 Gen 9 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth. Gen 9 2 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 moves upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Gen 9 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; even as the green plants have I given you all things. Gen 9 4 But flesh with its life, which is its blood, shall you not eat. Gen 9 5 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. Gen 9 6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. Gen 9 7 And you, be you fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Gen 9 8 And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, Gen 9 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; Gen 9 10 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. Gen 9 11 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. Gen 9 12 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: Gen 9 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. Gen 9 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: Gen 9 15 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. Gen 9 16 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. Gen 9 17 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. Gen 9 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. Gen 9 19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth peopled. Gen 9 20 And Noah began to till the soil, and he planted a vineyard: Gen 9 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunk; and he was uncovered within his tent. Gen 9 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside. Gen 9 23 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. Gen 9 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. Gen 9 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Gen 9 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Gen 9 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Gen 9 28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. Gen 9 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 10 Gen 10 1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. Gen 10 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. Gen 10 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. Gen 10 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. Gen 10 5 By these were the coastlands of the nations divided in their lands; everyone after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. Gen 10 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. Gen 10 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. Gen 10 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Gen 10 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: therefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. Gen 10 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Gen 10 11 Out of that land went forth Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah, Gen 10 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. Gen 10 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, Gen 10 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphtorim. Gen 10 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, Gen 10 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, Gen 10 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, Gen 10 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. Gen 10 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, unto Gaza; as you go, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. Gen 10 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. Gen 10 21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. Gen 10 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. Gen 10 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. Gen 10 24 And Arpachshad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber. Gen 10 25 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. Gen 10 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, Gen 10 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, Gen 10 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, Gen 10 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. Gen 10 30 And their territory was from Mesha, as you go unto Sephar a mount of the east. Gen 10 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. Gen 10 32 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, Chapter 11 Gen 11 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. Gen 11 2 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. Gen 11 3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and bitumen had they for mortar. Gen 11 4 And they said, Come, 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. Gen 11 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. Gen 11 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people are 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. Gen 11 7 Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. Gen 11 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city. Gen 11 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confuse the language of all the earth: and from there did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Gen 11 10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood: Gen 11 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. Gen 11 12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah: Gen 11 13 And Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. Gen 11 14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: Gen 11 15 And Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. Gen 11 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: Gen 11 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. Gen 11 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: Gen 11 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. Gen 11 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: Gen 11 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. Gen 11 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: Gen 11 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. Gen 11 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: Gen 11 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. Gen 11 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Gen 11 27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. Gen 11 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans. Gen 11 29 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. Gen 11 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. Gen 11 31 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 Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. Gen 11 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 12 Gen 12 1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, unto a land that I will show you: Gen 12 2 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: Gen 12 3 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. Gen 12 4 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. Gen 12 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions 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. Gen 12 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land. Gen 12 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto your descendants will I give this land: and there built he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. Gen 12 8 And he removed from there unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he built an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. Gen 12 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the Negeb. Gen 12 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was severe in the land. Gen 12 11 And it came to pass, when he came near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon: Gen 12 12 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. Gen 12 13 Say, I pray you, that you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you. Gen 12 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. Gen 12 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. Gen 12 16 And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and menservants, and maidservants, and female donkeys, and camels. Gen 12 17 And the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. Gen 12 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done unto me? why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Gen 12 19 Why did you say, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me as a wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way. Gen 12 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 13 Gen 13 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. Gen 13 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. Gen 13 3 And he went on his journeys from the Negeb even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai; Gen 13 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. Gen 13 5 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. Gen 13 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together. Gen 13 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled then in the land. Gen 13 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen; for we are brethren. Gen 13 9 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. Gen 13 10 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 came unto Zoar. Gen 13 11 Then Lot chose all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Gen 13 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. Gen 13 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. Gen 13 14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after 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: Gen 13 15 For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your descendants forever. Gen 13 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your descendants also be numbered. Gen 13 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto you. Gen 13 18 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, Chapter 14 Gen 14 1 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 Goiim; Gen 14 2 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. Gen 14 3 All these were joined together in the Valley of Siddim, which is the salt sea. Gen 14 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. Gen 14 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh- kiriathaim, Gen 14 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. Gen 14 7 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. Gen 14 8 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 Valley of Siddim; Gen 14 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. Gen 14 10 And the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. Gen 14 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way. Gen 14 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. Gen 14 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were allies with Abram. Gen 14 14 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. Gen 14 15 And he divided his forces against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. Gen 14 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. Gen 14 17 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 Valley. Gen 14 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. Gen 14 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: Gen 14 20 And blessed be the most high God, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him tithes of all. Gen 14 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to yourself. Gen 14 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, Gen 14 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe thong, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich: Gen 14 24 Except only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 15 Gen 15 1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward. Gen 15 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? Gen 15 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me you have given no descendants: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir. Gen 15 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come forth out of your own body shall be your heir. Gen 15 5 And he brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall your descendants be. Gen 15 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Gen 15 7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it. Gen 15 8 And he said, Lord GOD, how shall I know that I shall inherit it? Gen 15 9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a female goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle dove, and a young pigeon. Gen 15 10 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. Gen 15 11 And when the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. Gen 15 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. Gen 15 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that your descendants shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; Gen 15 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great possessions. Gen 15 15 And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. Gen 15 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete. Gen 15 17 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. Gen 15 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: Gen 15 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, Gen 15 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, Gen 15 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 16 Gen 16 1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. Gen 16 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing: I pray you, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. Gen 16 3 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. Gen 16 4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. Gen 16 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, The wrong done to me be upon 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. Gen 16 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her face. Gen 16 7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. Gen 16 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where did you come from? and where will you go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. Gen 16 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands. Gen 16 10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, that they shall not be numbered for multitude. Gen 16 11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael; because the LORD has heard your affliction. Gen 16 12 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 over against all his brethren. Gen 16 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spoke unto her, You God, see me: for she said, Have I also here seen him that sees me? Gen 16 14 Therefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. Gen 16 15 And Hagar bore Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bore, Ishmael. Gen 16 16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 17 Gen 17 1 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 you perfect. Gen 17 2 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. Gen 17 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, Gen 17 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. Gen 17 5 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. Gen 17 6 And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you. Gen 17 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto you, and to your descendants after you. Gen 17 8 And I will give unto you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a sojourner, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. Gen 17 9 And God said unto Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you, and your descendants after you in their generations. Gen 17 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you; Every male child among you shall be circumcised. Gen 17 11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskins; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. Gen 17 12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner, who is not of your descendants. Gen 17 13 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. Gen 17 14 And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant. Gen 17 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. Gen 17 16 And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall come from her. Gen 17 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? Gen 17 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before you! Gen 17 19 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 descendants after him. Gen 17 20 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. Gen 17 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto you at this set time in the next year. Gen 17 22 And he quit talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. Gen 17 23 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 foreskins in the same day, as God had said unto him. Gen 17 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. Gen 17 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. Gen 17 26 In the same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. Gen 17 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 18 Gen 18 1 And the LORD appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; Gen 18 2 And he lifted 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, Gen 18 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, pass not away, I pray you, from your servant: Gen 18 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: Gen 18 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort 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. Gen 18 6 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. Gen 18 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hastened to dress it. Gen 18 8 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. Gen 18 9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. Gen 18 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto you according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. Gen 18 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Gen 18 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? Gen 18 13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a certainty bear a child, who am old? Gen 18 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. Gen 18 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but you did laugh. Gen 18 16 And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. Gen 18 17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Gen 18 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? Gen 18 19 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 righteousness and justice; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him. Gen 18 20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave; Gen 18 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry, which has come unto me; and if not, I will know. Gen 18 22 And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. Gen 18 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Gen 18 24 Suppose there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are there? Gen 18 25 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? Gen 18 26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. Gen 18 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: Gen 18 28 Suppose 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. Gen 18 29 And he spoke unto him yet again, and said, Suppose there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. Gen 18 30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. Gen 18 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Suppose there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. Gen 18 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Suppose ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Gen 18 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left speaking with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 19 Gen 19 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at evening; 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; Gen 19 2 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 you shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. Gen 19 3 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. Gen 19 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: Gen 19 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men who came in to you this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. Gen 19 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, Gen 19 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not act so wickedly. Gen 19 8 Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. Gen 19 9 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 hard upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. Gen 19 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut the door. Gen 19 11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door. Gen 19 12 And the men said unto Lot, Have you here any besides? son-in- law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whatsoever you have in the city, bring them out of this place: Gen 19 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry against them has become great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it. Gen 19 14 And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who 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. Gen 19 15 And when the morning arose, then the angels rushed Lot, saying, Arise, take your wife, and your two daughters, who are here; lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city. Gen 19 16 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 outside the city. Gen 19 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that he said, Escape for your life; look not behind you, neither stay in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed. Gen 19 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: Gen 19 19 Behold now, your servant has found grace in your sight, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil overtake me, and I die: Gen 19 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape there, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. Gen 19 21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for which you have spoken. Gen 19 22 Haste you, escape there for I cannot do anything till you are come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Gen 19 23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Gen 19 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; Gen 19 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. Gen 19 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. Gen 19 27 And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: Gen 19 28 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. Gen 19 29 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 which Lot dwelt. Gen 19 30 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. Gen 19 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Gen 19 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve descendants of our father. Gen 19 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Gen 19 34 And it came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and you go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve descendants of our father. Gen 19 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Gen 19 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. Gen 19 37 And the firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. Gen 19 38 And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 20 Gen 20 1 And Abraham journeyed from there toward the Negeb, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. Gen 20 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Gen 20 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are but a dead man, for the woman that you have taken; for she is a man's wife. Gen 20 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, will you slay also a righteous nation? Gen 20 5 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 innocence of my hands have I done this. Gen 20 6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; for I also have kept you from sinning against me: therefore I permitted you not to touch her. Gen 20 7 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 that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours. Gen 20 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were much afraid. Gen 20 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What have you done unto us? and how have I offended you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? you have done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. Gen 20 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What was your thinking, that you have done this thing? Gen 20 11 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. Gen 20 12 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. Gen 20 13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is your kindness which you shall show unto me; at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. Gen 20 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife. Gen 20 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: dwell where it pleases you. Gen 20 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to you a vindication of the eyes, unto all that are with you, and with all others: thus she was righted. Gen 20 17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bore children. Gen 20 18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 21 Gen 21 1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. Gen 21 2 For Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. Gen 21 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. Gen 21 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. Gen 21 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. Gen 21 6 And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. Gen 21 7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have nursed children? for I have borne him a son in his old age. Gen 21 8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. Gen 21 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking. Gen 21 10 Therefore 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. Gen 21 11 And the thing was very displeasing in Abraham's sight because of his son. Gen 21 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be displeasing in your sight because of the lad, and because of your bondwoman; in all that Sarah has said unto you, listen unto her voice; for in Isaac shall your descendants be called. Gen 21 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is your descendant. Gen 21 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a skin 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. Gen 21 15 And the water was used up in the skin, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. Gen 21 16 And she went, and sat down apart from him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat away from him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. Gen 21 17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What ails you, Hagar? fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. Gen 21 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him with your hand; for I will make him a great nation. Gen 21 19 And 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. Gen 21 20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. Gen 21 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. Gen 21 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the chief captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do: Gen 21 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that you will 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 you, you shall do unto me, and to the land in which you have sojourned. Gen 21 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. Gen 21 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. Gen 21 26 And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing: neither did you tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but today. Gen 21 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. Gen 21 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. Gen 21 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves? Gen 21 30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shall you take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have dug this well. Gen 21 31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them. Gen 21 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. Gen 21 33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. Gen 21 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 22 Gen 22 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did test Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here am I. Gen 22 2 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 upon one of the mountains which I will tell you of. Gen 22 3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and cut the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Gen 22 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. Gen 22 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide you here with the donkey; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. Gen 22 6 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. Gen 22 7 And Isaac spoke 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? Gen 22 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. Gen 22 9 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. Gen 22 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. Gen 22 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. Gen 22 12 And he said, Lay not your hand upon the lad, neither do you anything unto him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me. Gen 22 13 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 instead of his son. Gen 22 14 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. Gen 22 15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, Gen 22 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, says the LORD, for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son: Gen 22 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies; Gen 22 18 And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice. Gen 22 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. Gen 22 20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she has also borne children unto your brother Nahor; Gen 22 21 Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, Gen 22 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. Gen 22 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. Gen 22 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bore also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 23 Gen 23 1 And Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. Gen 23 2 And Sarah died in Kiriatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. Gen 23 3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying, Gen 23 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. Gen 23 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, Gen 23 6 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. Gen 23 7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. Gen 23 8 And he spoke 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, Gen 23 9 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 burying place among you. Gen 23 10 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, Gen 23 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I give you, and the cave that is in it, I give it to you; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you: bury your dead. Gen 23 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. Gen 23 13 And he spoke unto 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. Gen 23 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, Gen 23 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? bury therefore your dead. Gen 23 16 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 merchants. Gen 23 17 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 over Gen 23 18 To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. Gen 23 19 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. Gen 23 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made over to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 24 Gen 24 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. Gen 24 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh: Gen 24 3 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 unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: Gen 24 4 But you shall go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. Gen 24 5 And the servant said unto him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring your son again unto the land from where you came? Gen 24 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware that you bring not my son there again. Gen 24 7 The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke unto me, and that swore unto me, saying, Unto your descendants will I give this land; he shall send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife unto my son from there. Gen 24 8 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 there again. Gen 24 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter. Gen 24 10 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. Gen 24 11 And he made his camels to kneel down outside the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. Gen 24 12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray you, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham. Gen 24 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: Gen 24 14 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 unto my master. Gen 24 15 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. Gen 24 16 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. Gen 24 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray you, drink a little water of your pitcher. Gen 24 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. Gen 24 19 And when she had finished giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking. Gen 24 20 And she hastened, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. Gen 24 21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to learn whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. Gen 24 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had finished 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; Gen 24 23 And said, Whose daughter are you? tell me, I pray you: is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in? Gen 24 24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore unto Nahor. Gen 24 25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and fodder enough, and room to lodge in. Gen 24 26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshiped the LORD. Gen 24 27 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's kinsmen. Gen 24 28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. Gen 24 29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. Gen 24 30 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 spoke the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. Gen 24 31 And he said, Come in, you blessed of the LORD; why stand you outside? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. Gen 24 32 And the man came into the house: and he unloaded his camels, and gave straw and fodder for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. Gen 24 33 And there was set food before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on. Gen 24 34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant. Gen 24 35 And the LORD has blessed my master greatly; and he has become great: and he has given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and donkeys. Gen 24 36 And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old: and unto him has he given all that he has. Gen 24 37 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: Gen 24 38 But you shall go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. Gen 24 39 And I said unto my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me. Gen 24 40 And he said unto 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's house: Gen 24 41 Then shall you be clear from this my oath, when you come to my kindred; and if they give you not one, you shall be clear from my oath. Gen 24 42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go: Gen 24 43 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; Gen 24 44 And she says to me, Both drink, and I will also draw for your camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD has appointed out for my master's son. Gen 24 45 And before I had finished speaking in my 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 you. Gen 24 46 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. Gen 24 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore unto him: and I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her arms. Gen 24 48 And I bowed down my head, and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. Gen 24 49 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. Gen 24 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from the LORD: we cannot speak unto you bad or good. Gen 24 51 Behold, Rebekah is before you, take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the LORD has spoken. Gen 24 52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshiped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. Gen 24 53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. Gen 24 54 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. Gen 24 55 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. Gen 24 56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD has prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. Gen 24 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. Gen 24 58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go. Gen 24 59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. Gen 24 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, You are our sister, be the mother of thousands of millions, and let your descendants possess the gate of those who hate them. Gen 24 61 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. Gen 24 62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the Negeb. Gen 24 63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. Gen 24 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel. Gen 24 65 For she had said unto 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. Gen 24 66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. Gen 24 67 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, Chapter 25 Gen 25 1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. Gen 25 2 And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. Gen 25 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. Gen 25 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. Gen 25 5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. Gen 25 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. Gen 25 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred three score and fifteen years. Gen 25 8 Then Abraham died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. Gen 25 9 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; Gen 25 10 The field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. Gen 25 11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. Gen 25 12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore unto Abraham: Gen 25 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, Gen 25 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, Gen 25 15 Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: Gen 25 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations. Gen 25 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty-seven years: and he breathed his last and died; and was gathered unto his people. Gen 25 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is beside Egypt, as you go toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren. Gen 25 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: Gen 25 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddanaram, the sister to Laban the Aramean. Gen 25 21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. Gen 25 22 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. Gen 25 23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in your womb, and two manner of people shall be born of you; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. Gen 25 24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. Gen 25 25 And the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. Gen 25 26 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 three score years old when she bore them. Gen 25 27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. Gen 25 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. Gen 25 29 And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: Gen 25 30 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. Gen 25 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day your birthright. Gen 25 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point of death: and what profit shall this birthright be to me? Gen 25 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Gen 25 34 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, Chapter 26 Gen 26 1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. Gen 26 2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell you of: Gen 26 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for unto you, and unto your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham your father; Gen 26 4 And I will make your descendants to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto your descendants all these countries; and in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Gen 26 5 Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. Gen 26 6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: Gen 26 7 And the men of the place asked him about 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. Gen 26 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah his wife. Gen 26 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a truth she is your wife: and how said you, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. Gen 26 10 And Abimelech said, What is this you have done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guiltiness upon us. Gen 26 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. Gen 26 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. Gen 26 13 And the man became great, and advanced, and grew until he became very great: Gen 26 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and a great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. Gen 26 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. Gen 26 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for you are much mightier than we. Gen 26 17 And Isaac departed from there, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. Gen 26 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug 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. Gen 26 19 And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. Gen 26 20 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. Gen 26 21 And they dug another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. Gen 26 22 And he removed from there, and dug 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. Gen 26 23 And he went up from there to Beersheba. Gen 26 24 And the LORD appeared unto 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 descendants for my servant Abraham's sake. Gen 26 25 And 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. Gen 26 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phicol the chief captain of his army. Gen 26 27 And Isaac said unto them, Why come you to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you? Gen 26 28 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; Gen 26 29 That you will do us no hurt, as we have not touched you, and as we have done unto you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace: you are now the blessed of the LORD. Gen 26 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. Gen 26 31 And they rose up early in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. Gen 26 32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said unto him, We have found water. Gen 26 33 And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day. Gen 26 34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: Gen 26 35 Who were a source of grief unto Isaac and to Rebekah. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 27 Gen 27 1 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. Gen 27 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: Gen 27 3 Now therefore take, I pray you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; Gen 27 4 And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die. Gen 27 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. Gen 27 6 And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard your father speak unto Esau your brother, saying, Gen 27 7 Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before the LORD before my death. Gen 27 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you. Gen 27 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from there two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves: Gen 27 10 And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you before his death. Gen 27 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: Gen 27 12 My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. Gen 27 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be your curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go bring me them. Gen 27 14 And he went, and took, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved. Gen 27 15 And Rebekah took the best clothing of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: Gen 27 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: Gen 27 17 And she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. Gen 27 18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who are you, my son? Gen 27 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done according as you bade me: arise, I pray you, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me. Gen 27 20 And Isaac said unto 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. Gen 27 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you be my very son Esau or not. Gen 27 22 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. Gen 27 23 And he recognized him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. Gen 27 24 And he said, are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am. Gen 27 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's 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. Gen 27 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. Gen 27 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed: Gen 27 28 Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine: Gen 27 29 Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brethren, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be everyone that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you. Gen 27 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had finished 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. Gen 27 31 And he also had made savory food, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me. Gen 27 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn Esau. Gen 27 33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. Gen 27 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. Gen 27 35 And he said, your brother came with subtlety, and has taken away your blessing. Gen 27 36 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? Gen 27 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with grain and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto you, my son? Gen 27 38 And Esau said unto 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. Gen 27 39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; Gen 27 40 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. Gen 27 41 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. Gen 27 42 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, your brother Esau, concerning you, does comfort himself, purposing to kill you. Gen 27 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee to Laban my brother to Haran; Gen 27 44 And tarry with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away; Gen 27 45 Until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets that which you have done to him: then I will send, and bring you from there: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? Gen 27 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these who are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 28 Gen 28 1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, you shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Gen 28 2 Arise, go to Paddanaram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take you a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. Gen 28 3 And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people; Gen 28 4 And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land in which you are a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. Gen 28 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. Gen 28 6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Paddanaram, 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; Gen 28 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddanaram; Gen 28 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; Gen 28 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives whom he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife. Gen 28 10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. Gen 28 11 And he came 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. Gen 28 12 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. Gen 28 13 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 on which you lie, to you will I give it, and to your descendants; Gen 28 14 And your descendants 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 descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Gen 28 15 And, behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places wherever 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. Gen 28 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. Gen 28 17 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. Gen 28 18 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. Gen 28 19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at first. Gen 28 20 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 clothing to put on, Gen 28 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: Gen 28 22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that you shall give me I will surely give the tenth unto you. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 29 Gen 29 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. Gen 29 2 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. Gen 29 3 And there 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 its place. Gen 29 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, from where are you? And they said, Of Haran are we. Gen 29 5 And he said unto them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. Gen 29 6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep. Gen 29 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the flocks should be gathered together: water the sheep, and go and feed them. Gen 29 8 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. Gen 29 9 And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. Gen 29 10 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. Gen 29 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. Gen 29 12 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. Gen 29 13 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. Gen 29 14 And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. Gen 29 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? tell me, what shall your wages be? Gen 29 16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Gen 29 17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored. Gen 29 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter. Gen 29 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. Gen 29 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had for her. Gen 29 21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. Gen 29 22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. Gen 29 23 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. Gen 29 24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for a handmaid. Gen 29 25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this you have done unto me? did not I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me? Gen 29 26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. Gen 29 27 Fulfill her week, and we will give you this other also for the service which you shall serve with me yet seven other years. Gen 29 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. Gen 29 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. Gen 29 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. Gen 29 31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. Gen 29 32 And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD has looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. Gen 29 33 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Because the LORD has heard that I was hated, he has therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. Gen 29 34 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. Gen 29 35 And she conceived again, and bore a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and ceased bearing. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 30 Gen 30 1 And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. Gen 30 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb? Gen 30 3 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. Gen 30 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid as his wife: and Jacob went in unto her. Gen 30 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. Gen 30 6 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. Gen 30 7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. Gen 30 8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. Gen 30 9 When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob as his wife. Gen 30 10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a son. Gen 30 11 And Leah said, A troop comes: and she called his name Gad. Gen 30 12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a second son. Gen 30 13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. Gen 30 14 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 you, of your son's mandrakes. Gen 30 15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? and would you take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes. Gen 30 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in unto me; for surely I have hired you with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. Gen 30 17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son. Gen 30 18 And Leah said, God has given me my reward, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. Gen 30 19 And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son. Gen 30 20 And Leah said, God has endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. Gen 30 21 And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah. Gen 30 22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. Gen 30 23 And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God has taken away my reproach: Gen 30 24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. Gen 30 25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto my own place, and to my country. Gen 30 26 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. Gen 30 27 And Laban said unto 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. Gen 30 28 And he said, Appoint me your wages, and I will give it. Gen 30 29 And he said unto him, You know how I have served you, and how your cattle were with me. Gen 30 30 For it was little which you had before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD has blessed you since my coming: and now when shall I provide for my own house also? Gen 30 31 And he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything: if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock. Gen 30 32 I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown lambs among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my wages. Gen 30 33 So shall my honesty answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my wages 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. Gen 30 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to your word. Gen 30 35 And he removed that day the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female 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. Gen 30 36 And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. Gen 30 37 And Jacob took rods of green poplar, and of the almond and plane tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. Gen 30 38 And he set the rods which he had peeled 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. Gen 30 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth flocks striped, speckled, and spotted. Gen 30 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban's flock. Gen 30 41 And it came to pass, when 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. Gen 30 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. Gen 30 43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and donkeys. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 31 Gen 31 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's has he gotten all this wealth. Gen 31 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. Gen 31 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you. Gen 31 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, Gen 31 5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. Gen 31 6 And you know that with all my power I have served your father. Gen 31 7 And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God permitted him not to hurt me. Gen 31 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The striped shall be your wages; then bore all the flock striped. Gen 31 9 Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. Gen 31 10 And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the flock were striped, speckled, and spotted. Gen 31 11 And the angel of God spoke unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. Gen 31 12 And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are striped, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban does unto you. Gen 31 13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a vow unto me: now arise, get you out from this land, and return unto the land of your kindred. Gen 31 14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? Gen 31 15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has quite devoured also our money. Gen 31 16 For all the riches which God has taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God has said unto you, do. Gen 31 17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; Gen 31 18 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 Paddanaram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. Gen 31 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. Gen 31 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled. Gen 31 21 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. Gen 31 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. Gen 31 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. Gen 31 24 And God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad. Gen 31 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren encamped in the mount of Gilead. Gen 31 26 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? Gen 31 27 Why did you flee away secretly, and steal from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth, and with songs, with tambourine, and with harp? Gen 31 28 And have not allowed me to kiss my sons and my daughters? you have now done foolishly in so doing. Gen 31 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spoke unto me last night, saying, Take heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad. Gen 31 30 And now, though you would wish to be gone, because you greatly longed after your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods? Gen 31 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Perhaps you would take by force your daughters from me. Gen 31 32 With whomever you find your gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern what is yours with me, and take it to you. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. Gen 31 33 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. Gen 31 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. Gen 31 35 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 upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. Gen 31 36 And Jacob was angry, and upbraided Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me? Gen 31 37 Although you have searched all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both. Gen 31 38 This twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten. Gen 31 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto you; I bore the loss of it; of my hand did you require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. Gen 31 40 Thus I was; in the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes. Gen 31 41 Thus have I 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. Gen 31 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night. Gen 31 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne? Gen 31 44 Now therefore come, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you. Gen 31 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. Gen 31 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. Gen 31 47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. Gen 31 48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; Gen 31 49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another. Gen 31 50 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. Gen 31 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have set between me and you; Gen 31 52 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 unto me, for harm. Gen 31 53 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. Gen 31 54 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. Gen 31 55 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, Chapter 32 Gen 32 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. Gen 32 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Gen 32 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. Gen 32 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you speak unto my lord Esau; your servant Jacob says thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: Gen 32 5 And I have oxen, and donkeys, flocks, and menservants, and maidservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in your sight. Gen 32 6 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. Gen 32 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; Gen 32 8 And said, If Esau comes to the one company, and smites it, then the other company which is left shall escape. Gen 32 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said unto me, Return unto your country, and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you: Gen 32 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have showed unto your servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two bands. Gen 32 11 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. Gen 32 12 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. Gen 32 13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; Gen 32 14 Two hundred female goats, and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, Gen 32 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty cows, and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten he-donkeys. Gen 32 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove. Gen 32 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, Whose are you? and where are you going? and whose are these before you? Gen 32 18 Then you shall say, They are your servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. Gen 32 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall you speak unto Esau, when you find him. Gen 32 20 And say 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; perhaps he will accept me. Gen 32 21 So the present went over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company. Gen 32 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. Gen 32 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over all that he had. Gen 32 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. Gen 32 25 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. Gen 32 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me. Gen 32 27 And he said unto him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob. Gen 32 28 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. Gen 32 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray you, your name. And he said, Why is it that you do ask my name? And he blessed him there. Gen 32 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Gen 32 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he limped upon his thigh. Gen 32 32 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, Chapter 33 Gen 33 1 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. Gen 33 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph last. Gen 33 3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. Gen 33 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. Gen 33 5 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. Gen 33 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. Gen 33 7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and last came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. Gen 33 8 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. Gen 33 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep what you have unto yourself. Gen 33 10 And Jacob said, Nay, 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. Gen 33 11 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. Gen 33 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you. Gen 33 13 And he said unto him, My lord knows that the children are frail, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. Gen 33 14 Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on slowly, according as the flocks that go before me and the children are able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. Gen 33 15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What need is there? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. Gen 33 16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. Gen 33 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. Gen 33 18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. Gen 33 19 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 a hundred pieces of money. Gen 33 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-israel. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 34 Gen 34 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bore unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. Gen 34 2 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. Gen 34 3 And his soul clung unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly unto the damsel. Gen 34 4 And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel for my wife. Gen 34 5 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. Gen 34 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him. Gen 34 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. Gen 34 8 And Hamor spoke with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter: I pray you give her to him for a wife. Gen 34 9 And make marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. Gen 34 10 And you shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade in it, and get possessions in it. Gen 34 11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what you shall say unto me I will give. Gen 34 12 Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say unto me: but give me the damsel for my wife. Gen 34 13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: Gen 34 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that would be a reproach unto us: Gen 34 15 But in this will we consent unto you: If you will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; Gen 34 16 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. Gen 34 17 But if you will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. Gen 34 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. Gen 34 19 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. Gen 34 20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying, Gen 34 21 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. Gen 34 22 Only in this 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. Gen 34 23 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. Gen 34 24 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. Gen 34 25 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 brothers, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. Gen 34 26 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. Gen 34 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. Gen 34 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their donkeys, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, Gen 34 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. Gen 34 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me to make me odius 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. Gen 34 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot? ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 35 Gen 35 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother. Gen 35 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: Gen 35 3 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. Gen 35 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign 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. Gen 35 5 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. Gen 35 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. Gen 35 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-bethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. Gen 35 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbacuth. Gen 35 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Paddanaram, and blessed him. Gen 35 10 And God said unto 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. Gen 35 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of you, and kings shall spring forth from you; Gen 35 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your descendants after you will I give the land. Gen 35 13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. Gen 35 14 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. Gen 35 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel. Gen 35 16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. Gen 35 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; you shall have this son also. Gen 35 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. Gen 35 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. Gen 35 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. Gen 35 21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder. Gen 35 22 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: Gen 35 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: Gen 35 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: Gen 35 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: Gen 35 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddanaram. Gen 35 27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. Gen 35 28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. Gen 35 29 And Isaac breathed his last, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 36 Gen 36 1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. Gen 36 2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; Gen 36 3 And Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. Gen 36 4 And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel; Gen 36 5 And Oholibamah bore Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, who were born unto him in the land of Canaan. Gen 36 6 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. Gen 36 7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land in which they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. Gen 36 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. Gen 36 9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: Gen 36 10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. Gen 36 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. Gen 36 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. Gen 36 13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath Esau's wife. Gen 36 14 And these were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. Gen 36 15 These were chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, Gen 36 16 Chief Korah, chief Gatam, and chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. Gen 36 17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath Esau's wife. Gen 36 18 And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau's wife; chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these were the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. Gen 36 19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their chiefs. Gen 36 20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, Gen 36 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the chiefs of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. Gen 36 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. Gen 36 23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. Gen 36 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Aiah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father. Gen 36 25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. Gen 36 26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. Gen 36 27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. Gen 36 28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. Gen 36 29 These are the chiefs that came of the Horites; chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, Gen 36 30 Chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of Hori, among their chiefs in the land of Seir. Gen 36 31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. Gen 36 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. Gen 36 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. Gen 36 34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. Gen 36 35 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. Gen 36 36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. Gen 36 37 And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. Gen 36 38 And Shaul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. Gen 36 39 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. Gen 36 40 And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; chief Timnah, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, Gen 36 41 Chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, Gen 36 42 Chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, Gen 36 43 Chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 37 Gen 37 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. Gen 37 2 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's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. Gen 37 3 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. Gen 37 4 And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. Gen 37 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers: and they hated him yet the more. Gen 37 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: Gen 37 7 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 bowed down to my sheaf. Gen 37 8 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. Gen 37 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me. Gen 37 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brothers: and his father rebuked him, and said unto 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? Gen 37 11 And his brothers envied him; but his father observed the saying. Gen 37 12 And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. Gen 37 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not your brothers feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send you unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. Gen 37 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. Gen 37 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seek you? Gen 37 16 And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks. Gen 37 17 And the man said, They are departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan. Gen 37 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. Gen 37 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes. Gen 37 20 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. Gen 37 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. Gen 37 22 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. Gen 37 23 And it came to pass, when Joseph came unto his brothers, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him; Gen 37 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. Gen 37 25 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 spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. Gen 37 26 And Judah said unto his brothers, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Gen 37 27 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 brothers were content. Gen 37 28 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. Gen 37 29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes. Gen 37 30 And he returned unto his brothers, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go? Gen 37 31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; Gen 37 32 And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: see now whether it be your son's coat or not. Gen 37 33 And he recognized it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces. Gen 37 34 And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. Gen 37 35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. Gen 37 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 38 Gen 38 1 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. Gen 38 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her. Gen 38 3 And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er. Gen 38 4 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she called his name Onan. Gen 38 5 And she yet again conceived, and bore a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him. Gen 38 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. Gen 38 7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. Gen 38 8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up descendants to your brother. Gen 38 9 And Onan knew that the descendant would 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 a descendant to his brother. Gen 38 10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: therefore he slew him also. Gen 38 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at your father's house, till Shelah my son is grown: for he said, Lest perhaps he die also, as his brothers did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. Gen 38 12 And in process of time the daughter of Shua Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. Gen 38 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold your father-in-law goes up to Timnah to shear his sheep. Gen 38 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him as wife. Gen 38 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face. Gen 38 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray you, let me come in unto 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 unto me? Gen 38 17 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? Gen 38 18 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 to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. Gen 38 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. Gen 38 20 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. Gen 38 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the wayside? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. Gen 38 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, There was no harlot in this place. Gen 38 23 And Judah said, Let her keep it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and you have not found her. Gen 38 24 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 harlotry. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. Gen 38 25 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. Gen 38 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She has been more righteous than I; because I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. Gen 38 27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. Gen 38 28 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. Gen 38 29 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 upon you: therefore his name was called Perez. Gen 38 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerah. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 39 Gen 39 1 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, who had brought him down there. Gen 39 2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. Gen 39 3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. Gen 39 4 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. Gen 39 5 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. Gen 39 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not anything he had, except the food which he did eat. And Joseph was a handsome person, and well favored. Gen 39 7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. Gen 39 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knows not what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand; Gen 39 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? Gen 39 10 And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. Gen 39 11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within. Gen 39 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got out. Gen 39 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, Gen 39 14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spoke unto them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: Gen 39 15 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 out. Gen 39 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. Gen 39 17 And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which you have brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: Gen 39 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. Gen 39 19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke unto him, saying, After this manner did your servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. Gen 39 20 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. Gen 39 21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. Gen 39 22 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. Gen 39 23 The keeper of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 40 Gen 40 1 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. Gen 40 2 And Pharaoh was angry against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. Gen 40 3 And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. Gen 40 4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued awhile in custody. Gen 40 5 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, who were bound in the prison. Gen 40 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. Gen 40 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why do you look so sad today? Gen 40 8 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. Gen 40 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; Gen 40 10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: Gen 40 11 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. Gen 40 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: Gen 40 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head, and restore you unto your place: and you shall deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when you were his butler. Gen 40 14 But think of me when it shall be well with you, and show kindness, I pray you, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: Gen 40 15 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. Gen 40 16 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: Gen 40 17 And in the uppermost basket there was all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. Gen 40 18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: Gen 40 19 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. Gen 40 20 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. Gen 40 21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: Gen 40 22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. Gen 40 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 41 Gen 41 1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. Gen 41 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored cows and fat; and they fed in a meadow. Gen 41 3 And, behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill favored and thin; and stood by the other cows upon the bank of the river. Gen 41 4 And the ill favored and thin cows did eat up the seven well favored and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke. Gen 41 5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, full and good. Gen 41 6 And, behold, seven thin ears and dried by the east wind sprung up after them. Gen 41 7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven healthy and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. Gen 41 8 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 dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. Gen 41 9 Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: Gen 41 10 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: Gen 41 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. Gen 41 12 And there was there with us a young man, a 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. Gen 41 13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto my office, and him he hanged. Gen 41 14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his clothes, and came in unto Pharaoh. Gen 41 15 And Pharaoh said unto 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. Gen 41 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. Gen 41 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: Gen 41 18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat and well favored; and they fed in a meadow: Gen 41 19 And, behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ill favored and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: Gen 41 20 And the thin and the ill favored cows did eat up the first seven fat cows: Gen 41 21 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. Gen 41 22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good: Gen 41 23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and dried by the east wind, sprung up after them: Gen 41 24 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. Gen 41 25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God has showed Pharaoh what he is about to do. Gen 41 26 The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. Gen 41 27 And the seven thin and ill favored cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears dried by the east wind shall be seven years of famine. Gen 41 28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he shows unto Pharaoh. Gen 41 29 Behold, there comes seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: Gen 41 30 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; Gen 41 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. Gen 41 32 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. Gen 41 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh seek out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. Gen 41 34 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. Gen 41 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. Gen 41 36 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. Gen 41 37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. Gen 41 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? Gen 41 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Since God has showed you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you are: Gen 41 40 You shall be over my house, and according unto your word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than you. Gen 41 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt. Gen 41 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in clothing of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; Gen 41 43 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. Gen 41 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. Gen 41 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenathpaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. Gen 41 46 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. Gen 41 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. Gen 41 48 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. Gen 41 49 And Joseph gathered grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he quit numbering; for it was without number. Gen 41 50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On bore unto him. Gen 41 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. Gen 41 52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. Gen 41 53 And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. Gen 41 54 And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the famine was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. Gen 41 55 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 says to you, do. Gen 41 56 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 was severe in the land of Egypt. Gen 41 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain; because that the famine was so severe in all lands. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 42 Gen 42 1 Now when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do you look one upon another? Gen 42 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die. Gen 42 3 And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. Gen 42 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brothers; for he said, Lest perhaps mischief befall him. Gen 42 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. Gen 42 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. Gen 42 7 And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but made himself unknown unto them, and spoke roughly unto them; and he said unto them, from where do you come? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. Gen 42 8 And Joseph knew his brothers, but they knew not him. Gen 42 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you are come. Gen 42 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are your servants come. Gen 42 11 We are all one man's sons; we are honest men, your servants are no spies. Gen 42 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land you are come. Gen 42 13 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. Gen 42 14 And Joseph said unto them, It is as I spoke unto you, saying, You are spies: Gen 42 15 Hereby you shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, except your youngest brother come here. Gen 42 16 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. Gen 42 17 And he put them all together into custody three days. Gen 42 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: Gen 42 19 If you be true men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison: go, carry grain for the famine of your houses: Gen 42 20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and you shall not die. And they did so. Gen 42 21 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. Gen 42 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spoke I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. Gen 42 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke unto them by an interpreter. Gen 42 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and spoke with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. Gen 42 25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. Gen 42 26 And they loaded their donkeys with the grain, and departed there. Gen 42 27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey provender in the inn, he saw his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. Gen 42 28 And he said unto his brothers, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their hearts failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God has done unto us? Gen 42 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell them; saying, Gen 42 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. Gen 42 31 And we said unto him, We are honest men; we are no spies: Gen 42 32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. Gen 42 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that you are honest men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: Gen 42 34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that you are no spies, but that you are honest men: so will I deliver you your brother, and you shall trade in the land. Gen 42 35 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. Gen 42 36 And Jacob their father said unto 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. Gen 42 37 And Reuben spoke unto 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. Gen 42 38 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 which you go, then shall you bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 43 Gen 43 1 And the famine was severe in the land. Gen 43 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. Gen 43 3 And Judah spoke unto him, saying, The man did solemnly warn unto us, saying, You shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. Gen 43 4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food: Gen 43 5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, You shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. Gen 43 6 And Israel said, Why dealt you so ill with me, as to tell the man whether you had yet a brother? Gen 43 7 And they said, The man asked us carefully 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 in any way know that he would say, Bring your brother down? Gen 43 8 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 you, and also our little ones. Gen 43 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shall you require him: if I bring him not unto you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever: Gen 43 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we would have returned this second time. Gen 43 11 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: Gen 43 12 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; perhaps it was an oversight: Gen 43 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: Gen 43 14 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. Gen 43 15 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. Gen 43 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay an animal, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon. Gen 43 17 And the man did as Joseph bade him; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. Gen 43 18 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 slaves, and our donkeys. Gen 43 19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke with him at the door of the house, Gen 43 20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: Gen 43 21 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. Gen 43 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. Gen 43 23 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 unto them. Gen 43 24 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. Gen 43 25 And they made ready the present for Joseph's coming at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. Gen 43 26 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. Gen 43 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive? Gen 43 28 And they answered, Your servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and paid him honor. Gen 43 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom you spoke unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto you, my son. Gen 43 30 And Joseph made haste; for his heart did yearn over his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. Gen 43 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and controlled himself, and said, Serve the food. Gen 43 32 And they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, who did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. Gen 43 33 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. Gen 43 34 And he took and sent portions unto them from before him: but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 44 Gen 44 1 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. Gen 44 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. Gen 44 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys. Gen 44 4 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 you do overtake them, say unto them, Why have you rewarded evil for good? Gen 44 5 Is not this it from which my lord drinks, and by which indeed he divines? you have done evil in so doing. Gen 44 6 And he overtook them, and he spoke unto them these same words. Gen 44 7 And they said unto him, Why says my lord these words? God forbid that your servants should do according to this thing: Gen 44 8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto you out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of your lord's house silver or gold? Gen 44 9 With whomever of your servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves. Gen 44 10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and you shall be blameless. Gen 44 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. Gen 44 12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. Gen 44 13 Then they tore their clothes, and loaded every man his donkey, and returned to the city. Gen 44 14 And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. Gen 44 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that you have done? Know you not that such a man as I can certainly divine? Gen 44 16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto 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's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. Gen 44 17 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. Gen 44 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant: for you are even as Pharaoh. Gen 44 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father, or a brother? Gen 44 20 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 loves him. Gen 44 21 And you said unto your servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set my eyes upon him. Gen 44 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. Gen 44 23 And you said unto your servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, you shall see my face no more. Gen 44 24 And it came to pass when we came up unto your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. Gen 44 25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. Gen 44 26 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. Gen 44 27 And your servant my father said unto us, You know that my wife bore me two sons: Gen 44 28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: Gen 44 29 And if you take this also from me, and mischief befall him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Gen 44 30 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's life; Gen 44 31 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. Gen 44 32 For your servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever. Gen 44 33 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. Gen 44 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come on my father. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 45 Gen 45 1 Then Joseph could not control 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 brothers. Gen 45 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. Gen 45 3 And Joseph said unto his brothers, I am Joseph; does my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. Gen 45 4 And Joseph said unto 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. Gen 45 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here: for God did send me before you to preserve life. Gen 45 6 For these two years has the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in the which there shall neither be plowing nor harvest. Gen 45 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Gen 45 8 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. Gen 45 9 Haste you, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: Gen 45 10 And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near unto me, you, and your children, and your children's children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have: Gen 45 11 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. Gen 45 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks unto you. Gen 45 13 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. Gen 45 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. Gen 45 15 Moreover he kissed all his brothers, and wept upon them: and after that his brothers talked with him. Gen 45 16 And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brothers are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. Gen 45 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto your brothers, This do you; load your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; Gen 45 18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land. Gen 45 19 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. Gen 45 20 Also regard not your goods; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. Gen 45 21 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. Gen 45 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of clothing. Gen 45 23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten donkeys laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-donkeys laden with grain and bread and food for his father by the way. Gen 45 24 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that you fall not out by the way. Gen 45 25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, Gen 45 26 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. Gen 45 27 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: Gen 45 28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 46 Gen 46 1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. Gen 46 2 And God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. Gen 46 3 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: Gen 46 4 I will go down with you into Egypt; and I will also surely bring you up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon your eyes. Gen 46 5 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. Gen 46 6 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 descendants with him: Gen 46 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his descendants brought he with him into Egypt. Gen 46 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. Gen 46 9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. Gen 46 10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. Gen 46 11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Gen 46 12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. Gen 46 13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron. Gen 46 14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. Gen 46 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Paddanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. Gen 46 16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. Gen 46 17 And the sons of Asher; Iimnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. Gen 46 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. Gen 46 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. Gen 46 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On bore unto him. Gen 46 21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. Gen 46 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. Gen 46 23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. Gen 46 24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. Gen 46 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. Gen 46 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were three score and six; Gen 46 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were three score and ten. Gen 46 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. Gen 46 29 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. Gen 46 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are yet alive. Gen 46 31 And Joseph said unto his brothers, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; Gen 46 32 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. Gen 46 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? Gen 46 34 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 unto the Egyptians. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 47 Gen 47 1 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. Gen 47 2 And he took some of his brothers, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. Gen 47 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. Gen 47 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for your servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen. Gen 47 5 And Pharaoh spoke unto Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers are come unto you: Gen 47 6 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 ability among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. Gen 47 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Gen 47 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old are you? Gen 47 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a 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. Gen 47 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. Gen 47 11 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. Gen 47 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with food, according to their families. Gen 47 13 And there was no food in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. Gen 47 14 And Joseph gathered up 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. Gen 47 15 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 food: for why should we die in your presence? for the money fails. Gen 47 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you food for your cattle, if money fails;. Gen 47 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them food in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with food for all their cattle for that year. Gen 47 18 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 has our herds of cattle; there is not anything left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: Gen 47 19 Why shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for food, 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. Gen 47 20 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. Gen 47 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. Gen 47 22 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: therefore they sold not their lands. Gen 47 23 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 you shall sow the land. Gen 47 24 And it shall come to pass in the harvest, that you 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. Gen 47 25 And they said, You have saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. Gen 47 26 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. Gen 47 27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. Gen 47 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred forty and seven years. Gen 47 29 And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto 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: Gen 47 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do as you have said. Gen 47 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he swore unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the head of the bed. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 48 Gen 48 1 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. Gen 48 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, your son Joseph comes unto you: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. Gen 48 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, Gen 48 4 And said unto 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 descendants after you for an everlasting possession. Gen 48 5 And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born unto you in the land of Egypt before I came unto you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. Gen 48 6 And your offspring, which you begat after them, shall be yours, and shall be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance. Gen 48 7 And as for me, when I came from Paddan, 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. Gen 48 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? Gen 48 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray you, unto me, and I will bless them. Gen 48 10 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. Gen 48 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see your face: and, lo, God has showed me also your descendants. Gen 48 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. Gen 48 13 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. Gen 48 14 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 knowingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. Gen 48 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who fed me all my life long unto this day, Gen 48 16 The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be perpetuated in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. Gen 48 17 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. Gen 48 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head. Gen 48 19 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 descendants shall become a multitude of nations. Gen 48 20 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. Gen 48 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. Gen 48 22 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, Chapter 49 Gen 49 1 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. Gen 49 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. Gen 49 3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Gen 49 4 Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it: he went up to my couch. Gen 49 5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. Gen 49 6 O my soul, come not into their secret; unto their assembly, my spirit, be not united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they dug down a wall. Gen 49 7 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. Gen 49 8 Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you. Gen 49 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, you are gone up: he stooped down, he crouched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Gen 49 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Gen 49 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his donkey's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: Gen 49 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. Gen 49 13 Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Sidon. Gen 49 14 Issachar is a strong donkey crouching down between two burdens: Gen 49 15 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 forced labor. Gen 49 16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Gen 49 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. Gen 49 18 I have waited for your salvation, O LORD. Gen 49 19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. Gen 49 20 Out of Asher his food shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. Gen 49 21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he gives beautiful words. Gen 49 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: Gen 49 23 The archers have fiercely attacked him, and shot at him, and hated him: Gen 49 24 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 there is the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel:) Gen 49 25 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 beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: Gen 49 26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors unto the utmost bounds 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. Gen 49 27 Benjamin is ravenous as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. Gen 49 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spoke unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. Gen 49 29 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, Gen 49 30 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 as a burying place. Gen 49 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. Gen 49 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is in it was from the children of Heth. Gen 49 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and died, and was gathered unto his people. ------------------------Genesis, Chapter 50 Gen 50 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. Gen 50 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. Gen 50 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three score and ten days. Gen 50 4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke 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, Gen 50 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have dug 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. Gen 50 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, according as he made you swear. Gen 50 7 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, Gen 50 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. Gen 50 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. Gen 50 10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very strong lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. Gen 50 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the threshing floor of Atad, they said, This is a mourning to the Egyptians: therefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan. Gen 50 12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: Gen 50 13 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 burying place from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. Gen 50 14 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. Gen 50 15 And when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly pay back to us all the evil which we did unto him. Gen 50 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying, Gen 50 17 So shall you say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers, and their sin; for they did unto 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 unto him. Gen 50 18 And his brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are your servants. Gen 50 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? Gen 50 20 But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive. Gen 50 21 Now therefore fear not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them. Gen 50 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. Gen 50 23 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. Gen 50 24 And Joseph said unto his brothers, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Gen 50 25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here. Gen 50 26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 1 Exo 1 1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Exo 1 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Exo 1 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Exo 1 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Exo 1 5 And all persons that were direct offspring of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. Exo 1 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. Exo 1 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. Exo 1 8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. Exo 1 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: Exo 1 10 Come, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there come upon us any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so excape out of the land. Exo 1 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. Exo 1 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. Exo 1 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: Exo 1 14 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, in which they made them serve, was with rigor. Exo 1 15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: Exo 1 16 And he said, When you serve as a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then you shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. Exo 1 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. Exo 1 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have you done this thing, and have saved the male children alive? Exo 1 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and are delivered before the midwives come in unto them. Exo 1 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty. Exo 1 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families. Exo 1 22 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, Chapter 2 Exo 2 1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. Exo 2 2 And the woman conceived, and bore a son: and when she saw him that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. Exo 2 3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and put the child in it; and she laid it among the reeds by the river's bank. Exo 2 4 And his sister stood far off, to know what would be done to him. Exo 2 5 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 reeds, she sent her maid to get it. Exo 2 6 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. Exo 2 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to you a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you? Exo 2 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and called the child's mother. Exo 2 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. Exo 2 10 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. Exo 2 11 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 a Hebrew, one of his brethren. Exo 2 12 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. Exo 2 13 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 strike you your fellow? Exo 2 14 And he said, Who made you a prince and a judge over us? do you intend to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. Exo 2 15 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. Exo 2 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. Exo 2 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. Exo 2 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soon today? Exo 2 19 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. Exo 2 20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that you have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. Exo 2 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. Exo 2 22 And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. Exo 2 23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaned by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. Exo 2 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. Exo 2 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had concern for them. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 3 Exo 3 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the west side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. Exo 3 2 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. Exo 3 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. Exo 3 4 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. Exo 3 5 And he said, Draw not near here: put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. Exo 3 6 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 upon God. Exo 3 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; Exo 3 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and large land, 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. Exo 3 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Exo 3 10 Come now therefore, and I will send you unto Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. Exo 3 11 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? Exo 3 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a token unto you, that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain. Exo 3 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers has sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? Exo 3 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shall you say unto the children of Israel, I AM has sent me unto you. Exo 3 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shall you 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, has sent me unto you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. Exo 3 16 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: Exo 3 17 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. Exo 3 18 And they shall hearken to your voice: and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and you shall say unto 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. Exo 3 19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. Exo 3 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst of it: and after that he will let you go. Exo 3 21 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: Exo 3 22 But every woman shall request of her neighbor, and of her that sojourns in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing: and you shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and you shall spoil the Egyptians. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 4 Exo 4 1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD has not appeared unto you. Exo 4 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod. Exo 4 3 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. Exo 4 4 And the LORD said unto 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: Exo 4 5 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 unto you. Exo 4 6 And the LORD said furthermore unto 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 as leprous as snow. Exo 4 7 And he said, Put your hand into your bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and took it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. Exo 4 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. Exo 4 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which you take out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. Exo 4 10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before, nor since you have spoken unto your servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. Exo 4 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who has made man's mouth? or who makes the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Exo 4 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say. Exo 4 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray you, by the hand of another whom you will send. Exo 4 14 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. Exo 4 15 And you shall speak unto 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. Exo 4 16 And he shall be your spokesman unto 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. Exo 4 17 And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs. Exo 4 18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray you, and return unto my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. Exo 4 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead who sought your life. Exo 4 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. Exo 4 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When you go to return into Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh, whom I have put in your hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. Exo 4 22 And you shall say unto Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: Exo 4 23 And I say unto 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. Exo 4 24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. Exo 4 25 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. Exo 4 26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband you are, because of the circumcision. Exo 4 27 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. Exo 4 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. Exo 4 29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: Exo 4 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. Exo 4 31 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 worshiped. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 5 Exo 5 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. Exo 5 2 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. Exo 5 3 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 unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. Exo 5 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? get you unto your burdens. Exo 5 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens. Exo 5 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Exo 5 7 You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as before: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Exo 5 8 And the number of the bricks, which they did make before, you shall lay upon them; you shall not diminish any of them: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Exo 5 9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor in it; and let them not give regard to vain words. Exo 5 10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Exo 5 11 Go, get you straw where you can find it: yet not any of your work shall be diminished. Exo 5 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. Exo 5 13 And the taskmasters pushed them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. Exo 5 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, that Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and asked, Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as before? Exo 5 15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Why dealt you thus with your servants? Exo 5 16 There is no straw given unto your servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people. Exo 5 17 But he said, you are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. Exo 5 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall you deliver the number of bricks. Exo 5 19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in an evil plight, after it was said, you shall not reduce any from your bricks of your daily task. Exo 5 20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: Exo 5 21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because you have made our favor 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. Exo 5 22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, why have you brought evil upon this people? why is it that you have sent me? Exo 5 23 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, Chapter 6 Exo 6 1 Then the LORD said unto 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. Exo 6 2 And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: Exo 6 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name the LORD was I not known to them. Exo 6 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers. Exo 6 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. Exo 6 6 Therefore 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 deliver you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: Exo 6 7 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, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. Exo 6 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am the LORD. Exo 6 9 And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses because of anguish of spirit, and of cruel bondage. Exo 6 10 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Exo 6 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. Exo 6 12 And Moses spoke 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? Exo 6 13 And the LORD spoke 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. Exo 6 14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben. Exo 6 15 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. Exo 6 16 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 a hundred thirty and seven years. Exo 6 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimei, according to their families. Exo 6 18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years. Exo 6 19 And the sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations. Exo 6 20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years. Exo 6 21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. Exo 6 22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. Exo 6 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Exo 6 24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korahites. Exo 6 25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. Exo 6 26 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. Exo 6 27 These are they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. Exo 6 28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke unto Moses in the land of Egypt, Exo 6 29 That the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak you unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto you. Exo 6 30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 7 Exo 7 1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. Exo 7 2 You shall speak all that I command you: and Aaron your brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. Exo 7 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. Exo 7 4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. Exo 7 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. Exo 7 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. Exo 7 7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spoke unto Pharaoh. Exo 7 8 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Exo 7 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle for proof: then you shall say unto Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. Exo 7 10 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. Exo 7 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. Exo 7 12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. Exo 7 13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. Exo 7 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go. Exo 7 15 Get you unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goes out unto the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank until he comes; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shall you take in your hand. Exo 7 16 And you shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me unto you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, before you would not hear. Exo 7 17 Thus says the LORD, In this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. Exo 7 18 And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. Exo 7 19 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your 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. Exo 7 20 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. Exo 7 21 And the fish that were 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. Exo 7 22 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. Exo 7 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay to heart this also. Exo 7 24 And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. Exo 7 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after the LORD had smitten the river. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 8 Exo 8 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus says the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. Exo 8 2 And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your borders with frogs: Exo 8 3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and upon your bed, and into the house of your servants, and upon your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs: Exo 8 4 And the frogs shall come up both on you, and upon your people, and upon all your servants. Exo 8 5 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. Exo 8 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. Exo 8 7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. Exo 8 8 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. Exo 8 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, You tell 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? Exo 8 10 And he said, Tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to your word: that you may know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. Exo 8 11 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. Exo 8 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. Exo 8 13 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. Exo 8 14 And they gathered them together in heaps: and the land stank. Exo 8 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. Exo 8 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. Exo 8 17 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. Exo 8 18 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. Exo 8 19 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. Exo 8 20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he comes forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus says the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. Exo 8 21 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they are. Exo 8 22 And I will set apart 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 midst of the earth. Exo 8 23 And I will put a division between my people and your people: tomorrow shall this sign be. Exo 8 24 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. Exo 8 25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go, sacrifice to your God in the land. Exo 8 26 And Moses said, It is not proper so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? Exo 8 27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. Exo 8 28 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. Exo 8 29 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, tomorrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. Exo 8 30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. Exo 8 31 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. Exo 8 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 9 Exo 9 1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. Exo 9 2 For if you refuse to let them go, and will hold them still, Exo 9 3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon your cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the donkeys, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous plague. Exo 9 4 And the LORD shall make distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all belonging to the children of Israel. Exo 9 5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. Exo 9 6 And the LORD did that thing the next day, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel not one died. Exo 9 7 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. Exo 9 8 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. Exo 9 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be boils breaking forth with sores upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. Exo 9 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became boils breaking forth with sores upon man, and upon beast. Exo 9 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. Exo 9 12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. Exo 9 13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. Exo 9 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon your heart, and upon your servants, and upon your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. Exo 9 15 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. Exo 9 16 And indeed for this very cause have I raised you up, to show in you my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. Exo 9 17 And yet exalt you yourself against my people, that you will not let them go? Exo 9 18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the foundation of it even until now. Exo 9 19 Send therefore now, and gather your cattle, and all that you have in the field; for upon every man and beast that shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. Exo 9 20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: Exo 9 21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field. Exo 9 22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth your 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. Exo 9 23 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. Exo 9 24 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. Exo 9 25 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. Exo 9 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. Exo 9 27 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. Exo 9 28 Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer. Exo 9 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is the LORD's. Exo 9 30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you will not yet fear the LORD God. Exo 9 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bud. Exo 9 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten: for they were not yet grown up. Exo 9 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and stretched forth his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. Exo 9 34 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. Exo 9 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 10 Exo 10 1 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: Exo 10 2 And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am the LORD. Exo 10 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus says 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. Exo 10 4 Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow will I bring the locusts into your land: Exo 10 5 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 unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field: Exo 10 6 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 upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh. Exo 10 7 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: know you not yet that Egypt is destroyed? Exo 10 8 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? Exo 10 9 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. Exo 10 10 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. Exo 10 11 Not so: go now you that are men, and serve the LORD; for that you did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. Exo 10 12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out your 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 has left. Exo 10 13 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. Exo 10 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the country of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. Exo 10 15 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. Exo 10 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. Exo 10 17 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. Exo 10 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. Exo 10 19 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 land of Egypt. Exo 10 20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. Exo 10 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. Exo 10 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: Exo 10 23 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. Exo 10 24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be left behind: let your little ones also go with you. Exo 10 25 And Moses said, you must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. Exo 10 26 Our cattle 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 come there. Exo 10 27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. Exo 10 28 And Pharaoh said unto 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. Exo 10 29 And Moses said, You have spoken well, I will see your face again no more. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 11 Exo 11 1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go from here: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out from here altogether. Exo 11 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man request of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. Exo 11 3 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. Exo 11 4 And Moses said, Thus says the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: Exo 11 5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. Exo 11 6 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. Exo 11 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that you may know that the LORD does put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. Exo 11 8 And all these your servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get out, and all the people that follow you: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in great anger. Exo 11 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. Exo 11 10 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, Chapter 12 Exo 12 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, Exo 12 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Exo 12 3 Speak 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 a house: Exo 12 4 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 persons; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Exo 12 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: you shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: Exo 12 6 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. Exo 12 7 And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, in which they shall eat it. Exo 12 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Exo 12 9 Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs, and with the inner parts thereof. Exo 12 10 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. Exo 12 11 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'S passover. Exo 12 12 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. Exo 12 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you 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. Exo 12 14 And this day shall be unto 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 forever. Exo 12 15 Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. Exo 12 16 And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you; no manner of work shall be done on them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. Exo 12 17 And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this very same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall you observe this day in your generations by an ordinance forever. Exo 12 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at evening. Exo 12 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever 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. Exo 12 20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings shall you eat unleavened bread. Exo 12 21 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. Exo 12 22 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. Exo 12 23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in unto your houses to slay you. Exo 12 24 And you shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever. Exo 12 25 And it shall come to pass, when you are come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service. Exo 12 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean you by this service? Exo 12 27 That you 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 worshiped. Exo 12 28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. Exo 12 29 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. Exo 12 30 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. Exo 12 31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and go forth from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said. Exo 12 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also. Exo 12 33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men. Exo 12 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. Exo 12 35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they requested of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing: Exo 12 36 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they gave unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. Exo 12 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children. Exo 12 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very many cattle. Exo 12 39 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 provisions. Exo 12 40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. Exo 12 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the very same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. Exo 12 42 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 by all the children of Israel in their generations. Exo 12 43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no foreigner eat of it: Exo 12 44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. Exo 12 45 A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it. Exo 12 46 In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth any of the flesh outside of the house; neither shall you break a bone of it. Exo 12 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. Exo 12 48 And when a foreigner 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 of it. Exo 12 49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the foreigner who sojourns among you. Exo 12 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. Exo 12 51 And it came to pass the very same day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 13 Exo 13 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Exo 13 2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. Exo 13 3 And Moses said unto 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. Exo 13 4 This day you came out in the month Abib. Exo 13 5 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 unto your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month. Exo 13 6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. Exo 13 7 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. Exo 13 8 And you shall show your son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. Exo 13 9 And it shall be for a sign unto you upon your hand, and for a memorial before your eyes, that the LORD's law may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand has the LORD brought you out of Egypt. Exo 13 10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. Exo 13 11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore unto you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you, Exo 13 12 That you shall set apart unto the LORD all that opens the womb, and every firstling that comes of a beast which you have; the males shall be the LORD'S. Exo 13 13 And every firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck: and all the firstborn of man among your children shall you redeem. Exo 13 14 And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: Exo 13 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh refused to 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 womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. Exo 13 16 And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and for frontlets between your eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. Exo 13 17 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 perhaps the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: Exo 13 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up equipped for battle out of the land of Egypt. Exo 13 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had solemnly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you. Exo 13 20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. Exo 13 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: Exo 13 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 14 Exo 14 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Exo 14 2 Speak unto 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. Exo 14 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in. Exo 14 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will get glory over Pharaoh, and over all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. Exo 14 5 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? Exo 14 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: Exo 14 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. Exo 14 8 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 defiance. Exo 14 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamped by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. Exo 14 10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were greatly afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. Exo 14 11 And they said unto 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? Exo 14 12 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. Exo 14 13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall see them again no more forever. Exo 14 14 The LORD shall fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. Exo 14 15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Why do you cry unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: Exo 14 16 But lift 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 midst of the sea. Exo 14 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his host, over his chariots, and over his horsemen. Exo 14 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen. Exo 14 19 And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: Exo 14 20 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. Exo 14 21 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. Exo 14 22 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. Exo 14 23 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. Exo 14 24 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, Exo 14 25 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. Exo 14 26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. Exo 14 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its place when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. Exo 14 28 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. Exo 14 29 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. Exo 14 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. Exo 14 31 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, Chapter 15 Exo 15 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea. Exo 15 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. Exo 15 3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. Exo 15 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host has he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. Exo 15 5 The depths have covered them: they sank to the bottom as a stone. Exo 15 6 Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power: your right hand, O LORD, has dashed in pieces the enemy. Exo 15 7 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. Exo 15 8 And with the blast of your nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as a heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. Exo 15 9 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. Exo 15 10 You did blow with your wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. Exo 15 11 Who is like unto you, O LORD, among the gods? who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Exo 15 12 You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them. Exo 15 13 You in your mercy have led forth the people whom you have redeemed: you have guided them in your strength unto your holy habitation. Exo 15 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. Exo 15 15 Then the chiefs of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. Exo 15 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon 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, whom you have purchased. Exo 15 17 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. Exo 15 18 The LORD shall reign forever and ever. Exo 15 19 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. Exo 15 20 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. Exo 15 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing unto the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider has he thrown into the sea. Exo 15 22 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. Exo 15 23 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. Exo 15 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? Exo 15 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, Exo 15 26 And said, If you will diligently hearken 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 upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that heals you. Exo 15 27 And they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 16 Exo 16 1 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. Exo 16 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: Exo 16 3 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 you have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. Exo 16 4 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 portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not. Exo 16 5 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. Exo 16 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At evening, then you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt: Exo 16 7 And in the morning, then you shall see the glory of the LORD; for he hears your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that you murmur against us? Exo 16 8 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 the LORD hears your murmurings which you murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. Exo 16 9 And Moses spoke unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he has heard your murmurings. Exo 16 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke 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. Exo 16 11 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Exo 16 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At evening 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. Exo 16 13 And it came to pass, that at evening the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. Exo 16 14 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. Exo 16 15 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 unto them, This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat. Exo 16 16 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 every man for them who are in his tents. Exo 16 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Exo 16 18 And when they did measure 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. Exo 16 19 And Moses said, Let no man leave any of it till the morning. Exo 16 20 But they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left some of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was angry with them. Exo 16 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun grew hot, it melted. Exo 16 22 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. Exo 16 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD has said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which you will bake today, and boil that which you will boil; and that which remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. Exo 16 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm in it. Exo 16 25 And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a sabbath unto the LORD: today you shall not find it in the field. Exo 16 26 Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. Exo 16 27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day to gather, and they found none. Exo 16 28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? Exo 16 29 See, for 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. Exo 16 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. Exo 16 31 And the house of Israel called the name of it Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. Exo 16 32 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. Exo 16 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna in it, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. Exo 16 34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. Exo 16 35 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 border of the land of Canaan. Exo 16 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 17 Exo 17 1 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 camped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. Exo 17 2 Therefore the people did strive with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why do you strive with me? why do you test the LORD? Exo 17 3 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? Exo 17 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they are almost ready to stone me. Exo 17 5 And the LORD said unto 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. Exo 17 6 Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike 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. Exo 17 7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? Exo 17 8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. Exo 17 9 And Moses said unto 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. Exo 17 10 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. Exo 17 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. Exo 17 12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur held 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. Exo 17 13 And Joshua slaughtered Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Exo 17 14 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. Exo 17 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it, The LORD is my banner: Exo 17 16 For he said, Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 18 Exo 18 1 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; Exo 18 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, Exo 18 3 And her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land: Exo 18 4 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: Exo 18 5 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: Exo 18 6 And he said unto Moses, I your father-in-law Jethro am come unto you, and your wife, and her two sons with her. Exo 18 7 And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. Exo 18 8 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. Exo 18 9 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. Exo 18 10 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. Exo 18 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing in which they dealt proudly he was above them. Exo 18 12 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. Exo 18 13 And it came to pass on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. Exo 18 14 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 unto evening? Exo 18 15 And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God: Exo 18 16 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. Exo 18 17 And Moses' father-in-law said unto him, The thing that you do is not good. Exo 18 18 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. Exo 18 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give you counsel, and God shall be with you: Represent the people before God, that you may bring the causes unto God: Exo 18 20 And you shall teach them ordinances and laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. Exo 18 21 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: Exo 18 22 And let them judge the people at all times: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto you, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for yourself, and they shall bear the burden with you. Exo 18 23 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. Exo 18 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. Exo 18 25 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. Exo 18 26 And they judged the people at all times: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. Exo 18 27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 19 Exo 19 1 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. Exo 19 2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. Exo 19 3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; Exo 19 4 You have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Exo 19 5 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: Exo 19 6 And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Israel. Exo 19 7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. Exo 19 8 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 unto the LORD. Exo 19 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. Exo 19 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes, Exo 19 11 And be ready by the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. Exo 19 12 And you shall set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever touches the mount shall be surely put to death: Exo 19 13 There shall not a 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. Exo 19 14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. Exo 19 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready by the third day: come not near your wives. Exo 19 16 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 exceedingly loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled. Exo 19 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the lower part of the mount. Exo 19 18 And mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. Exo 19 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. Exo 19 20 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. Exo 19 21 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. Exo 19 22 And let the priests also, who come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. Exo 19 23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for you charged us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. Exo 19 24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get down, and then you shall come up, you, and Aaron with you: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. Exo 19 25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spoke unto them. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 20 Exo 20 1 And God spoke all these words, saying, Exo 20 2 I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Exo 20 3 You shall have no other gods before me. Exo 20 4 You shall not make unto yourself 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: Exo 20 5 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 upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; Exo 20 6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Exo 20 7 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. Exo 20 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exo 20 9 Six days shall you labor, and do all your work: Exo 20 10 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: Exo 20 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day: therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exo 20 12 Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you. Exo 20 13 You shall not kill. Exo 20 14 You shall not commit adultery. Exo 20 15 You shall not steal. Exo 20 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Exo 20 17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house, you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor any thing that is your neighbor's. Exo 20 18 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 moved, and stood far off. Exo 20 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak you with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. Exo 20 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God has come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you sin not. Exo 20 21 And the people stood far off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. Exo 20 22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus you shall say unto the children of Israel, You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. Exo 20 23 You shall not make to be with me gods of silver, neither shall you make unto you gods of gold. Exo 20 24 An altar of earth you shall make for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto you, and I will bless you. Exo 20 25 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 upon it, you have polluted it. Exo 20 26 Neither shall you go up by steps unto my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 21 Exo 21 1 Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them. Exo 21 2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. Exo 21 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he was married, then his wife shall go out with him. Exo 21 4 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 by himself. Exo 21 5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: Exo 21 6 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 forever. Exo 21 7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. Exo 21 8 If she please not her master, who has 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 has dealt deceitfully with her. Exo 21 9 And if he has betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. Exo 21 10 If he takes him another wife; her food, her clothing, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. Exo 21 11 And if he does not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. Exo 21 12 He that strikes a man, so that he dies, shall be surely put to death. Exo 21 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God delivers him into his hand; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. Exo 21 14 But if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; you shall take him from my altar, that he may die. Exo 21 15 And he that strikes his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. Exo 21 16 And he that steals a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. Exo 21 17 And he that curses his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. Exo 21 18 And if men strive together, and one strikes another with a stone, or with his fist, and he dies not, but keeps his bed: Exo 21 19 If he rises again, and walks about upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be clear: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. Exo 21 20 And if a man strikes his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he dies under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Exo 21 21 But, if he continues a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his property. Exo 21 22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no mischief follows: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. Exo 21 23 And if any mischief follows, then you shall give life for life, Exo 21 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Exo 21 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. Exo 21 26 And if a man strikes 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. Exo 21 27 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. Exo 21 28 If an ox gores a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be clear. Exo 21 29 But if the ox were accustomed to gore with its horn in time past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but that it has killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death. Exo 21 30 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. Exo 21 31 Whether it has gored a son, or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. Exo 21 32 If the ox shall gore a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. Exo 21 33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey fall in it; Exo 21 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. Exo 21 35 And if one man's ox hurts another's, that it dies; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. Exo 21 36 Or if it be known that the ox was accustomed to gore in time past, and its owner has not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 22 Exo 22 1 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. Exo 22 2 If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he dies, there shall no blood be shed for him. Exo 22 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. Exo 22 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or donkey, or sheep; he shall restore double. Exo 22 5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his animal, 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. Exo 22 6 If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns, so that the stacks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field, be consumed ; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. Exo 22 7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or goods to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. Exo 22 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he has put his hand unto his neighbor's goods. Exo 22 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, 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 unto his neighbor. Exo 22 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbor a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: Exo 22 11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he has not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept the oath, and he shall not make it good. Exo 22 12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. Exo 22 13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it as evidence, and he shall not make good that which was torn. Exo 22 14 And if a man borrow anything of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or dies, the owner of it being not with it, he shall surely make it good. Exo 22 15 But if the owner of it be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire. Exo 22 16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. Exo 22 17 If her father utterly refuses to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. Exo 22 18 You shall not allow a witch to live. Exo 22 19 Whosoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death. Exo 22 20 He that sacrifices unto any god, except unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. Exo 22 21 You shall neither wrong a stranger, nor oppress him: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. Exo 22 22 You shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. Exo 22 23 If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; Exo 22 24 And my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Exo 22 25 If you lend money to any of my people who is poor among you, you shall not be to him as a lender, neither shall you charge him interest. Exo 22 26 If you at all take your neighbor's clothing as pledge, you shall deliver it unto him by the time the sun goes down: Exo 22 27 For that is his only covering, it is his clothing for his skin: in what shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he cries unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. Exo 22 28 You shall not revile God, nor curse the ruler of your people. Exo 22 29 You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe fruits, and of the outflow of your presses: the firstborn of your sons shall you give unto me. Exo 22 30 Likewise shall you do with your oxen, and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me. Exo 22 31 And you shall be holy men unto me: neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; you shall cast it to the dogs. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 23 Exo 23 1 You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Exo 23 2 You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you testify in a dispute to follow after a crowd to pervert judgment: Exo 23 3 Neither shall you be partial to a poor man in his cause. Exo 23 4 If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. Exo 23 5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you lying under its burden, and would refrain to help him, you shall surely help with him. Exo 23 6 You shall not pervert the justice of your poor in his dispute. Exo 23 7 Keep far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked. Exo 23 8 And you shall take no bribe: for the bribe blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous. Exo 23 9 Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt. Exo 23 10 And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the fruits of it: Exo 23 11 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 oliveyard. Exo 23 12 Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. Exo 23 13 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 your mouth. Exo 23 14 Three times you shall keep a feast unto me in the year. Exo 23 15 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:) Exo 23 16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits 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. Exo 23 17 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD. Exo 23 18 You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. Exo 23 19 The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk. Exo 23 20 Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. Exo 23 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. Exo 23 22 But if you shall indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto your enemies, and an adversary unto your adversaries. Exo 23 23 For my Angel shall go before you, and bring you in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. Exo 23 24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but you shall utterly overthrow them, and completely break down their images. Exo 23 25 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 midst of you. Exo 23 26 There shall nothing miscarry, nor be barren, in your land: the number of your days I will fulfill. Exo 23 27 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 unto you. Exo 23 28 And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you. Exo 23 29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against you. Exo 23 30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you be increased, and inherit the land. Exo 23 31 And I will set your 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 you shall drive them out before you. Exo 23 32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. Exo 23 33 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 unto you. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 24 Exo 24 1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship afar off. Exo 24 2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him. Exo 24 3 And Moses came and told 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 said will we do. Exo 24 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Exo 24 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. Exo 24 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. Exo 24 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said will we do, and be obedient. Exo 24 8 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. Exo 24 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: Exo 24 10 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 very heaven in its clearness. Exo 24 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. Exo 24 12 And the LORD said unto 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. Exo 24 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. Exo 24 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry you here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man has any matters to judge, let him come unto them. Exo 24 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. Exo 24 16 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. Exo 24 17 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. Exo 24 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and got him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 25 Exo 25 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Exo 25 2 Speak unto 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. Exo 25 3 And this is the offering which you shall take of them; gold, and silver, and bronze, Exo 25 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, Exo 25 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and acacia wood, Exo 25 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, Exo 25 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. Exo 25 8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. Exo 25 9 According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furnishings of it, even so shall you make it. Exo 25 10 And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it. Exo 25 11 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make upon it a moulding of gold round about. Exo 25 12 And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners of it; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. Exo 25 13 And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. Exo 25 14 And you shall put the poles into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. Exo 25 15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. Exo 25 16 And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you. Exo 25 17 And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it. Exo 25 18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold, of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. Exo 25 19 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 of it. Exo 25 20 And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall face one another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. Exo 25 21 And you shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. Exo 25 22 And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment unto the children of Israel. Exo 25 23 You shall also make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it. Exo 25 24 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make for it a moulding of gold round about. Exo 25 25 And you shall make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and you shall make a golden moulding in the border of it round about. Exo 25 26 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are at its four legs. Exo 25 27 Close to the border shall the rings be for places for the poles to bear the table. Exo 25 28 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. Exo 25 29 And you shall make its dishes, and its spoons, and its covers, and its bowls for pouring: of pure gold shall you make them. Exo 25 30 And you shall set upon the table showbread before me always. Exo 25 31 And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold: of hammered work shall the lampstand be made: its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of the same one piece. Exo 25 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side: Exo 25 33 Three bowls made like almonds, with a knob and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knob and a flower: so also the six branches that come out of the lampstand. Exo 25 34 And in the lampstand shall be four bowls made like almonds, with their knobs and their flowers. Exo 25 35 And there shall be a knob under the first two branches of the same one piece, and a knob under the second two branches of the same one piece, and a knob under the third two branches of the same one piece, according to the six branches that proceed out of the lampstand. Exo 25 36 Their knobs and their branches shall be of the same piece: all of it shall be one hammered work of pure gold. Exo 25 37 And you shall make its seven lamps : and they shall light its lamps, that they may give light in front of it. Exo 25 38 And its wick trimmers, and their trays, shall be of pure gold. Exo 25 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these utensils. Exo 25 40 And see that you make them after their pattern, which was shown you on the mount. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 26 Exo 26 1 Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of skillful work shall you make them. Exo 26 2 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 the same measure. Exo 26 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. Exo 26 4 And you shall make loops of blue upon the edge of the outmost curtain from the first set; and likewise shall you make in the edge of the outmost curtain, in the coupling of the second set. Exo 26 5 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 second set; that the loops may take hold one of another. Exo 26 6 And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps: and it shall be one tabernacle. Exo 26 7 And you shall make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shall you make. Exo 26 8 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 the same measure. Exo 26 9 And you shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the front of the tabernacle. Exo 26 10 And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the one set, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which couples the second. Exo 26 11 And you shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. Exo 26 12 And the remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. Exo 26 13 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. Exo 26 14 And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above that of badgers' skins. Exo 26 15 And you shall make boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood standing upright. Exo 26 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. Exo 26 17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order for binding together: thus shall you make for all the boards of the tabernacle. Exo 26 18 And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. Exo 26 19 And 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. Exo 26 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards: Exo 26 21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. Exo 26 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards. Exo 26 23 And two boards shall you make for the corners of the tabernacle in the rear. Exo 26 24 And they shall be coupled together at the bottom, and they shall be coupled together at the top of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. Exo 26 25 And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. Exo 26 26 And you shall make bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, Exo 26 27 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 at the rear westward. Exo 26 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. Exo 26 29 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. Exo 26 30 And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to the pattern of it which was shown you on the mount. Exo 26 31 And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of skillful work: with cherubim shall it be made: Exo 26 32 And you shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. Exo 26 33 And you shall hang up the veil from the clasps, that you may bring in there within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. Exo 26 34 And you shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. Exo 26 35 And 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. Exo 26 36 And you shall make a hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. Exo 26 37 And you shall make for the hanging five pillars of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 27 Exo 27 1 And you shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height of it shall be three cubits. Exo 27 2 And you shall make the horns of it upon its four corners: its horns shall be of one piece with it: and you shall overlay it with bronze. Exo 27 3 And you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: all the utensils of it you shall make of bronze. Exo 27 4 And you shall make for it a grate of network of bronze; and upon the net shall you make four bronze rings in the four corners. Exo 27 5 And you shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the net may extend halfway down the altar. Exo 27 6 And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. Exo 27 7 And the poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. Exo 27 8 Hollow with boards shall you make it: as it was shown you on the mount, so shall they make it. Exo 27 9 And you shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of a hundred cubits long for one side: Exo 27 10 And the twenty pillars of it and their twenty sockets shall be of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. Exo 27 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. Exo 27 12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: its pillars ten, and their sockets ten. Exo 27 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits. Exo 27 14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. Exo 27 15 And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. Exo 27 16 And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework: and its pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. Exo 27 17 All the pillars round about the court shall have bands of silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of bronze. Exo 27 18 The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and its sockets of bronze. Exo 27 19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of bronze. Exo 27 20 And you shall command the children of Israel, that they bring you pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. Exo 27 21 In the tabernacle of meeting outside the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute forever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 28 Exo 28 1 And take unto you Aaron your 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. Exo 28 2 And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother for glory and for beauty. Exo 28 3 And you shall 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. Exo 28 4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and an embroidered coat, a turban, and a band: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. Exo 28 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. Exo 28 6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with skillful work. Exo 28 7 It shall have its two shoulder pieces joined at their two edges; and so it shall be joined together. Exo 28 8 And the skillfully woven band of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same workmanship, according to its work; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. Exo 28 9 And you shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel: Exo 28 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. Exo 28 11 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 settings of gold. Exo 28 12 And you shall 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. Exo 28 13 And you shall make settings of gold; Exo 28 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of braided work shall you make them, and fasten the braided chains to the settings. Exo 28 15 And you shall make the breastplate of judgment with skillful work; like 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. Exo 28 16 Foursquare it shall be, and doubled; a span shall be the length of it, and a span shall be the breadth of it. Exo 28 17 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. Exo 28 18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. Exo 28 19 And the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst. Exo 28 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold settings . Exo 28 21 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 its name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. Exo 28 22 And you shall make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of braided work of pure gold. Exo 28 23 And you shall make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. Exo 28 24 And you shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. Exo 28 25 And the other two ends of the two braided chains you shall fasten to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod in the front. Exo 28 26 And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in its edge, which is in the inside of the ephod. Exo 28 27 And two other rings of gold you shall make, and shall put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the front of it, right at the seam, above the skilllfully woven band of the ephod. Exo 28 28 And they shall bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the skilllfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate not come loose from the ephod. Exo 28 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goes in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. Exo 28 30 And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. Exo 28 31 And you shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. Exo 28 32 And there shall be a hole in the top of it, in the midst of it: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a garment, that it does not tear. Exo 28 33 And beneath upon the hem of it you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem of it; and bells of gold between them round about: Exo 28 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. Exo 28 35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he comes out, that he die not. Exo 28 36 And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. Exo 28 37 And you shall put it on with a blue lace, that it may be upon the turban; upon the front of the turban it shall be. Exo 28 38 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. Exo 28 39 And you shall embroider the coat of fine linen, and you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the belt of needlework. Exo 28 40 And for Aaron's sons you shall make coats, and you shall make for them belts, and turbans shall you make for them, for glory and for beauty. Exo 28 41 And you shall put them upon Aaron your brother, and his sons with him; and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. Exo 28 42 And you shall make them linen trousers to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: Exo 28 43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of meeting, 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 forever unto him and his descendants after him. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 29 Exo 29 1 And this is the thing that you shall do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, Exo 29 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mixed with oil, and wafers unleavened spread with oil: of wheat flour shall you make them. Exo 29 3 And you shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. Exo 29 4 And Aaron and his sons you shall bring unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and shall wash them with water. Exo 29 5 And you shall 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 skillfully woven band of the ephod: Exo 29 6 And you shall put the turban upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the turban. Exo 29 7 Then shall you take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. Exo 29 8 And you shall bring his sons, and put coats upon them. Exo 29 9 And you shall gird them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and put the turbans on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons. Exo 29 10 And you shall cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. Exo 29 11 And you shall kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Exo 29 12 And you shall take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. Exo 29 13 And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the fat that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. Exo 29 14 But the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, shall you burn with fire outside the camp: it is a sin offering. Exo 29 15 You shall also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. Exo 29 16 And you shall slay the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. Exo 29 17 And you shall cut the ram in pieces, and wash its entrails, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head. Exo 29 18 And you shall burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Exo 29 19 And you shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. Exo 29 20 Then shall you kill the ram, and take of its 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. Exo 29 21 And you shall 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. Exo 29 22 Also you shall take of the ram the fat and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the entrails, and the fat 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: Exo 29 23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of the bread with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD: Exo 29 24 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. Exo 29 25 And you shall receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet aroma before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Exo 29 26 And you shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be your part. Exo 29 27 And you shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the thigh of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is raised, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: Exo 29 28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute forever from the children of Israel: for it is a heave offering: and it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD. Exo 29 29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them. Exo 29 30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he comes into the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the holy place. Exo 29 31 And you shall take the ram of the consecration, and boil its flesh in the holy place. Exo 29 32 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 meeting. Exo 29 33 And they shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a foreigner shall not eat of them, because they are holy. Exo 29 34 And if any of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. Exo 29 35 And thus shall you do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded you: seven days shall you consecrate them. Exo 29 36 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. Exo 29 37 Seven days you shall make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever touches the altar shall be holy. Exo 29 38 Now this is that which you shall offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year, day by day continually. Exo 29 39 The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer in the evening: Exo 29 40 And with the one lamb a tenth measure of flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten olive oil; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering. Exo 29 41 And the other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do to it according to the grain offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering , for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Exo 29 42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto you. Exo 29 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. Exo 29 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. Exo 29 45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. Exo 29 46 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, Chapter 30 Exo 30 1 And you shall make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shall you make it. Exo 30 2 A cubit shall be the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height of it: its horns shall be of one piece with it. Exo 30 3 And you shall overlay it with pure gold, the top of it, and the sides of it round about, and its horns; and you shall make unto it a moulding of gold round about. Exo 30 4 And two golden rings shall you make for it under its moulding, by its two corners, upon the two sides of it shall you make it; and they shall be places for the poles with which to bear it. Exo 30 5 And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. Exo 30 6 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. Exo 30 7 And Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning: when he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. Exo 30 8 And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. Exo 30 9 You shall offer no unholy incense on it, nor burnt sacrifice, nor grain offering; neither shall you pour a drink offering on it. Exo 30 10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon its horns 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. Exo 30 11 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Exo 30 12 When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when you number them; that there be no plague among them, when you number them. Exo 30 13 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:) a half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. Exo 30 14 Every one included among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. Exo 30 15 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. Exo 30 16 And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. Exo 30 17 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Exo 30 18 You shall also make a laver of bronze, and its base also of bronze, for washing: and you shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it. Exo 30 19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet there: Exo 30 20 When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, 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: Exo 30 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations. Exo 30 22 Moreover the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Exo 30 23 Take also unto you the finest spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet-smelling cane two hundred and fifty shekels, Exo 30 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin: Exo 30 25 And you shall make it an oil of holy annointing, an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil. Exo 30 26 And you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony, Exo 30 27 And the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, Exo 30 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base. Exo 30 29 And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever touches them shall be holy. Exo 30 30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. Exo 30 31 And you shall speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. Exo 30 32 Upon man's 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 unto you. Exo 30 33 Whosoever compounds any like it, or whosoever puts any of it upon a foreigner, shall even be cut off from his people. Exo 30 34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto you sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be the same amount: Exo 30 35 And you shall make it an incense, a compound after the art of the perfumer, mixed together, pure and holy: Exo 30 36 And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of meeting, where I will meet with you: it shall be unto you most holy. Exo 30 37 And as for the incense which you shall make, you shall not make it for yourselves according to the composition of it: it shall be unto you holy for the LORD. Exo 30 38 Whosoever shall make any like that, to smell it, shall even be cut off from his people. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 31 Exo 31 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Exo 31 2 See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: Exo 31 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, Exo 31 4 To devise artistic works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, Exo 31 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. Exo 31 6 And I, behold, I have given with him Oholiab, 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; Exo 31 7 The tabernacle of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, Exo 31 8 And the table and its furniture, and the pure lampstand with all its furniture, and the altar of incense, Exo 31 9 And the altar of burnt offering with all its furniture, and the laver and its foot, Exo 31 10 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, Exo 31 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded you shall they do. Exo 31 12 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Exo 31 13 Speak also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily 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. Exo 31 14 You shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Exo 31 15 Six days may work be done; but on the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever does any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Exo 31 16 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. Exo 31 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. Exo 31 18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of speaking with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 32 Exo 32 1 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, who 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 has become of him. Exo 32 2 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. Exo 32 3 And all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. Exo 32 4 And he received them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Exo 32 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD. Exo 32 6 And they rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. Exo 32 7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get you down; for your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: Exo 32 8 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 have sacrificed to it, and said, These are your gods, O Israel, who have brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Exo 32 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people: Exo 32 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may grow hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation. Exo 32 11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why does your wrath grow hot against your people, whom you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? Exo 32 12 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 change from this evil against your people. Exo 32 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said unto them, I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever. Exo 32 14 And the LORD turned from the evil which he thought to do unto his people. Exo 32 15 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. Exo 32 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved upon the tables. Exo 32 17 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. Exo 32 18 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. Exo 32 19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came near unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount. Exo 32 20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. Exo 32 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto you, that you have brought so great a sin upon them? Exo 32 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord grow hot: you know the people, that they are set on mischief. Exo 32 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, who 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 has become of him. Exo 32 24 And I said unto them, Whosoever has any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it to me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. Exo 32 25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had let them be naked unto their shame among their enemies:) Exo 32 26 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. Exo 32 27 And he said unto them, Thus says 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. Exo 32 28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. Exo 32 29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man upon the cost of his son, and his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. Exo 32 30 And it came to pass on the next day, that Moses said unto the people, you have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; perhaps I shall make an atonement for your sin. Exo 32 31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Exo 32 32 Yet now, if you will forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray you, out of your book which you have written. Exo 32 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Exo 32 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto you: behold, my Angel shall go before you: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. Exo 32 35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 33 Exo 33 1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto your descendants will I give it: Exo 33 2 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: Exo 33 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you; for you are a stiff-necked people: lest I consume you in the way. Exo 33 4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. Exo 33 5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, you are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into the midst of you in a moment, and consume you: therefore now put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do unto you. Exo 33 6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. Exo 33 7 And Moses took a tent, and pitched it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one who sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of meeting, which was outside the camp. Exo 33 8 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. Exo 33 9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. Exo 33 10 And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshiped, every man in his tent door. Exo 33 11 And the LORD spoke unto 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. Exo 33 12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, you say unto 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. Exo 33 13 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. Exo 33 14 And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. Exo 33 15 And he said unto him, If your presence go not with me, carry us not up from here. Exo 33 16 For how 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 upon the face of the earth. Exo 33 17 And the LORD said unto 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. Exo 33 18 And he said, I beseech you, show me your glory. Exo 33 19 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. Exo 33 20 And he said, You can not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. Exo 33 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand upon a rock: Exo 33 22 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: Exo 33 23 And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back: but my face shall not be seen. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 34 Exo 34 1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which you broke. Exo 34 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me in the top of the mount. Exo 34 3 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. Exo 34 4 And he cut out 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. Exo 34 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. Exo 34 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Exo 34 7 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. Exo 34 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. Exo 34 9 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. Exo 34 10 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 whom you are shall see the work of the LORD: for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you. Exo 34 11 Observe 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. Exo 34 12 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 midst of you: Exo 34 13 But you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their idol poles: Exo 34 14 For you shall worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Exo 34 15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go play the harlot after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call you, and you eat of his sacrifice; Exo 34 16 And you take of their daughters unto your sons, and their daughters go play the harlot after their gods, and make your sons go play the harlot after their gods. Exo 34 17 You shall make you no molten gods. Exo 34 18 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. Exo 34 19 All that opens the womb is mine; and every firstling among your cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. Exo 34 20 But the firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb: and if you redeem it not, then shall you break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. Exo 34 21 Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. Exo 34 22 And you shall observe the feast of weeks, of the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. Exo 34 23 Three times in the year shall all your male children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. Exo 34 24 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 three times in the year. Exo 34 25 You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. Exo 34 26 The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring unto the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk. Exo 34 27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel. Exo 34 28 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. Exo 34 29 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. Exo 34 30 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. Exo 34 31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. Exo 34 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came near: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him on mount Sinai. Exo 34 33 And till Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. Exo 34 34 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 unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. Exo 34 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 35 Exo 35 1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD has commanded, that you should do them. Exo 35 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day it shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever does work on it shall be put to death. Exo 35 3 You shall kindle no fire throughout your houses upon the sabbath day. Exo 35 4 And Moses spoke unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, Exo 35 5 Take 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 bronze, Exo 35 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, Exo 35 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and acacia wood, Exo 35 8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, Exo 35 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. Exo 35 10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD has commanded; Exo 35 11 The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets, Exo 35 12 The ark, and its poles, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering, Exo 35 13 The table, and its poles, and all its utensils, and the showbread, Exo 35 14 The lampstand also for the light, and its furniture, and its lamps, with the oil for the light, Exo 35 15 And the incense altar, and its poles, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, Exo 35 16 The altar of burnt offering, with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils, the laver and its base, Exo 35 17 The hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, Exo 35 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, Exo 35 19 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. Exo 35 20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. Exo 35 21 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 meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. Exo 35 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and necklaces, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. Exo 35 23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet stuff, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. Exo 35 24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and bronze brought the LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it. Exo 35 25 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. Exo 35 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. Exo 35 27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; Exo 35 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. Exo 35 29 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. Exo 35 30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; Exo 35 31 And he has filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; Exo 35 32 And to devise artistic works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, Exo 35 33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of skillful work. Exo 35 34 And he has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Exo 35 35 Them has he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the skillful 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 artistic work. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 36 Exo 36 1 Then Bezalel and Oholiab labored, 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. Exo 36 2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, 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: Exo 36 3 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. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. Exo 36 4 And all the wise men, that were doing all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which he had made; Exo 36 5 And they spoke unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. Exo 36 6 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. Exo 36 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. Exo 36 8 And every wise hearted man among them that were doing the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of skillful work made he them. Exo 36 9 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. Exo 36 10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. Exo 36 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of the outmost curtain from the first set: likewise he made in the edge of the outmost curtain in the second set. Exo 36 12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the second set: the loops held one curtain to another. Exo 36 13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the clasps: so it became one tabernacle. Exo 36 14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made. Exo 36 15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. Exo 36 16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. Exo 36 17 And he made fifty loops upon the outmost edge of the curtain in the one set, and fifty loops he made upon the edge of the second connecting curtain. Exo 36 18 And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together, that it might be one. Exo 36 19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. Exo 36 20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright. Exo 36 21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. Exo 36 22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. Exo 36 23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward: Exo 36 24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. Exo 36 25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north side, he made twenty boards, Exo 36 26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. Exo 36 27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. Exo 36 28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the rear. Exo 36 29 And they were coupled at the bottom, and coupled together at the top of it, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. Exo 36 30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. Exo 36 31 And he made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, Exo 36 32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle at the rear westward. Exo 36 33 And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from the one end to the other. Exo 36 34 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. Exo 36 35 And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim made he it of skillful work. Exo 36 36 And he made for it four pillars of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. Exo 36 37 And he made a hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; Exo 36 38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their capitals and their bands with gold: but their five sockets were of bronze. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 37 Exo 37 1 And Bezalel made the ark of acacia 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: Exo 37 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a moulding of gold for it round about. Exo 37 3 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. Exo 37 4 And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. Exo 37 5 And he put the poles into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. Exo 37 6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and one cubit and a half the breadth of it. Exo 37 7 And he made two cherubim of gold, hammered out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; Exo 37 8 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 of it. Exo 37 9 And the cherubim spread out their wings above, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim. Exo 37 10 And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits was the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: Exo 37 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made for it a moulding of gold round about. Exo 37 12 Also he made for it a border of a handbreadth round about; and made a moulding of gold for the border of it round about. Exo 37 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four legs of it. Exo 37 14 Close to the border were the rings, the places for the poles to bear the table. Exo 37 15 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. Exo 37 16 And he made the utensils which were upon the table, its dishes, and its spoons, and its bowls, and its covers for pouring, of pure gold. Exo 37 17 And he made the lampstand of pure gold: of hammered work made he the lampstand; its shaft, and its branch, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, were of the one same piece: Exo 37 18 And six branches going out of the sides of it; three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side: Exo 37 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knob and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knob and a flower: so also the six branches coming out of the lampstand. Exo 37 20 And in the lampstand were four bowls made like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers: Exo 37 21 And a knob under the first two branches of the one same piece, and a knob under the second two branches of the one same piece, and a knob under the third two branches of the one same piece, according to the six branches coming out of it. Exo 37 22 Their knobs and their branches were of the same piece: all of it was one hammered work of pure gold. Exo 37 23 And he made its seven lamps, and its wick trimmers, and their trays, of pure gold. Exo 37 24 Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its utensils. Exo 37 25 And he made the incense altar of acacia 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 of it were of one piece with it. Exo 37 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides of it round about, and the horns of it: also he made for it a moulding of gold round about. Exo 37 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under its moulding, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides of it, to be places for the poles to bear it. Exo 37 28 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. Exo 37 29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer. ------------------------Exodus, Chapter 38 Exo 38 1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length of it, and five cubits the breadth of it; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height of it. Exo 38 2 And he made its horns on the four corners of it; its horns were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with bronze. Exo 38 3 And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and the flesh hooks, and the firepans: all the utensils of it he made of bronze. Exo 38 4 And he made for the altar a bronze grate of network under its rim extending halfway down it. Exo 38 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of bronze, to be places for the poles. Exo 38 6 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze. Exo 38 7 And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it; he made the altar hollow with boards. Exo 38 8 And he made the laver of bronze, and the base of it of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the women serving, who served at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Exo 38 9 And he made the court: on the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits: Exo 38 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their bronze sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. Exo 38 11 And for the north side the hangings were a hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of bronze twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. Exo 38 12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. Exo 38 13 And for the east side fifty cubits. Exo 38 14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. Exo 38 15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this side and that side, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. Exo 38 16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. Exo 38 17 And the sockets for the pillars were of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver. Exo 38 18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was embroidered needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height was five cubits along its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court. Exo 38 19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of bronze four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their bands of silver. Exo 38 20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of bronze. Exo 38 21 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 of Aaron the priest. Exo 38 22 And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. Exo 38 23 And with him was Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. Exo 38 24 All the gold that was used 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. Exo 38 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and three score and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: Exo 38 26 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. Exo 38 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; a hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. Exo 38 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and banded them. Exo 38 29 And the bronze of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. Exo 38 30 And with it he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and the bronze altar, and the bronze grate for it, and all the utensils of the altar, Exo 38 31 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, Chapter 39 Exo 39 1 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. Exo 39 2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. Exo 39 3 And they did hammer 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 skillful work. Exo 39 4 They made shoulder pieces for it, to join it together: by the two edges was it joined together. Exo 39 5 And the skillfully woven band of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same workmanship, according to its work; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. Exo 39 6 And they worked onyx stones enclosed in settings of gold, engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the children of Israel. Exo 39 7 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. Exo 39 8 And he made the breastplate of skillful work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. Exo 39 9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length of it, and a span the breadth of it, being doubled. Exo 39 10 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. Exo 39 11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. Exo 39 12 And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst. Exo 39 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings. Exo 39 14 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 its name, according to the twelve tribes. Exo 39 15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of braided work of pure gold. Exo 39 16 And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. Exo 39 17 And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. Exo 39 18 And the two ends of the two braided chains they fastened to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, in the front. Exo 39 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, in its edge, which was on the inside of the ephod. Exo 39 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the front of it, right at the seam, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. Exo 39 21 And they did bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. Exo 39 22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. Exo 39 23 And there was a hole in the top of the robe, as the hole of a garment, with a band round about the hole, that it should not tear. Exo 39 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. Exo 39 25 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; Exo 39 26 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. Exo 39 27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, Exo 39 28 And a turban of fine linen, and exquisite caps of fine linen, and linen trousers of fine twined linen, Exo 39 29 And a band of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. Exo 39 30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. Exo 39 31 And they tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it high on the turban; as the LORD commanded Moses. Exo 39 32 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. Exo 39 33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, Exo 39 34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the veil of the covering, Exo 39 35 The ark of the testimony, and its poles, and the mercy seat, Exo 39 36 The table, and all the utensils, and the showbread, Exo 39 37 The pure lampstand, with its lamps, even with the lamps set in order, and all its utensils, and the oil for light, Exo 39 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet-smelling incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, Exo 39 39 The bronze altar, and its grate of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the laver and its base, Exo 39 40 The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, its cords, and its pins, and all the utensils of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, Exo 39 41 The garments 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. Exo 39 42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. Exo 39 43 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, Chapter 40 Exo 40 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Exo 40 2 On the first day of the first month shall you set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. Exo 40 3 And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil. Exo 40 4 And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and you shall bring in the lampstand, and light its lamps. Exo 40 5 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. Exo 40 6 And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. Exo 40 7 And you shall set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water in it. Exo 40 8 And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. Exo 40 9 And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shall hallow it, and all its utensils: and it shall be holy. Exo 40 10 And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all its utensils, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. Exo 40 11 And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it. Exo 40 12 And you shall bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and wash them with water. Exo 40 13 And you shall put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. Exo 40 14 And you shall bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: Exo 40 15 And you shall anoint them, as you did 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. Exo 40 16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he. Exo 40 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was raised up. Exo 40 18 And Moses raised up the tabernacle, and fastened its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and raised up its pillars. Exo 40 19 And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent over it; as the LORD commanded Moses. Exo 40 20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark: Exo 40 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. Exo 40 22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil. Exo 40 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. Exo 40 24 And he put the lampstand in the tent of the congregation, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle. Exo 40 25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. Exo 40 26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil: Exo 40 27 And he burnt sweet-smelling incense on it; as the LORD commanded Moses. Exo 40 28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. Exo 40 29 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 grain offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. Exo 40 30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, for washing. Exo 40 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet there: Exo 40 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses. Exo 40 33 And he raised up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. Exo 40 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Exo 40 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Exo 40 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: Exo 40 37 But if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. Exo 40 38 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. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 1 Lev 1 1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tabernacle of meeting, saying, Lev 1 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you brings an offering unto the LORD, you shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. Lev 1 3 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 meeting before the LORD. Lev 1 4 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. Lev 1 5 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 meeting. Lev 1 6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into its pieces. Lev 1 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire: Lev 1 8 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: Lev 1 9 But its entrails and its 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 aroma unto the LORD. Lev 1 10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring a male without blemish. Lev 1 11 And he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle its blood round about upon the altar. Lev 1 12 And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: Lev 1 13 But he shall wash the entrails 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 aroma unto the LORD. Lev 1 14 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. Lev 1 15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar: Lev 1 16 And he shall pluck away its crop with its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east side, by the place of the ashes: Lev 1 17 And he shall split it with the wings, 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 aroma unto the LORD. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 2 Lev 2 1 And when any will offer a grain offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: Lev 2 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take out a handful of the flour, and of the oil, with all the frankincense; and the priest shall burn it as a memorial upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma unto the LORD: Lev 2 3 And the remnant of the grain offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Lev 2 4 And if you bring an offering of a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Lev 2 5 And if your offering be a grain offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil. Lev 2 6 You shall break it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a grain offering. Lev 2 7 And if your offering be a grain offering baked in the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. Lev 2 8 And you shall bring the grain 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. Lev 2 9 And the priest shall take from the grain offering a memorial portion, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma unto the LORD. Lev 2 10 And that which is left of the grain offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Lev 2 11 No grain offering, which you shall bring unto 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. Lev 2 12 As for the offering of the first fruits, you shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet aroma. Lev 2 13 And every offering of your grain offering shall you season with salt; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering: with all your offerings you shall offer salt. Lev 2 14 And if you offer a grain offering of your first fruits unto the LORD, you shall offer for the grain offering of your first fruits green ears of grain dried by the fire, even grain beaten out of full ears. Lev 2 15 And you shall put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a grain offering. Lev 2 16 And the priest shall burn as the memorial portion, part of the beaten grain, and part of the oil, with all the frankincense: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 3 Lev 3 1 And if his offering be a sacrifice of a 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. Lev 3 2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of meeting: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. Lev 3 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is upon the entrails, Lev 3 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the fat above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. Lev 3 5 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 aroma unto the LORD. Lev 3 6 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. Lev 3 7 If he offers a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD. Lev 3 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. Lev 3 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat, and the whole fat tail, it shall he take off close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is upon the entrails, Lev 3 10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the fat above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. Lev 3 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD. Lev 3 12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD. Lev 3 13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of meeting: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. Lev 3 14 And he shall offer his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is upon the entrails, Lev 3 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the fat above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. Lev 3 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet aroma: all the fat is the LORD'S. Lev 3 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 4 Lev 4 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 4 2 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 act against any one of them: Lev 4 3 If the priest that is anointed sins according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering. Lev 4 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. Lev 4 5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of meeting: Lev 4 6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the veil of the sanctuary. Lev 4 7 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 meeting; and shall pour the rest of the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Lev 4 8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is upon the entrails, Lev 4 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the fat above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, Lev 4 10 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. Lev 4 11 And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its entrails, and its dung, Lev 4 12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth outside the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall it be burned. Lev 4 13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sins 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; Lev 4 14 When the sin, which they have sinned, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring it before the tabernacle of meeting. Lev 4 15 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. Lev 4 16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring some of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of meeting: Lev 4 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the veil. Lev 4 18 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 meeting, and shall pour out the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Lev 4 19 And he shall take all its fat from it, and burn it upon the altar. Lev 4 20 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. Lev 4 21 And he shall carry forth the bullock outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation. Lev 4 22 When a ruler has sinned, and done something through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; Lev 4 23 Or if his sin, which he has sinned, comes to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: Lev 4 24 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. Lev 4 25 And the priest shall take some 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 its blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. Lev 4 26 And he shall burn all its 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. Lev 4 27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he does something against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; Lev 4 28 Or if his sin, which he has sinned, comes 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. Lev 4 29 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. Lev 4 30 And the priest shall take some of the blood with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar. Lev 4 31 And he shall take away all its fat, 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 aroma unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. Lev 4 32 And if he brings a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. Lev 4 33 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. Lev 4 34 And the priest shall take some 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 the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar: Lev 4 35 And he shall take away all its fat, 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 has committed, and it shall be forgiven him. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 5 Lev 5 1 And if a soul sins, and hears the voice of an oath, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of it; if he does not tell of it, then he shall bear his iniquity. Lev 5 2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean animal, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. Lev 5 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever 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. Lev 5 4 Or if a soul vows, 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 knows of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. Lev 5 5 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: Lev 5 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto 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. Lev 5 7 And if he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he has committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. Lev 5 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it asunder: Lev 5 9 And he shall sprinkle some 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. Lev 5 10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. Lev 5 11 But if he is 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. Lev 5 12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering. Lev 5 13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a grain offering. Lev 5 14 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 5 15 If a soul commits a trespass, and sins 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 your valuation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: Lev 5 16 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 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. Lev 5 17 And if a soul sins, and commits 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. Lev 5 18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with your valuation, for a trespass offering, unto 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. Lev 5 19 It is a trespass offering: he has certainly trespassed against the LORD. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 6 Lev 6 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 6 2 If a soul sins, and commits a trespass against the LORD, and lies unto 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; Lev 6 3 Or has found that which was lost, and lies concerning it, and swears falsely; in any of all these that a man does, sinning therein: Lev 6 4 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, Lev 6 5 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 unto him to whom it belongs, in the day of his trespass offering. Lev 6 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with your valuation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: Lev 6 7 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. Lev 6 8 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 6 9 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 on it. Lev 6 10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen trousers shall he put upon 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. Lev 6 11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes outside the camp unto a clean place. Lev 6 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning on 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. Lev 6 13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out. Lev 6 14 And this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. Lev 6 15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the grain offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the grain offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet aroma, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD. Lev 6 16 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 meeting they shall eat it. Lev 6 17 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. Lev 6 18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that touches them shall be holy. Lev 6 19 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 6 20 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 grain offering perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half of it at night. Lev 6 21 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 grain offering shall you offer for a sweet aroma unto the LORD. Lev 6 22 And the priest of his sons that are anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute forever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt. Lev 6 23 For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. Lev 6 24 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 6 25 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. Lev 6 26 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 meeting. Lev 6 27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in the holy place. Lev 6 28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken: and if it be boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. Lev 6 29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. Lev 6 30 And no sin offering, from which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 7 Lev 7 1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy. Lev 7 2 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. Lev 7 3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the fat tail, and the fat that covers the entrails, Lev 7 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the fat that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: Lev 7 5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering. Lev 7 6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. Lev 7 7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that makes atonement with it shall have it. Lev 7 8 And the priest that offers any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered. Lev 7 9 And all the grain offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is prepared in the frying pan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offers it. Lev 7 10 And every grain offering, mixed with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. Lev 7 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD. Lev 7 12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with oil, of fine flour, fried. Lev 7 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. Lev 7 14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole offering for a heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings. Lev 7 15 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. Lev 7 16 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 the next day also the remainder of it shall be eaten: Lev 7 17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. Lev 7 18 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 offers it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eats of it shall bear his iniquity. Lev 7 19 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. Lev 7 20 But the soul that eats 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. Lev 7 21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean animal, 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. Lev 7 22 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 7 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, You shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. Lev 7 24 And the fat of the animal that dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with animals, may be used in any other use: but you shall in no wise eat of it. Lev 7 25 For whosoever eats the fat of the animal, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eats it shall be cut off from his people. Lev 7 26 Moreover you shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwellings. Lev 7 27 Whatsoever soul it be that eats any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. Lev 7 28 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 7 29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his offering unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. Lev 7 30 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. Lev 7 31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. Lev 7 32 And the right shoulder shall you give unto the priest for a heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. Lev 7 33 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. Lev 7 34 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 forever from among the children of Israel. Lev 7 35 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; Lev 7 36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute forever throughout their generations. Lev 7 37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the grain offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; Lev 7 38 Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 8 Lev 8 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 8 2 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; Lev 8 3 And gather you all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Lev 8 4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Lev 8 5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done. Lev 8 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. Lev 8 7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the belt, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it on him. Lev 8 8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. Lev 8 9 And he put the turban upon his head; also upon the turban, even upon its front, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses. Lev 8 10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. Lev 8 11 And he sprinkled it upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, both the laver and its base, to sanctify them. Lev 8 12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. Lev 8 13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with belts, and put caps upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses. Lev 8 14 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. Lev 8 15 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 atonement for it. Lev 8 16 And he took all the fat that was upon the entrails, and the fat above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. Lev 8 17 But the bullock, and its hide, its flesh, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. Lev 8 18 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. Lev 8 19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. Lev 8 20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat. Lev 8 21 And he washed the entrails and the legs in water; and Moses burned the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet aroma, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. Lev 8 22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. Lev 8 23 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. Lev 8 24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put some of the blood upon the tip of their right ears, 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. Lev 8 25 And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the entrails, and the fat above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder: Lev 8 26 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: Lev 8 27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD. Lev 8 28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burned them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet aroma: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Lev 8 29 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. Lev 8 30 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. Lev 8 31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of meeting: 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. Lev 8 32 And that which remains of the flesh and of the bread shall you burn with fire. Lev 8 33 And you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of meeting in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. Lev 8 34 As he has done this day, so the LORD has commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. Lev 8 35 Therefore shall you abide at the door of the tabernacle of meeting day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that you die not: for so I am commanded. Lev 8 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 9 Lev 9 1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; Lev 9 2 And he said unto 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. Lev 9 3 And unto 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; Lev 9 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a grain offering mixed with oil: for today the LORD will appear unto you. Lev 9 5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. Lev 9 6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that you should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you. Lev 9 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto 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. Lev 9 8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. Lev 9 9 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: Lev 9 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the fat above the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. Lev 9 11 And the flesh and the hide he burned with fire outside the camp. Lev 9 12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. Lev 9 13 And they presented the burned offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burned them upon the altar. Lev 9 14 And he did wash the entrails and the legs, and burned them upon the burnt offering on the altar. Lev 9 15 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. Lev 9 16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the ordinance. Lev 9 17 And he brought the grain offering, and took a handful thereof, and burned it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. Lev 9 18 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, Lev 9 19 And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the entrails, and the kidneys, and the fat above the liver: Lev 9 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat upon the altar: Lev 9 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. Lev 9 22 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. Lev 9 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. Lev 9 24 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. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 10 Lev 10 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense thereon, and offered unholy fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. Lev 10 2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Lev 10 3 Then Moses said unto 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. Lev 10 4 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. Lev 10 5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. Lev 10 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest you die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD has kindled. Lev 10 7 And you shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. Lev 10 8 And the LORD spoke unto Aaron, saying, Lev 10 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations: Lev 10 10 And that you may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; Lev 10 11 And that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. Lev 10 12 And Moses spoke unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the grain 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: Lev 10 13 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. Lev 10 14 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 are your due, and your sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. Lev 10 15 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 forever; as the LORD has commanded. Lev 10 16 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 who were left alive, saying, Lev 10 17 Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? Lev 10 18 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. Lev 10 19 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 today, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? Lev 10 20 And when Moses heard that, he was content. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 11 Lev 11 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, Lev 11 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which you shall eat among all the animals that are on the earth. Lev 11 3 Whatsoever parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, and chews the cud, among the animals, that shall you eat. Lev 11 4 Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you. Lev 11 5 And the rock badger, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you. Lev 11 6 And the hare, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you. Lev 11 7 And the swine, though it divides the hoof, and is cloven footed, yet it chews not the cud; it is unclean to you. Lev 11 8 Of their flesh shall you not eat, and their carcass shall you not touch; they are unclean to you. Lev 11 9 These shall you eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall you eat. Lev 11 10 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: Lev 11 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall hold their carcasses in abomination. Lev 11 12 Whatsoever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. Lev 11 13 And these are they which you shall hold in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, Lev 11 14 And the kite, and the falcon after its kind; Lev 11 15 Every raven after its kind; Lev 11 16 And the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind, Lev 11 17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, Lev 11 18 And the white owl, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, Lev 11 19 And the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. Lev 11 20 All winged insects that creep, going upon all fours, shall be an abomination unto you. Lev 11 21 Yet these may you eat of every winged insect that goes upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, to leap with upon the earth; Lev 11 22 Even these of them you may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. Lev 11 23 But all other winged insects, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. Lev 11 24 And for these you shall be unclean: whosoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening. Lev 11 25 And whosoever bears any part of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 11 26 The carcasses of every animal which divides the hoof, and is not cloven footed, nor chews the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that touches them shall be unclean. Lev 11 27 And whatsoever goes upon its paws, among all manner of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean unto you: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. Lev 11 28 And he that bears the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they are unclean unto you. Lev 11 29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, Lev 11 30 And the gecko, and the monitor lizard, and the wall lizard, and the sand lizard, and the chameleon. Lev 11 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever does touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening. Lev 11 32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, does fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or clothing, 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 evening; so it shall be cleansed. Lev 11 33 And every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and you shall break it. Lev 11 34 Of all food 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. Lev 11 35 And everything whereupon any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. Lev 11 36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. Lev 11 37 And if any part of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. Lev 11 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. Lev 11 39 And if any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he that touches the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the evening. Lev 11 40 And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: he also that bears the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 11 41 And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. Lev 11 42 Whatsoever goes upon the belly, and whatsoever goes upon all fours, or whatsoever has many feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination. Lev 11 43 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 by them. Lev 11 44 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 upon the earth. Lev 11 45 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. Lev 11 46 This is the law of the animals, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps upon the earth: Lev 11 47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 12 Lev 12 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 12 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child: then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity shall she be unclean. Lev 12 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. Lev 12 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purification three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification be fulfilled. Lev 12 5 But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary imurity: and she shall continue in the blood of her purification three score and six days. Lev 12 6 And when the days of her purification 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 meeting, unto the priest: Lev 12 7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her that has borne a male or a female. Lev 12 8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtledoves, 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. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 13 Lev 13 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron, saying, Lev 13 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a swelling, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the disease of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: Lev 13 3 And the priest shall look on the disease in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the disease is turned white, and the disease in sight is deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a disease of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. Lev 13 4 If the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight is not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof is not turned white; then the priest shall shut him up that has the disease seven days: Lev 13 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the disease in his sight is unchanged, and the disease spreads not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: Lev 13 6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the disease is somewhat dark, and the disease spreads not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. Lev 13 7 But if the scab spreads 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: Lev 13 8 And if the priest sees that, behold, the scab spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. Lev 13 9 When the disease of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; Lev 13 10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the swelling is white in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is a spot of raw flesh in the swelling; Lev 13 11 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. Lev 13 12 And if a leprosy breaks out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of him that has the disease from his head even to his foot, wherever the priest looks; Lev 13 13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that has the disease: it is all turned white: he is clean. Lev 13 14 But when raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean. Lev 13 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. Lev 13 16 Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, he shall come unto the priest; Lev 13 17 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the disease is turned to white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that has the disease: he is clean. Lev 13 18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, Lev 13 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white swelling, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shown to the priest; Lev 13 20 And if, when the priest sees it, behold, it is in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof is turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a disease of leprosy broken out of the boil. Lev 13 21 But if the priest looks on it, and, behold, there is no white hairs therein, and if it is not lower than the skin, but is somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: Lev 13 22 And if it spreads much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a disease. Lev 13 23 But if the bright spot stays in its place, and spreads not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. Lev 13 24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin of which there is a burned spot, and the raw flesh that is burned has a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; Lev 13 25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot is turned white, and it is in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out in the burn: therefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the disease of leprosy. Lev 13 26 But if the priest looks on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it is no lower than the other skin, but is somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: Lev 13 27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it is spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the disease of leprosy. Lev 13 28 And if the bright spot stays in its place, and spreads not in the skin, but it is somewhat dark; it is a swelling of the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is a scar from the burn. Lev 13 29 If a man or woman has a disease upon the head or the beard; Lev 13 30 Then the priest shall see the disease: and, behold, if it is in sight deeper than the skin; and there is in it yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scaly erruption, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. Lev 13 31 And if the priest looks on the disease of the scaly erruption, and, behold, it is not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut him up that has the disease of the scaly erruption seven days: Lev 13 32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the disease: and, behold, if the scaly erruption spreads not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scaly erruption is not in sight deeper than the skin; Lev 13 33 He shall be shaven, but the scaly erruption shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut him up that has the scaly erruption seven days more: Lev 13 34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scaly erruption: and, behold, if the scaly erruption is 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. Lev 13 35 But if the scaly erruption spreads much in the skin after his cleansing; Lev 13 36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scaly erruption is spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. Lev 13 37 But if the scaly erruption is in his sight unchanged, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scaly erruption is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. Lev 13 38 If a man also or a woman has in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; Lev 13 39 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. Lev 13 40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. Lev 13 41 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. Lev 13 42 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. Lev 13 43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the swelling 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; Lev 13 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his disease is in his head. Lev 13 45 And the leper in whom the disease is, his clothes shall be torn, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. Lev 13 46 All the days in which the disease shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; outside the camp shall his habitation be. Lev 13 47 The garment also that the disease of leprosy is in, whether it be a woolen garment, or a linen garment; Lev 13 48 Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; Lev 13 49 And if the disease be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is a disease of leprosy, and shall be shown unto the priest: Lev 13 50 And the priest shall look upon the disease, and shut up it that has the disease seven days: Lev 13 51 And he shall look on the disease on the seventh day: if the disease 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 disease is an active leprosy; it is unclean. Lev 13 52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woolen or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the disease is: for it is an active leprosy; it shall be burned in the fire. Lev 13 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the disease be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; Lev 13 54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which the disease is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: Lev 13 55 And the priest shall look on the disease, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the disease has not changed its color, though the disease is not spread; it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire; it continues eating away, whether the damage is inside or outside. Lev 13 56 And if the priest looks, and, behold, the disease be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: Lev 13 57 And if it appears still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is a spreading disease: you shall burn that in which the disease is with fire. Lev 13 58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which you shall wash, if the disease is departed from it, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. Lev 13 59 This is the law of the disease of leprosy in a garment of woolen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or anything of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 14 Lev 14 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 14 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: Lev 14 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the disease of leprosy be healed in the leper; Lev 14 4 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: Lev 14 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: Lev 14 6 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: Lev 14 7 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. Lev 14 8 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, but shall stay outside of his tent seven days. Lev 14 9 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. Lev 14 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and one log of oil. Lev 14 11 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 meeting: Lev 14 12 And the priest shall take one male lamb, and offer it for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: Lev 14 13 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: Lev 14 14 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: Lev 14 15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: Lev 14 16 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: Lev 14 17 And some 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: Lev 14 18 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. Lev 14 19 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: Lev 14 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. Lev 14 21 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 of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil; Lev 14 22 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. Lev 14 23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting, before the LORD. Lev 14 24 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: Lev 14 25 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: Lev 14 26 And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: Lev 14 27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD: Lev 14 28 And the priest shall put some 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: Lev 14 29 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. Lev 14 30 And he shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; Lev 14 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the grain offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. Lev 14 32 This is the law of him in whom is the disease of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertains to his cleansing. Lev 14 33 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Lev 14 34 When you are 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; Lev 14 35 And he that owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seems to me there is as it were a disease in the house: Lev 14 36 Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes into it to see the disease, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house: Lev 14 37 And he shall look on the disease, and, behold, if the disease is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, which in sight are deep in the wall; Lev 14 38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days: Lev 14 39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the disease is spread in the walls of the house; Lev 14 40 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the disease is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place outside the city: Lev 14 41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped inside round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off outside the city into an unclean place: Lev 14 42 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. Lev 14 43 And if the disease comes again, and breaks out in the house, after that he has taken away the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered; Lev 14 44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the disease is spread in the house, it is an active leprosy in the house: it is unclean. Lev 14 45 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. Lev 14 46 Moreover he that goes into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening. Lev 14 47 And he that lies in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eats in the house shall wash his clothes. Lev 14 48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the disease has not spread in the house, after the house was plastered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the disease is healed. Lev 14 49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: Lev 14 50 And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: Lev 14 51 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: Lev 14 52 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: Lev 14 53 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. Lev 14 54 This is the law for all manner of disease of leprosy, and scaly erruption, Lev 14 55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, Lev 14 56 And for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: Lev 14 57 To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 15 Lev 15 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, Lev 15 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man has a discharge out of his flesh, because of his discharge he is unclean. Lev 15 3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his flesh runs with his discharge, or his flesh be stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness. Lev 15 4 Every bed, whereon he lies that has the discharge, is unclean: and everything, whereon he sits, shall be unclean. Lev 15 5 And whosoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 6 And he that sits on any thing on which he sat that has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 7 And he that touches the flesh of him that has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 8 And if he that has the discharge spits upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 9 And whatsoever saddle which he rides upon that has the discharge shall be unclean. Lev 15 10 And whosoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening: and he that bears any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 11 And whomsoever he touches that has the discharge, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 12 And the vessel of earth, that he touches which has the discharge, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. Lev 15 13 And when he that has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge; 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. Lev 15 14 And on the eighth day he shall take for him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and give them unto the priest: Lev 15 15 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 discharge. Lev 15 16 And if any man's semen go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 17 And every garment, and every skin, on which is the semen, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 18 The woman also with whom man shall lie and have an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 19 And if a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her flesh is blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 20 And everything that she lies upon in her impurity shall be unclean: everything also that she sits upon shall be unclean. Lev 15 21 And whosoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 22 And whosoever touches anything that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 23 And if it be on her bed, or on anything on which she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her impurity is upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the beds on which he lies shall be unclean. Lev 15 25 And if a woman has a discharge of blood many days other than the time of her impurity, or if it runs beyond the time of her impurity; all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her impurity: she shall be unclean. Lev 15 26 Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be unto her as the bed of her impurity: and whatsoever she sits upon shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her impurity. Lev 15 27 And whosoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Lev 15 28 But if she be cleansed of her discharge, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. Lev 15 29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Lev 15 30 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 discharge of her uncleanness. Lev 15 31 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. Lev 15 32 This is the law of him that has a discharge, and of him who has an emission of semen, and is unclean thereby; Lev 15 33 And of her that is sick of her impurity, and of him that has a discharge, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lies with her who is unclean. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 16 Lev 16 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; Lev 16 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron your brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. Lev 16 3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. Lev 16 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen trousers upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen belt, 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. Lev 16 5 And he shall take for the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. Lev 16 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. Lev 16 7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Lev 16 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. Lev 16 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. Lev 16 10 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. Lev 16 11 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: Lev 16 12 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: Lev 16 13 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: Lev 16 14 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. Lev 16 15 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 upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: Lev 16 16 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 meeting, that remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. Lev 16 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of meeting when he goes in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he comes out, and has made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. Lev 16 18 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. Lev 16 19 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. Lev 16 20 And when he has made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: Lev 16 21 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 suitable man into the wilderness: Lev 16 22 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. Lev 16 23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: Lev 16 24 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. Lev 16 25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. Lev 16 26 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. Lev 16 27 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 outside the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. Lev 16 28 And he that burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. Lev 16 29 And this shall be a statute forever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble yourselves, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourns among you: Lev 16 30 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. Lev 16 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and you shall humble yourselves, by a statute forever. Lev 16 32 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: Lev 16 33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of meeting, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. Lev 16 34 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.. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 17 Lev 17 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 17 2 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 has commanded, saying, Lev 17 3 Whatsoever man 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, Lev 17 4 And brings it not unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: Lev 17 5 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 meeting, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD. Lev 17 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet aroma unto the LORD. Lev 17 7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto demons, after whom they have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever unto them throughout their generations. Lev 17 8 And you shall say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among you, that offers a burnt offering or sacrifice, Lev 17 9 And brings it not unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. Lev 17 10 And whatsoever 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. Lev 17 11 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 makes an atonement for the soul. Lev 17 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourns among you eat blood. Lev 17 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, who hunts and catches any animal or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. Lev 17 14 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, You shall eat the blood of no kind of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eats it shall be cut off. Lev 17 15 And every soul that eats that which died of itself, or that which was torn by animals, 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 evening: then shall he be clean. Lev 17 16 But if he washes them not, nor bathes his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 18 Lev 18 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 18 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. Lev 18 3 According to the practices in the land of Egypt, wherein you dwelt, shall you not do: and according to the practices of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, shall you not do: neither shall you walk in their ordinances. Lev 18 4 You shall do my ordinances, and keep my statutes, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. Lev 18 5 You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. Lev 18 6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. Lev 18 7 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. Lev 18 8 The nakedness of your father's wife shall you not uncover: it is your father's nakedness. Lev 18 9 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 her nakedness you shall not uncover. Lev 18 10 The nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness. Lev 18 11 The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten of your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness. Lev 18 12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman. Lev 18 13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman. Lev 18 14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach to his wife: she is your aunt. Lev 18 15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness. Lev 18 16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness. Lev 18 17 You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shall you take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. Lev 18 18 Neither shall you take as a wife her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. Lev 18 19 Also you shall not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. Lev 18 20 Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her. Lev 18 21 And you shall not let any of your children pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD. Lev 18 22 You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman: it is abomination. Lev 18 23 Neither shall you lie with any animal to defile yourself with it: neither shall any woman stand before an animal to lie down with it: it is perversion. Lev 18 24 Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: Lev 18 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomits out its inhabitants. Lev 18 26 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 sojourns among you: Lev 18 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) Lev 18 28 That the land vomit you not out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you. Lev 18 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. Lev 18 30 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. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 19 Lev 19 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 19 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, You shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. Lev 19 3 You shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. Lev 19 4 Turn you not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. Lev 19 5 And if you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, you shall offer it at your own will. Lev 19 6 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and the next day: and if any remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire. Lev 19 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. Lev 19 8 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. Lev 19 9 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. Lev 19 10 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. Lev 19 11 You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. Lev 19 12 And you shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD. Lev 19 13 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. Lev 19 14 You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD. Lev 19 15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. Lev 19 16 You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD. Lev 19 17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. Lev 19 18 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. Lev 19 19 You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with another kind: you shall not sow your field with mixed seed: neither shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you. Lev 19 20 And whosoever lies carnally with a woman, that is a slave, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; there shall be punishment; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. Lev 19 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering. Lev 19 22 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. Lev 19 23 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 unclean: three years shall it be as unclean unto you: it shall not be eaten of. Lev 19 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD with. Lev 19 25 And in the fifth year shall you eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you its increase: I am the LORD your God. Lev 19 26 You shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall you use divination, nor witchcraft. Lev 19 27 You shall not shave around the sides of your heads, neither shall you disfigure the corners of your beard. Lev 19 28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tatoo any marks upon you: I am the LORD. Lev 19 29 Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot; lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness. Lev 19 30 You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. Lev 19 31 Regard not mediums, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. Lev 19 32 You shall rise up before the gray headed, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD. Lev 19 33 And if a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. Lev 19 34 But the stranger that dwells with you shall be unto 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. Lev 19 35 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, or weight, or quantity. Lev 19 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall you have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Lev 19 37 Therefore shall you observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 20 Lev 20 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 20 2 Again, you shall say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that gives any of his children unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. Lev 20 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he has given of his children unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. Lev 20 4 And if the people of the land do in any way hide their eyes from the man, when he gives of his children unto Molech, and kill him not: Lev 20 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that play the harlot with him, to commit harlotry after Molech, from among their people. Lev 20 6 And the soul that turns after mediums, and after wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. Lev 20 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be you holy: for I am the LORD your God. Lev 20 8 And you shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Lev 20 9 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 upon him. Lev 20 10 And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. Lev 20 11 And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Lev 20 12 And if a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have committed perversion; their blood shall be upon them. Lev 20 13 If a man also lies with a man, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Lev 20 14 And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. Lev 20 15 And if a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death: and you shall slay the animal. Lev 20 16 And if a woman approaches unto any animal, and lies with it, you shall kill the woman, and the animal: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Lev 20 17 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 has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. Lev 20 18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, 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. Lev 20 19 And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister: for he uncovers his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. Lev 20 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. Lev 20 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. Lev 20 22 You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, where I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out. Lev 20 23 And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. Lev 20 24 But I have said unto you, you shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that flows with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from other people. Lev 20 25 You shall therefore make a distinction between clean animals and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and you shall not make your souls abominable by animal, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. Lev 20 26 And you shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from other people, that you should be mine. Lev 20 27 A man also or woman that is a medium, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 21 Lev 21 1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people: Lev 21 2 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, Lev 21 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, who has had no husband; for her he may be defiled. Lev 21 4 But he shall not otherwise defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. Lev 21 5 They shall not make any bald place upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. Lev 21 6 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. Lev 21 7 They shall not take a wife that is a harlot, or is defiled; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. Lev 21 8 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy unto you: for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy. Lev 21 9 And the daughter of any priest, if she defiles herself by playing the harlot, she defiles her father: she shall be burned with fire. Lev 21 10 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; Lev 21 11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; Lev 21 12 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. Lev 21 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. Lev 21 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or defiled, or a harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife. Lev 21 15 Neither shall he defile his descendants among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. Lev 21 16 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 21 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of your descendants in their generations that has any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. Lev 21 18 For whatsoever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or lame, or he that has a marred face, or any limb too long, Lev 21 19 Or a man that has a broken foot, or broken hand, Lev 21 20 Or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or that has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or is a eunuch; Lev 21 21 No man that has a blemish of the descendants 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. Lev 21 22 He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. Lev 21 23 Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come near unto the altar, because he has a blemish; that he defile not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. Lev 21 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 22 Lev 22 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 22 2 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. Lev 22 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your descendants among your generations, that goes unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. Lev 22 4 Whatsoever man of the descendants of Aaron who is a leper, or has a discharge; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And whoever touches any thing that is defiled by a dead body, or a man who has had an emission of semen; Lev 22 5 Or whosoever touches any creeping thing, by which he may be made unclean, or a man by whom he may be made unclean, whatsoever his uncleanness may be; Lev 22 6 The soul which has touched any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he washes his flesh with water. Lev 22 7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food. Lev 22 8 That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat to defile himself by it: I am the LORD. Lev 22 9 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. Lev 22 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. Lev 22 11 But if the priest buys any person with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his food. Lev 22 12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. Lev 22 13 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 food: but there shall no stranger eat of it. Lev 22 14 And if a man eat of a holy thing unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of it unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. Lev 22 15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; Lev 22 16 Or allow them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy offerings: for I the LORD do sanctify them. Lev 22 17 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 22 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whosoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his offering for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; Lev 22 19 You shall offer of your own free will a male without blemish, of the cattle, of the sheep, or of the goats. Lev 22 20 But whatsoever has a blemish, that shall you not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. Lev 22 21 And whosoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in cattle or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish in it. Lev 22 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a discharge, or an itching disease, or scabs, you shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. Lev 22 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that has any limb too long or too short, that may you offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. Lev 22 24 You shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall you make any offering of it in your land. Lev 22 25 Neither any gotten from a stranger's hand shall you offer as the bread of your God of any of these; because their defect is in them, and blemishes are in them: they shall not be accepted for you. Lev 22 26 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 22 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is born, then it shall be seven days with the mother; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Lev 22 28 And whether it be cow or ewe, you shall not kill both it and her young on the same day. Lev 22 29 And when you will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it of your own will. Lev 22 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the LORD. Lev 22 31 Therefore shall you keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD. Lev 22 32 Neither shall you profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who hallows you, Lev 22 33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 23 Lev 23 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 23 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. Lev 23 3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work on it: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. Lev 23 4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed times. Lev 23 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at evening is the LORD's passover. Lev 23 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days you must eat unleavened bread. Lev 23 7 In the first day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work on it. Lev 23 8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work on it. Lev 23 9 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 23 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest unto the priest: Lev 23 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: the next day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. Lev 23 12 And you shall offer that day when you wave the sheaf a male lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. Lev 23 13 And the grain offering thereof shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet aroma: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. Lev 23 14 And you shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh grain, until the same day that you have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. Lev 23 15 And you shall count unto you from the day after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be completed: Lev 23 16 Even unto the day after the seventh sabbath shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a new grain offering unto the LORD. Lev 23 17 You shall bring out of your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first fruits unto the LORD. Lev 23 18 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 unto the LORD, with their grain offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet aroma unto the LORD. Lev 23 19 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. Lev 23 20 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. Lev 23 21 And you shall proclaim on the same day, that it may be a holy convocation unto you: you shall do no regular work on it: it shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. Lev 23 22 And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not completely reap the corners of your field when you reap, neither shall you gather any gleaning of your harvest: you shall leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. Lev 23 23 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 23 24 Speak unto 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, a holy convocation. Lev 23 25 You shall do no regular work on it: but you shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Lev 23 26 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 23 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation unto you; and you shall humble yourselves, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Lev 23 28 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. Lev 23 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be humbled in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. Lev 23 30 And whatsoever soul it be that does any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. Lev 23 31 You shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. Lev 23 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and you shall humble yourselves: in the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening unto evening, shall you celebrate your sabbath. Lev 23 33 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 23 34 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. Lev 23 35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work on it. Lev 23 36 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and you shall do no regular work on it. Lev 23 37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a grain offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, everything on its day: Lev 23 38 Besides the sabbaths of the LORD, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give unto the LORD. Lev 23 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you 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. Lev 23 40 And you shall take on the first day the fruit of choice trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. Lev 23 41 And you shall keep it as a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations: you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. Lev 23 42 You shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are born Israelites shall dwell in booths: Lev 23 43 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. Lev 23 44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 24 Lev 24 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 24 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto you pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. Lev 24 3 Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute forever in your generations. Lev 24 4 He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure lampstand before the LORD continually. Lev 24 5 And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two- tenth of an ephah shall be in one cake. Lev 24 6 And you shall set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure gold table before the LORD. Lev 24 7 And you shall 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. Lev 24 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. Lev 24 9 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, a perpetual statute. Lev 24 10 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; Lev 24 11 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:) Lev 24 12 And they put him in custody, that the mind of the LORD might be shown them. Lev 24 13 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 24 14 Bring forth him that has cursed outside the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. Lev 24 15 And you shall speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curses his God shall bear his sin. Lev 24 16 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. Lev 24 17 And he that kills any man shall surely be put to death. Lev 24 18 And he that kills an animal shall make it good; animal for animal. Lev 24 19 And if a man causes a disfigurement in his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him; Lev 24 20 Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a disfigurement in a man, so shall it be done to him again. Lev 24 21 And he that kills an animal, he shall restore it: and he that kills a man, he shall be put to death. Lev 24 22 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. Lev 24 23 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. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 25 Lev 25 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, Lev 25 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. Lev 25 3 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; Lev 25 4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard. Lev 25 5 That which grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, neither gather the grapes of your untended vine: for it is a year of rest unto the land. Lev 25 6 And the sabbath of the land shall be food for you; for you, and for your male and female servants, and for your hired man, and for your stranger that sojourns with you, Lev 25 7 And for your cattle, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all the increase thereof be food. Lev 25 8 And you shall number seven sabbaths of years unto you, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto you forty and nine years. Lev 25 9 Then shall you cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, on the day of atonement shall you make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. Lev 25 10 And you 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 you shall return every man unto his possession, and you shall return every man unto his family. Lev 25 11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of your untended vine. Lev 25 12 For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: you shall eat what it yields thereof out of the field. Lev 25 13 In the year of this jubilee you shall return every man unto his possession. Lev 25 14 And if you sell anything unto your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another: Lev 25 15 According to the number of years after the jubilee you shall buy of your neighbor, and according unto the number of years of crops he shall sell unto you: Lev 25 16 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 crops does he sell unto you. Lev 25 17 You shall not therefore oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God. Lev 25 18 Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety. Lev 25 19 And the land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. Lev 25 20 And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: Lev 25 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. Lev 25 22 And you shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until its new fruits come in you shall eat of the old fruit. Lev 25 23 The land shall not be sold forever: for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me. Lev 25 24 And in all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land. Lev 25 25 If your brother becomes 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. Lev 25 26 And if the man has none to redeem it, but he becomes able to redeem it; Lev 25 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overpayment unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. Lev 25 28 But if he is not able to restore it to himself, 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 be released, and he shall return unto his possession. Lev 25 29 And if a man sells 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. Lev 25 30 And if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established forever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not be released in the jubilee. Lev 25 31 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 be released in the jubilee. Lev 25 32 Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. Lev 25 33 And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall be released in the year of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. Lev 25 34 But the field of the common lands of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. Lev 25 35 And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you; then you shall help him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you. Lev 25 36 Take you no interest from him, or profit: but fear your God; that your brother may live with you. Lev 25 37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor lend him your food for profit. Lev 25 38 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. Lev 25 39 And if your brother that dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold unto you; you shall not compel him to serve as a slave: Lev 25 40 But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of jubilee: Lev 25 41 And then shall he depart from you, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. Lev 25 42 For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as slaves. Lev 25 43 You shall not rule over him with harshness; but shall fear your God. Lev 25 44 Both your male and female slaves, whom you shall have, shall be of the nations that are round about you; of them shall you buy male and female slaves. Lev 25 45 Also of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall you buy, and of their families that are with you, whom they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. Lev 25 46 And you shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your slaves forever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, you shall not rule one over another with harshness. Lev 25 47 And if a sojourner or stranger becomes rich near you, and your brother that dwells near him becomes poor, and sells himself unto the stranger or sojourner near you, or to a member of the stranger's family: Lev 25 48 After he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him: Lev 25 49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is near of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he is able, he may redeem himself. Lev 25 50 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 release shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of a hired servant shall it be with him. Lev 25 51 If there be yet many years left, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. Lev 25 52 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. Lev 25 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight. Lev 25 54 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. Lev 25 55 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. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 26 Lev 26 1 You shall make no idols nor graven images, neither raise you up a standing image, neither shall you set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. Lev 26 2 You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. Lev 26 3 If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Lev 26 4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Lev 26 5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. Lev 26 6 And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. Lev 26 7 And you shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. Lev 26 8 And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. Lev 26 9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. Lev 26 10 And you shall eat the old harvest, and clear out the old because of the new. Lev 26 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. Lev 26 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people. Lev 26 13 I am the LORD your God, who 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 walk upright. Lev 26 14 But if you will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; Lev 26 15 And if you shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhors my judgments, so that you will not do all my commandments, but that you break my covenant: Lev 26 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning fever, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. Lev 26 17 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. Lev 26 18 And if you will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. Lev 26 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heavens as iron, and your earth as bronze: Lev 26 20 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 fruits. Lev 26 21 And if you walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. Lev 26 22 I will also send wild animals among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate. Lev 26 23 And if you will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; Lev 26 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. Lev 26 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall bring the vengeance 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. Lev 26 26 And when I have broken the supply 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. Lev 26 27 And if you will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; Lev 26 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. Lev 26 29 And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat. Lev 26 30 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. Lev 26 31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the aroma of your sweet odors. Lev 26 32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies who dwell therein shall be astonished at it. Lev 26 33 And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Lev 26 34 Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lies desolate, and you be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths. Lev 26 35 As long as it lies desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when you dwelt upon it. Lev 26 36 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 pursues. Lev 26 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursues: and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies. Lev 26 38 And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. Lev 26 39 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. Lev 26 40 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; Lev 26 41 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 the punishment of their iniquity: Lev 26 42 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. Lev 26 43 The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lies desolate without them: and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. Lev 26 44 And yet for all that, when they are 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. Lev 26 45 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 nations, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. Lev 26 46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between himself and the children of Israel on mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. ------------------------Leveticus, Chapter 27 Lev 27 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Lev 27 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a special vow of persons to the LORD at your valuation, Lev 27 3 Then your valuation shall be for the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. Lev 27 4 And if it be a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels. Lev 27 5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. Lev 27 6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then your valuation shall be for the male five shekels of silver, and for the female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver. Lev 27 7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. Lev 27 8 But if he is too poor to pay your valuation, 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. Lev 27 9 And if it be an animal, of which men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man gives of such unto the LORD shall be holy. Lev 27 10 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 animal for animal, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. Lev 27 11 And if it be any unclean animal, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the animal before the priest: Lev 27 12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as you value it, who are the priest, so shall it be. Lev 27 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto your valuation. Lev 27 14 And when a man shall dedicate his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand. Lev 27 15 And if he that dedicates it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation unto it, and it shall be his. Lev 27 16 And if a man shall dedicate unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed from it: a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. Lev 27 17 If he dedicates his field from the year of jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. Lev 27 18 But if he dedicates his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money due according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation. Lev 27 19 And if he that dedicates the field will at any time redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation unto it, and it shall belong to him. Lev 27 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore. Lev 27 21 But the field, when it goes out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. Lev 27 22 And if a man dedicates unto the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; Lev 27 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of your valuation, even up to the year of the jubilee: and he shall give your valuation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD. Lev 27 24 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. Lev 27 25 And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. Lev 27 26 Only the firstling of the animals, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man may dedicate it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S. Lev 27 27 And if it be of an unclean animal, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation, and shall add a fifth part to it: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. Lev 27 28 Nevertheless no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he has, both of man and animal, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. Lev 27 29 No one devoted to destruction, who shall be devoted among men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. Lev 27 30 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. Lev 27 31 And if a man will at all redeem any of his tithes, he shall add to it the fifth part thereof. Lev 27 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. Lev 27 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. Lev 27 34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel on mount Sinai. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 1 Num 1 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Num 1 2 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 individually; Num 1 3 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. Num 1 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. Num 1 5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. Num 1 6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Num 1 7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. Num 1 8 Of Issachar; Nethanel the son of Zuar. Num 1 9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. Num 1 10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. Num 1 11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. Num 1 12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. Num 1 13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. Num 1 14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. Num 1 15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. Num 1 16 These were the renowned of the congregation, leaders of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. Num 1 17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned by name: Num 1 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their ancestry by their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, individually. Num 1 19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. Num 1 20 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, individually, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Num 1 21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. Num 1 22 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, individually, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Num 1 23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. Num 1 24 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; Num 1 25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. Num 1 26 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; Num 1 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. Num 1 28 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; Num 1 29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. Num 1 30 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; Num 1 31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. Num 1 32 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; Num 1 33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. Num 1 34 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; Num 1 35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. Num 1 36 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; Num 1 37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. Num 1 38 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; Num 1 39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. Num 1 40 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; Num 1 41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. Num 1 42 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; Num 1 43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. Num 1 44 These are those that were numbered, who Moses and Aaron numbered, and the leaders of Israel, being twelve men: each one representing the house of his fathers. Num 1 45 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; Num 1 46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. Num 1 47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. Num 1 48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, Num 1 49 Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: Num 1 50 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 unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. Num 1 51 And when the tabernacle moves forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be encamped, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. Num 1 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their armies. Num 1 53 But the Levites shall encamp 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. Num 1 54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 2 Num 2 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Num 2 2 Every man of the children of Israel shall encamp by his own standard, with the banner of their father's house: over against the tabernacle of meeting shall they encamp. Num 2 3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah encamp according to their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah. Num 2 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. Num 2 5 And those that do encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. Num 2 6 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. Num 2 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun. Num 2 8 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. Num 2 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were a hundred and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their armies. These shall first set forth. Num 2 10 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. Num 2 11 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. Num 2 12 And those who encamp by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Num 2 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. Num 2 14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. Num 2 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. Num 2 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were a hundred and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their armies. And they shall go forth second. Num 2 17 Then the tabernacle of meeting shall move forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they move forward, every man in his place by their standards. Num 2 18 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. Num 2 19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. Num 2 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. Num 2 21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. Num 2 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. Num 2 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. Num 2 24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred and eight thousand and a hundred, according to their armies. And they shall go forward third. Num 2 25 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. Num 2 26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. Num 2 27 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. Num 2 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. Num 2 29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. Num 2 30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. Num 2 31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were a hundred and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go last with their standards. Num 2 32 These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps according to their armies were six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. Num 2 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. Num 2 34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they encamped by their standards, and so they moved forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 3 Num 3 1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai. Num 3 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Num 3 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. Num 3 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered unholy 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. Num 3 5 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 3 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. Num 3 7 And they shall perform his duties, and the duties of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of meeting, to do the work of the tabernacle. Num 3 8 And they shall keep all the furnishings of the tabernacle of meeting, and serve the children of Israel, to do the work of the tabernacle. Num 3 9 And you shall give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. Num 3 10 And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. Num 3 11 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 3 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that opens the womb among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; Num 3 13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. Num 3 14 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, Num 3 15 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. Num 3 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. Num 3 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. Num 3 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. Num 3 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Num 3 20 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. Num 3 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. Num 3 22 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. Num 3 23 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle on the west. Num 3 24 And the head of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. Num 3 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Num 3 26 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. Num 3 27 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. Num 3 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping charge of the sanctuary. Num 3 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south. Num 3 30 And the head of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. Num 3 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. Num 3 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be head over the leaders of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. Num 3 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. Num 3 34 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. Num 3 35 And the head of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the north. Num 3 36 And under the appointed duty 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 utensils thereof, and all that pertains to them, Num 3 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. Num 3 38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle on the east, even before the tabernacle of meeting eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary to meet the needs of the children of Israel; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. Num 3 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, who 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. Num 3 40 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. Num 3 41 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 firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. Num 3 42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. Num 3 43 And all the firstborn males according to 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. Num 3 44 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 3 45 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. Num 3 46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who are more than the Levites; Num 3 47 You shall even take five shekels apiece individually, after the shekel of the sanctuary shall you take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) Num 3 48 And you shall give the money, with which the excess number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. Num 3 49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: Num 3 50 Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: Num 3 51 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, Chapter 4 Num 4 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Num 4 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers, Num 4 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter the service , to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting. Num 4 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, about the most holy things: Num 4 5 And when the camp moves forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of testimony with it: Num 4 6 And shall put thereon the covering of badger skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in its poles. Num 4 7 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 them: and the showbread shall be on it: Num 4 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins, and shall put in its poles. Num 4 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its wick trimmers, and its trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, with which they minister unto it: Num 4 10 And they shall put it and all the utensils thereof within a covering of badger skins, and shall put it upon a carrying beam. Num 4 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badger skins, and shall put in its poles: Num 4 12 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 badger skins, and shall put them on a carrying beam: Num 4 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it: Num 4 14 And they shall put upon it all its utensils, with which they minister about it, even the fire pans, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badger skins, and put in its poles. Num 4 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, as the camp is to move 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 meeting. Num 4 16 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 grain offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that is therein, in the sanctuary, and in the utensils thereof. Num 4 17 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Num 4 18 Cut not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: Num 4 19 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: Num 4 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. Num 4 21 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 4 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; Num 4 23 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 meeting. Num 4 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and to carry burdens: Num 4 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of meeting, its covering, and the covering of the badger skins that is on it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, Num 4 26 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, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve. Num 4 27 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 unto them the task of all their burdens. Num 4 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting: and their work shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. Num 4 29 As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; Num 4 30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shall you number them, every one that enters into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting. Num 4 31 And this is the task of their burdens, according to all their service in the tabernacle of meeting; the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, Num 4 32 And the pillars round about the court, and their sockets, and their pegs, and their cords, with all their furnishings, and with all their service: and by name you shall reckon the objects of the charge of their burdens. Num 4 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. Num 4 34 And Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by the house of their fathers, Num 4 35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that enters into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of meeting: Num 4 36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. Num 4 37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. Num 4 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, Num 4 39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that enters into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of meeting, Num 4 40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. Num 4 41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD. Num 4 42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, Num 4 43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that enters into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of meeting, Num 4 44 Even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred. Num 4 45 These are 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. Num 4 46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families, and by the house of their fathers, Num 4 47 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 meeting, Num 4 48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. Num 4 49 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, Chapter 5 Num 5 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 5 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that has a discharge, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: Num 5 3 Both male and female shall you put out, outside the camp shall you put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst of which I dwell. Num 5 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out, outside the camp: as the LORD spoke unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. Num 5 5 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 5 6 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; Num 5 7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall make restitution for his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he has trespassed. Num 5 8 But if the man has no kinsman to make restitution for the trespass unto, let the restitution for the trespass be unto the LORD, even to the priest; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. Num 5 9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. Num 5 10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man gives the priest, it shall be his. Num 5 11 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 5 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, Num 5 13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept secert, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither was she taken in the act; Num 5 14 And the spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is not defiled: Num 5 15 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. Num 5 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: Num 5 17 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: Num 5 18 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 causes the curse: Num 5 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man has 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: Num 5 20 But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you beside your husband: Num 5 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman to take an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto 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; Num 5 22 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. Num 5 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: Num 5 24 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. Num 5 25 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: Num 5 26 And the priest shall take a handful of the offering, even the memorial portion, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. Num 5 27 And when he has made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she was defiled, and has done a 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. Num 5 28 And if the woman was not defiled, but was clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. Num 5 29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; Num 5 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he is jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. Num 5 31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 6 Num 6 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 6 2 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: Num 6 3 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 juice of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. Num 6 4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins. Num 6 5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in which he separates himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. Num 6 6 All the days that he separates himself unto the LORD he shall go near no dead body. Num 6 7 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. Num 6 8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. Num 6 9 And if any man dies very suddenly beside 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. Num 6 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting: Num 6 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, because he sinned in regard to the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. Num 6 12 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. Num 6 13 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 meeting: Num 6 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one male 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, Num 6 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their grain offering, and their drink offerings. Num 6 16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: Num 6 17 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 grain offering, and his drink offering. Num 6 18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, 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. Num 6 19 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 Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven: Num 6 20 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. Num 6 21 This is the law of the Nazarite who has 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. Num 6 22 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 6 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, In this way you shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, Num 6 24 The LORD bless you, and keep you: Num 6 25 The LORD make his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you: Num 6 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Num 6 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 7 Num 7 1 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 furnishings thereof, both the altar and all its vessels, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; Num 7 2 That the leaders of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the leaders of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: Num 7 3 And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the leaders, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. Num 7 4 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 7 5 Take it from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tabernacle of meeting; and you shall give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. Num 7 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. Num 7 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: Num 7 8 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. Num 7 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear them upon their shoulders. Num 7 10 And the leaders offered for the dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the leaders offered their offering before the altar. Num 7 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each leader on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. Num 7 12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: Num 7 13 And his offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering: Num 7 14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: Num 7 15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. Num 7 18 On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, did offer: Num 7 19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight of which was a 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: Num 7 20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense: Num 7 21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar. Num 7 24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, leader of the children of Zebulun, did offer: Num 7 25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a 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: Num 7 26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: Num 7 27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 28 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 29 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. Num 7 30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader of the children of Reuben, did offer: Num 7 31 His offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a 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: Num 7 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: Num 7 33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 34 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 35 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. Num 7 36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, leader of the children of Simeon, did offer: Num 7 37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a 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: Num 7 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: Num 7 39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 41 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Num 7 42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, leader of the children of Gad, offered: Num 7 43 His offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, a 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: Num 7 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: Num 7 45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 46 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. Num 7 48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, leader of the children of Ephraim, offered: Num 7 49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a 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: Num 7 50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: Num 7 51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. Num 7 54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, leader of the children of Manasseh: Num 7 55 His offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a 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: Num 7 56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: Num 7 57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 59 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. Num 7 60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, leader of the children of Benjamin, offered: Num 7 61 His offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a 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: Num 7 62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: Num 7 63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 65 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. Num 7 66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, leader of the children of Dan, offered: Num 7 67 His offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a 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: Num 7 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: Num 7 69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 70 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 71 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. Num 7 72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, leader of the children of Asher, offered: Num 7 73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a 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: Num 7 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: Num 7 75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. Num 7 78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, leader of the children of Naphtali, offered: Num 7 79 His offering was one silver charger, the weight of which was a 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: Num 7 80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: Num 7 81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: Num 7 82 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: Num 7 83 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. Num 7 84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the leaders of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: Num 7 85 Each charger of silver weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: Num 7 86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and twenty shekels. Num 7 87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their grain offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. Num 7 88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed. Num 7 89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of meeting 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 spoke unto him. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 8 Num 8 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 8 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand. Num 8 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses. Num 8 4 And this work of the lampstand was of hammered gold, its shaft and its flowers were hammered work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. Num 8 5 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 8 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. Num 8 7 And thus shall you 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. Num 8 8 Then let them take a young bullock with its grain offering, even fine flour mixed with oil, and another young bullock shall you take for a sin offering. Num 8 9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting: and you shall gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: Num 8 10 And you shall bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: Num 8 11 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. Num 8 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. Num 8 13 And you shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. Num 8 14 Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. Num 8 15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them for an offering. Num 8 16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. Num 8 17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal: on the day that I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. Num 8 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. Num 8 19 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 meeting, 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 unto the sanctuary. Num 8 20 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. Num 8 21 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. Num 8 22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. Num 8 23 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 8 24 This is what pertains to the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of meeting: Num 8 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: Num 8 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shall you do unto the Levites regarding their duties. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 9 Num 9 1 And the LORD spoke 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, Num 9 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at its appointed time. Num 9 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed time: according to all its rites, and according to all its ceremonies , shall you keep it. Num 9 4 And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. Num 9 5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at evening in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. Num 9 6 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: Num 9 7 And those men said unto 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 its appointed time among the children of Israel? Num 9 8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. Num 9 9 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 9 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your descendants 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. Num 9 11 The fourteenth day of the second month at evening they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Num 9 12 They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. Num 9 13 But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and ceases 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 its appointed time, that man shall bear his sin. Num 9 14 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: you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. Num 9 15 And on the day that the tabernacle was raised up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at evening there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. Num 9 16 So it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. Num 9 17 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 encamped their tents. Num 9 18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. Num 9 19 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. Num 9 20 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. Num 9 21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from evening until the morning, and when 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. Num 9 22 Or whether it was 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. Num 9 23 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, Chapter 10 Num 10 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 10 2 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. Num 10 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Num 10 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the leaders, who are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto you. Num 10 5 When you blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward. Num 10 6 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. Num 10 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm. Num 10 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance forever throughout your generations. Num 10 9 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. Num 10 10 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. Num 10 11 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. Num 10 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. Num 10 13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. Num 10 14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over its host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. Num 10 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. Num 10 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. Num 10 17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari moved forward, bearing the tabernacle. Num 10 18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben moved forward according to their armies: and over its host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. Num 10 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Num 10 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. Num 10 21 And the Kohathites moved forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others did set up the tabernacle before they came. Num 10 22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim moved forward according to their armies: and over its host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. Num 10 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. Num 10 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. Num 10 25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan moved forward, who were the rear guard of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over its host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. Num 10 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. Num 10 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. Num 10 28 Thus were the journeying of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they moved forward. Num 10 29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto 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 spoken good concerning Israel. Num 10 30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred. Num 10 31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray you; forasmuch as you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes. Num 10 32 And it shall be, if you go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto you. Num 10 33 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. Num 10 34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. Num 10 35 And it came to pass, when the ark moved forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let your enemies be scattered; and let them that hate you flee before you. Num 10 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 11 Num 11 1 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 burned among them, and consumed some that were in the outlying parts of the camp. Num 11 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched. Num 11 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burned among them. Num 11 4 And the mixed multitude that was among them had a strong craving: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? Num 11 5 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: Num 11 6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes. Num 11 7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium. Num 11 8 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. Num 11 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. Num 11 10 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. Num 11 11 And Moses said unto 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 upon me? Num 11 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that you should say unto me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse bears the nursing child, unto the land which you swore to give unto their fathers? Num 11 13 From where should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. Num 11 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. Num 11 15 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. Num 11 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto 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 unto the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. Num 11 17 And I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take some of the spirit which is upon you, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you bear it not yourself alone. Num 11 18 And say unto the people, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, 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. Num 11 19 You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; Num 11 20 But even a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it becomes loathsome unto you: because that you have despised the LORD who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? Num 11 21 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. Num 11 22 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? Num 11 23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand shortened? you shall see now whether my word shall come to pass unto you or not. Num 11 24 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. Num 11 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spoke unto him, and took some 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. Num 11 26 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 listed, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. Num 11 27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. Num 11 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. Num 11 29 And Moses said unto him, Are you jealous for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them! Num 11 30 And Moses returned into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. Num 11 31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quail from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits high above the face of the earth. Num 11 32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quail: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. Num 11 33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague. Num 11 34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that craved. Num 11 35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 12 Num 12 1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. Num 12 2 And they said, Has the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? has he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. Num 12 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.) Num 12 4 And the LORD spoke suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out you three unto the tabernacle of meeting. And the three came out. Num 12 5 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. Num 12 6 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. Num 12 7 My servant Moses is not thus, who is faithful in all my house. Num 12 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even clearly, and not in dark sayings; and the form of the LORD shall he behold: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? Num 12 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed. Num 12 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, as white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. Num 12 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech you, lay not the sin upon us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned. Num 12 12 Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb. Num 12 13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech you. Num 12 14 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. Num 12 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. Num 12 16 And afterward the people set out from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 13 Num 13 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 13 2 Send men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a leader among them. Num 13 3 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. Num 13 4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. Num 13 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. Num 13 6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Num 13 7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. Num 13 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun. Num 13 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. Num 13 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. Num 13 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. Num 13 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. Num 13 13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. Num 13 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. Num 13 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. Num 13 16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua. Num 13 17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Go up this way into the South, and go up into the mountains: Num 13 18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell there, whether they are strong or weak, few or many; Num 13 19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities there are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds; Num 13 20 And what the land is, whether it is rich or poor, whether there be wood in 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. Num 13 21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath. Num 13 22 And they ascended through 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.) Num 13 23 And they came unto the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a staff; and they brought some of the pomegranates, and of the figs. Num 13 24 The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from there. Num 13 25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. Num 13 26 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. Num 13 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land where you sent us, and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Num 13 28 Nevertheless the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. Num 13 29 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 along the Jordan. Num 13 30 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. Num 13 31 But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. Num 13 32 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 eats up its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature. Num 13 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 14 Num 14 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. Num 14 2 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! Num 14 3 And why has 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? Num 14 4 And they said one to another, Let us choose a leader, and let us return into Egypt. Num 14 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. Num 14 6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that searched the land, tore their clothes: Num 14 7 And they spoke unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceedingly good land. Num 14 8 If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey. Num 14 9 Only rebel not 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. Num 14 10 But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel. Num 14 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will it be before they believe me, with all the signs which I have shown among them? Num 14 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a greater nation and mightier than they. Num 14 13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;) Num 14 14 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 daytime in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. Num 14 15 Now if you shall kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying, Num 14 16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to give unto them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness. Num 14 17 And now, I beseech you, let the power of my LORD be great, according as you have spoken, saying, Num 14 18 The LORD is longsuffering, 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. Num 14 19 Pardon, I beseech you, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of your mercy, and as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. Num 14 20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to your word: Num 14 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. Num 14 22 Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put me to the test now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; Num 14 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to give unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: Num 14 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land in which he went; and his descendants shall possess it. Num 14 25 (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. Num 14 26 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Num 14 27 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. Num 14 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, says the LORD, as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you: Num 14 29 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, who have murmured against me, Num 14 30 Doubtless you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. Num 14 31 But your little ones, whom you said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised. Num 14 32 But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness. Num 14 33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your harlotries, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. Num 14 34 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 displeasure. Num 14 35 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. Num 14 36 And the men, whom 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, Num 14 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. Num 14 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. Num 14 39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. Num 14 40 And they rose up early in the morning, and went up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD has promised: for we have sinned. Num 14 41 And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. Num 14 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that you be not smitten before your enemies. Num 14 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you have turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. Num 14 44 But they presumed to go up unto the mountaintop: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. Num 14 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who dwelt in that hill country, and struck them, and routed them, even unto Hormah. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 15 Num 15 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 15 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you have come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, Num 15 3 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 aroma unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock: Num 15 4 Then shall he that offers his offering unto the LORD bring a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of oil. Num 15 5 And the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering shall you prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. Num 15 6 Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a grain offering two tenths of an ephah of flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil. Num 15 7 And for a drink offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet aroma unto the LORD. Num 15 8 And when you prepare a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD: Num 15 9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of flour mixed with half a hin of oil. Num 15 10 And you shall bring for a drink offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma unto the LORD. Num 15 11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. Num 15 12 According to the number that you shall prepare, so shall you do to every one according to their number. Num 15 13 All that are born in this country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma unto the LORD. Num 15 14 And if a stranger sojourns with you, or whosoever is among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma unto the LORD; as you do, so he shall do. Num 15 15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourns with you, an ordinance forever in your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. Num 15 16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourns with you. Num 15 17 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 15 18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you come into the land where I bring you, Num 15 19 Then it shall be, that, when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a heave offering unto the LORD. Num 15 20 You shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for a heave offering: as you do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall you offer it up. Num 15 21 Of the first of your dough you shall give unto the LORD a heave offering throughout your generations. Num 15 22 And if you have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken unto Moses, Num 15 23 Even all that the LORD has commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and onward throughout your generations; Num 15 24 Then it shall be, if anything is 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 aroma unto the LORD, with its grain offering, and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. Num 15 25 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: Num 15 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourns among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance. Num 15 27 And if any soul sins through ignorance, then he shall bring a female goat of the first year for a sin offering. Num 15 28 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. Num 15 29 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 sojourns among them. Num 15 30 But the soul that does anything presumptuously, whether he is born in the land, or is a stranger, the same reproaches the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Num 15 31 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 upon him. Num 15 32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. Num 15 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. Num 15 34 And they put him in custody, because it was not declared what should be done to him. Num 15 35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp. Num 15 36 And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses. Num 15 37 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 15 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them tassels in the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the tassel of the corners a thread of blue: Num 15 39 And it shall be unto you a tassel, that you may look upon 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 follow harlotry: Num 15 40 That you may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. Num 15 41 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, Chapter 16 Num 16 1 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: Num 16 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the assembly, representatives of the congregation, men of renown: Num 16 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, You take too much upon 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? Num 16 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: Num 16 5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even tomorrow the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he has chosen will he cause to come near unto him. Num 16 6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; Num 16 7 And put fire in them, and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD does choose, he shall be holy: you take too much upon you, you sons of Levi. Num 16 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, you sons of Levi: Num 16 9 Seems it but a small thing unto 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 unto them? Num 16 10 And he has brought you near to him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you: and seek you the priesthood also? Num 16 11 For which cause both you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that you murmur against him? Num 16 12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: who said, We will not come up: Num 16 13 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, that you make yourself altogether a prince over us? Num 16 14 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. Num 16 15 And Moses was very angry, and said unto the LORD, Respect not their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them. Num 16 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be you and all your company before the LORD, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow: Num 16 17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. Num 16 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense on them, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of meeting with Moses and Aaron. Num 16 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. Num 16 20 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Num 16 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. Num 16 22 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? Num 16 23 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 16 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Num 16 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. Num 16 26 And he spoke unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins. Num 16 27 So they got away from the tents 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. Num 16 28 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 will. Num 16 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited with the fate of all men; then the LORD has not sent me. Num 16 30 But if the LORD makes a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belongs unto them, and they go down alive into the pit; then you shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. Num 16 31 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: Num 16 32 And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that belonged unto Korah, and all their goods. Num 16 33 They, and all that belonged to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. Num 16 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. Num 16 35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. Num 16 36 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 16 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the blaze, and scatter the fire some distance away; for they are hallowed. Num 16 38 The censers of these sinners at the cost of their lives, let them make them hammered 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. Num 16 39 And Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, with which they that were burned had offered; and they were hammered out for a covering of the altar: Num 16 40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he become not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. Num 16 41 But the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the LORD. Num 16 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. Num 16 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of meeting. Num 16 44 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 16 45 Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. Num 16 46 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 has begun. Num 16 47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague had begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. Num 16 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped. Num 16 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died in the incident of Korah. Num 16 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses to the door of the tabernacle of meeting: and the plague was stopped. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 17 Num 17 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 17 2 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 leaders according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write every man's name upon his rod. Num 17 3 And you shall write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. Num 17 4 And you shall lay them up in the tabernacle of meeting before the testimony, where I will meet with you. Num 17 5 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, which they murmur against you. Num 17 6 And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, and every one of their leaders gave him a rod apiece, for each leader one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. Num 17 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. Num 17 8 And it came to pass, that the next day Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was sprouted, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. Num 17 9 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. Num 17 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a sign against the rebels; and you shall put away their murmurings from me, that they die not. Num 17 11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. Num 17 12 And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. Num 17 13 Whosoever comes anywhere near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 18 Num 18 1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear the iniquity in connection with the sanctuary: and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity in connection with your priesthood. Num 18 2 And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring with you, that they may be joined unto you, and minister unto you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. Num 18 3 And they shall keep your duties, and the duties 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. Num 18 4 And they shall be joined unto you, and keep the duties of the tabernacle of meeting, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come near unto you. Num 18 5 And you shall keep the duties of the sanctuary, and the duties of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. Num 18 6 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 meeting. Num 18 7 Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priest's office for everything at the altar, and within the veil; and you shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a gift for service: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. Num 18 8 And the LORD spoke unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given you the duties of my heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto you have I given them as a portion to you, and to your sons, by an ordinance forever. Num 18 9 This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain 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 you and for your sons. Num 18 10 In the most holy place shall you eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto you. Num 18 11 And this is yours; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute forever: everyone that is clean in your house shall eat of it. Num 18 12 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 unto the LORD, them have I given you. Num 18 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be yours; every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it. Num 18 14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be yours. Num 18 15 Every thing that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or animals, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean animals shall you redeem. Num 18 16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shall you redeem, according to your valuation, for the money of five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. Num 18 17 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 upon the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet aroma unto the LORD. Num 18 18 And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours. Num 18 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD unto you and to your descendants with you. Num 18 20 And the LORD spoke unto 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. Num 18 21 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 meeting. Num 18 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come near the tabernacle of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. Num 18 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. Num 18 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a 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. Num 18 25 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 18 26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto 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 a heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. Num 18 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the winepress. Num 18 28 Thus you also shall offer a heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and you shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest. Num 18 29 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. Num 18 30 Therefore you shall say unto them, When you have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the winepress. Num 18 31 And you shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of meeting. Num 18 32 And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have offered from it the best of it: neither shall you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 19 Num 19 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Num 19 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came a yoke: Num 19 3 And you shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth outside the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: Num 19 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood directly before the tabernacle of meeting seven times: Num 19 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: Num 19 6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. Num 19 7 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 evening. Num 19 8 And he that burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening. Num 19 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of purification: it is a purification for sin. Num 19 10 And he that gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourns among them, for a statute forever. Num 19 11 He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num 19 12 He shall purify himself with the water 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. Num 19 13 Whosoever 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 purification was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. Num 19 14 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. Num 19 15 And every open vessel, which has no covering fastened upon it, is unclean. Num 19 16 And whosoever 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. Num 19 17 And for an unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put on them in a vessel: Num 19 18 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: Num 19 19 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 evening. Num 19 20 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 purification has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. Num 19 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkles the water of purification shall wash his clothes; and he that touches the water of purification shall be unclean until evening. Num 19 22 And whatsoever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and any person that touches it shall be unclean until evening. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 20 Num 20 1 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. Num 20 2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. Num 20 3 And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! Num 20 4 And why have you brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? Num 20 5 And why have you 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. Num 20 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. Num 20 7 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 20 8 Take the rod, and gather you the assembly together, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth its water, and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock: so you shall give the congregation and their animals drink. Num 20 9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. Num 20 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, you rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? Num 20 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he struck the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their animals also. Num 20 12 And the LORD spoke unto 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. Num 20 13 This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified among them. Num 20 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus says your brother Israel, you know all the travail that has befallen us: Num 20 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians afflicted us, and our fathers: Num 20 16 And when we cried unto 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 on the edge of your border: Num 20 17 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's highway, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your borders. Num 20 18 And Edom said unto him, you shall not pass by me, lest I come out against you with the sword. Num 20 19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the highway: 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. Num 20 20 And he said, you shall not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. Num 20 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: therefore Israel turned away from him. Num 20 22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. Num 20 23 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying, Num 20 24 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 you rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. Num 20 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: Num 20 26 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. Num 20 27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. Num 20 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. Num 20 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 21 Num 21 1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, who dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the road to Atharim; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. Num 21 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. Num 21 3 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. Num 21 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Sea of Reeds, to go around the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was greatly discouraged because of the way. Num 21 5 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 worthless bread. Num 21 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died. Num 21 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against you; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. Num 21 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live. Num 21 9 And Moses made a serpent of bronze, 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 bronze, he lived. Num 21 10 And the children of Israel set out, and encamped in Oboth. Num 21 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iye Abarim, in the wilderness which is opposite Moab, toward the sun rising. Num 21 12 From there they moved, and encamped in the valley of Zared. Num 21 13 From there they moved, and encamped on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. Num 21 14 Therefore 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, Num 21 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goes down to the dwelling of Ar, and lies upon the border of Moab. Num 21 16 And from there they went to Beer: that is the well of which the LORD spoke unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. Num 21 17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing you unto it: Num 21 18 The princes dug the well, the nobles of the people dug it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: Num 21 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: Num 21 20 And from Bamoth in the valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks toward the wasteland. Num 21 21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Num 21 22 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's highway, until we are past your borders. Num 21 23 And Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. Num 21 24 And Israel struck 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 fortified. Num 21 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. Num 21 26 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. Num 21 27 Therefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and established: Num 21 28 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. Num 21 29 Woe to you, Moab! you are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. Num 21 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reaches unto Medeba. Num 21 31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. Num 21 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. Num 21 33 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. Num 21 34 And the LORD said unto 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 unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. Num 21 35 So they struck him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left of him alive: and they possessed his land. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 22 Num 22 1 And the children of Israel set out, and encamped in the plains of Moab on this side of Jordan by Jericho. Num 22 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. Num 22 3 And Moab was greatly afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. Num 22 4 And Moab said unto 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. Num 22 5 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 opposite me: Num 22 6 Come now therefore, I pray you, curse for me this people; for they are too mighty for me: perhaps 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. Num 22 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spoke unto him the words of Balak. Num 22 8 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 leaders of Moab abode with Balaam. Num 22 9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with you? Num 22 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent unto me, saying, Num 22 11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, who cover the face of the earth: come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. Num 22 12 And God said unto Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed. Num 22 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the leaders of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuses to give me permission to go with you. Num 22 14 And the leaders of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us. Num 22 15 And Balak sent yet again leaders, more, and more honorable than they. Num 22 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray you, hinder you from coming unto me: Num 22 17 For I will promote you unto very great honor, and I will do whatsoever you say unto me: come therefore, I pray you, curse for me this people. Num 22 18 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. Num 22 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry you also here this night, that I may know what more the LORD will say unto me. Num 22 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call you, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto you, that shall you do. Num 22 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the leaders of Moab. Num 22 22 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. Num 22 23 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. Num 22 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on one side, and a wall on the other side. Num 22 25 And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he struck her again. Num 22 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. Num 22 27 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 a staff. Num 22 28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto you, that you have smitten me these three times? Num 22 29 And Balaam said unto the donkey, Because you have mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill you. Num 22 30 And the donkey said unto Balaam, Am not I your donkey, upon which you have ridden ever since I became yours unto this day? was I ever accustomed to do so unto you? And he said, Nay. Num 22 31 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. Num 22 32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? behold, I went out to withstand you, because your way is perverse before me: Num 22 33 And the donkey saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I would have slain you, and saved her alive. Num 22 34 And Balaam said unto 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 go back again. Num 22 35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the leaders of Balak. Num 22 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is on the border of Arnon, which is on the farthest boundary. Num 22 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto you to call you? why came you not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honor? Num 22 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto you: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak. Num 22 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriathhuzoth. Num 22 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the leaders that were with him. Num 22 41 And it came to pass the next day, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that from there he might see the extent of the people. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 23 Num 23 1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. Num 23 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. Num 23 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: perhaps the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to a high place. Num 23 4 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. Num 23 5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus you shall speak. Num 23 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the leaders of Moab. Num 23 7 And he took up his oracle, and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse for me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel. Num 23 8 How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I denounce, whom the LORD has not denounced? Num 23 9 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. Num 23 10 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! Num 23 11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What have you done unto me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether. Num 23 12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD has put in my mouth? Num 23 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray you, with me unto another place, from which you may see them: you shall see but the outer part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse them for me from there. Num 23 14 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. Num 23 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. Num 23 16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. Num 23 17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What has the LORD spoken? Num 23 18 And he took up his oracle, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, you son of Zippor: Num 23 19 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? Num 23 20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he has blessed; and I cannot reverse it. Num 23 21 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. Num 23 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of a wild ox. Num 23 23 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 wrought! Num 23 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up themselves as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain. Num 23 25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. Num 23 26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I you, saying, All that the LORD speaks, that I must do? Num 23 27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray you, I will bring you unto another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse me them from there. Num 23 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looks toward the wasteland. Num 23 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. Num 23 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 24 Num 24 1 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. Num 24 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in its tents according to its tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. Num 24 3 And he took up his oracle, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said: Num 24 4 He has said, who heard the words of God, who saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: Num 24 5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel! Num 24 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as aloes which the LORD has planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. Num 24 7 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. Num 24 8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of a wild ox: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. Num 24 9 He crouched, 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. Num 24 10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times. Num 24 11 Therefore now flee to your place: I thought to promote you unto great honor; but, lo, the LORD has kept you back from honor. Num 24 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spoke I not also to your messengers whom you sent unto me, saying, Num 24 13 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 says, that will I speak? Num 24 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advise you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days. Num 24 15 And he took up his oracle, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said: Num 24 16 He has said, who heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, who saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: Num 24 17 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 crush the forehead of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. Num 24 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. Num 24 19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remains of the city. Num 24 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his oracle, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish forever. Num 24 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his oracle, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock. Num 24 22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry you away captive. Num 24 23 And he took up his oracle, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this! Num 24 24 And ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish forever. Num 24 25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 25 Num 25 1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab. Num 25 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. Num 25 3 And Israel joined itself unto Baal of Peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. Num 25 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD in the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. Num 25 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay you every one his men that were joined unto Baal of Peor. Num 25 6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianite 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 meeting. Num 25 7 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; Num 25 8 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. Num 25 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. Num 25 10 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 25 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, because he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. Num 25 12 Therefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: Num 25 13 And he shall have it, and his descendants 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. Num 25 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a head of a fathers' house among the Simeonites. Num 25 15 And the name of the Midianite woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and a father's house in Midian. Num 25 16 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 25 17 Harass the Midianites, and smite them: Num 25 18 For they harassed 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 leader of Midian, their sister, who was slain in the day of the plague on account of Peor. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 26 Num 26 1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, Num 26 2 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. Num 26 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, Num 26 4 Take a census of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, who went forth out of the land of Egypt. Num 26 5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: Num 26 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. Num 26 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. Num 26 8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. Num 26 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, who were representatives of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: Num 26 10 And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. Num 26 11 Nevertheless the children of Korah died not. Num 26 12 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: Num 26 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. Num 26 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. Num 26 15 The children 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: Num 26 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: Num 26 17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. Num 26 18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. Num 26 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. Num 26 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Perez, the family of the Perezites: of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. Num 26 21 And the sons of Perez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. Num 26 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, three score and sixteen thousand and five hundred. Num 26 23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Puvah, the family of the Punites: Num 26 24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. Num 26 25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, three score and four thousand and three hundred. Num 26 26 Of 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. Num 26 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, three score thousand and five hundred. Num 26 28 The sons of Joseph according to their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. Num 26 29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. Num 26 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: Num 26 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: Num 26 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. Num 26 33 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. Num 26 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. Num 26 35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites: of Becher, the family of the Becherites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. Num 26 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. Num 26 37 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. Num 26 38 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: Num 26 39 Of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. Num 26 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. Num 26 41 These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. Num 26 42 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. Num 26 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were three score and four thousand and four hundred. Num 26 44 Of the children of Asher according to their families: of Imna, the family of the Imnites: of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. Num 26 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. Num 26 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. Num 26 47 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. Num 26 48 Of the sons of Naphtali according to their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: Num 26 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. Num 26 50 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. Num 26 51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. Num 26 52 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 26 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. Num 26 54 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. Num 26 55 Nevertheless the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Num 26 56 According to the lot shall the possession of it be divided between many and few. Num 26 57 And these are they that 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. Num 26 58 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. Num 26 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bore to Levi in Egypt: and she bore unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. Num 26 60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Num 26 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered unholy fire before the LORD. Num 26 62 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. Num 26 63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho. Num 26 64 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. Num 26 65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 27 Num 27 1 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. Num 27 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting, saying, Num 27 3 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. Num 27 4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he has no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. Num 27 5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. Num 27 6 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 27 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. Num 27 8 And you shall speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. Num 27 9 And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. Num 27 10 And if he has no brethren, then you shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. Num 27 11 And if his father has no brethren, then you 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. Num 27 12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get you up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. Num 27 13 And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered unto your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered. Num 27 14 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. Num 27 15 And Moses spoke unto the LORD, saying, Num 27 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Num 27 17 Who may go out before them, and who may go in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. Num 27 18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take you Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him; Num 27 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. Num 27 20 And you shall put some of your honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. Num 27 21 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. Num 27 22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: Num 27 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 28 Num 28 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 28 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet aroma unto me, shall you observe to offer unto me in their due season. Num 28 3 And you shall say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. Num 28 4 The one lamb shall you offer in the morning, and the other lamb shall you offer at evening; Num 28 5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a grain offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten olive oil. Num 28 6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet aroma, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. Num 28 7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shall you cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering. Num 28 8 And the other lamb shall you offer at evening: as the grain offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, you shall offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet aroma unto the LORD. Num 28 9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two-tenths of an ephah of flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and the drink offering thereof: Num 28 10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering. Num 28 11 And in the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot; Num 28 12 And three-tenths of an ephah of flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, for one bullock; and two-tenths of an ephah of flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, for one ram; Num 28 13 And a tenth of an ephah of flour mixed with oil for a grain offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet aroma, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. Num 28 14 And their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of a hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of a hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. Num 28 15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, besides the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering. Num 28 16 And on the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD. Num 28 17 And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. Num 28 18 On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of regular work on it: Num 28 19 But you 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: Num 28 20 And their grain offerings shall be of flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah shall you offer for a bullock, and two-tenths of an ephah for a ram; Num 28 21 A tenth of an ephah shall you offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: Num 28 22 And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you. Num 28 23 You shall offer these besides the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. Num 28 24 In this manner you shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the grain of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet aroma unto the LORD: it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering. Num 28 25 And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work. Num 28 26 Also on the day of the first fruits, when you bring a new grain offering unto the LORD, at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work: Num 28 27 But you shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet aroma unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year; Num 28 28 And their grain offerings of flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah unto one bullock, two-tenths of an ephah unto one ram, Num 28 29 A tenth of an ephah unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs; Num 28 30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. Num 28 31 You shall offer them besides the continual burnt offering, and its grain offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 29 Num 29 1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work: it is unto you a day of blowing the trumpets. Num 29 2 And you shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet aroma unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: Num 29 3 And their grain offering shall be of flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for a bullock, and two-tenths of an ephah for a ram, Num 29 4 And one tenth of an ephah for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: Num 29 5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: Num 29 6 Besides the burnt offerings of the month, and their grain offerings, and the daily burnt offering, and its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their ordinance, for a sweet aroma, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. Num 29 7 And you shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month a holy convocation; and you shall humble yourselves: you shall not do any work on it: Num 29 8 But you shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet aroma; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish: Num 29 9 And their grain offering shall be of flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah to a bullock, and two-tenths of an ephah to one ram, Num 29 10 A tenth of an ephah for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: Num 29 11 One kid of the goats for a sin offering; besides the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the grain offering of it, and their drink offerings. Num 29 12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work, and you shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: Num 29 13 And you shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet aroma unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: Num 29 14 And their grain offering shall be of flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two-tenths of an ephah to each ram of the two rams, Num 29 15 And a tenth of an ephah to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: Num 29 16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering. Num 29 17 And on the second day you shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: Num 29 18 And their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, according to the ordinance: Num 29 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and its grain offering , and their drink offerings. Num 29 20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; Num 29 21 And their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, according to the ordinance: Num 29 22 And one goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and its grain offering, and its drink offering. Num 29 23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: Num 29 24 Their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, according to the ordinance: Num 29 25 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering. Num 29 26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: Num 29 27 And their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, according to the ordinance: Num 29 28 And one goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and its grain offering, and its drink offering. Num 29 29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish. Num 29 30 And their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, according to the ordinance: Num 29 31 And one goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering. Num 29 32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: Num 29 33 And their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, according to the ordinance: Num 29 34 And one goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering. Num 29 35 On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no regular work on it: Num 29 36 But you shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet aroma unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: Num 29 37 Their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, according to the ordinance: Num 29 38 And one goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and its grain offering, and its drink offering. Num 29 39 These things you shall do unto the LORD in your appointed feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your grain offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. Num 29 40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 30 Num 30 1 And Moses spoke unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD has commanded. Num 30 2 If a man vows a vow unto the LORD, or swears 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. Num 30 3 If a woman also vows a vow unto the LORD, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; Num 30 4 And her father hears 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. Num 30 5 But if her father forbids 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 forbade her. Num 30 6 And if she had indeed a husband, when she vowed, or uttered anything out of her lips, with which she bound her soul; Num 30 7 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. Num 30 8 But if her husband forbade 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. Num 30 9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, with which they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. Num 30 10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; Num 30 11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and forbade her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand. Num 30 12 But if her husband has truly 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 has made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. Num 30 13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. Num 30 14 But if her husband altogether holds his peace at her from day to day; then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirms them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. Num 30 15 But if he shall in any way make them void after that he has heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. Num 30 16 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, Chapter 31 Num 31 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 31 2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shall you be gathered unto your people. Num 31 3 And Moses spoke unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. Num 31 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall you send to the war. Num 31 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. Num 31 6 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. Num 31 7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. Num 31 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, besides 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. Num 31 9 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. Num 31 10 And they burnt all their cities in which they dwelt, and all their encampments, with fire. Num 31 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of people and of animals. Num 31 12 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 the Jordan near Jericho. Num 31 13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp. Num 31 14 And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, who came from the battle. Num 31 15 And Moses said unto them, Have you saved all the women alive? Num 31 16 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. Num 31 17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him. Num 31 18 But all the young girls, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. Num 31 19 And you must abide outside the camp seven days: whosoever has killed any person, and whosoever has touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. Num 31 20 And purify all your clothing, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. Num 31 21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war who went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; Num 31 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, Num 31 23 Everything that can endure the fire, you shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of purification: and all that cannot endure the fire you shall make go through the water. Num 31 24 And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean, and afterward you shall come into the camp. Num 31 25 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 31 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of people and of animals, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: Num 31 27 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: Num 31 28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war who went out to battle: one out of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the cattle, and of the donkeys, and of the sheep: Num 31 29 Take it from their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave offering of the LORD. Num 31 30 And of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one out of fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all manner of animals, and give them unto the Levites, who have charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. Num 31 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. Num 31 32 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, Num 31 33 And three score and twelve thousand cattle, Num 31 34 And three score and one thousand donkeys, Num 31 35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. Num 31 36 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: Num 31 37 And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and three score and fifteen. Num 31 38 And the cattle were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was three score and twelve. Num 31 39 And the donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was three score and one. Num 31 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons. Num 31 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. Num 31 42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that fought, Num 31 43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, Num 31 44 And thirty and six thousand cattle, Num 31 45 And thirty thousand donkeys and five hundred, Num 31 46 And sixteen thousand persons;) Num 31 47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of persons and of animals, and gave them unto the Levites, who have charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. Num 31 48 And the officers who were over thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: Num 31 49 And they said unto Moses, your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us. Num 31 50 We have therefore brought an offering for the LORD, what every man has gotten, of ornaments of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make an atonement for ourselves before the LORD. Num 31 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all crafted ornaments. Num 31 52 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. Num 31 53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) Num 31 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 32 Num 32 1 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; Num 32 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the leaders of the congregation, saying, Num 32 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, Num 32 4 Even the country which the LORD defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle: Num 32 5 Therefore, said they, if we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given unto your servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. Num 32 6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you sit here? Num 32 7 And why discourage you the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them? Num 32 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land. Num 32 9 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. Num 32 10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying, Num 32 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: Num 32 12 Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. Num 32 13 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. Num 32 14 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 toward Israel. Num 32 15 For if you turn away from following him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you shall destroy all this people. Num 32 16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks, and cities for our little ones: Num 32 17 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 fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. Num 32 18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. Num 32 19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of Jordan, and beyond; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of Jordan eastward. Num 32 20 And Moses said unto them, If you will do this thing, if you will go armed before the LORD to war, Num 32 21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he has driven out his enemies from before him, Num 32 22 And the land is 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. Num 32 23 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. Num 32 24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth. Num 32 25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying, your servants will do as my lord commands. Num 32 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: Num 32 27 But your servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord says. Num 32 28 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: Num 32 29 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 you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: Num 32 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. Num 32 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD has said unto your servants, so will we do. Num 32 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side of Jordan may be ours. Num 32 33 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 within the borders, even the cities of the surrounding country. Num 32 34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, Num 32 35 And Atroth Shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah, Num 32 36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fortified cities: and folds for sheep. Num 32 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim, Num 32 38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they built. Num 32 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. Num 32 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. Num 32 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. Num 32 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 33 Num 33 1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, who went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. Num 33 2 And Moses wrote their starting points of their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their starting points. Num 33 3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; the next day after the passover the children of Israel went out with boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians. Num 33 4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. Num 33 5 And the children of Israel set out from Rameses, and encamped at Succoth. Num 33 6 And they departed from Succoth, and encamped at Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. Num 33 7 And they set out from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is east of Baalzephon: and they encamped before Migdol. Num 33 8 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 encamped at Marah. Num 33 9 And they set out from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and three score and ten palm trees; and they encamped there. Num 33 10 And they set out from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. Num 33 11 And they set out from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. Num 33 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped at Dophkah. Num 33 13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped at Alush. Num 33 14 And they set out from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. Num 33 15 And they departed from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai. Num 33 16 And they set out from the desert of Sinai, and encamped at Kibrothhattaavah. Num 33 17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. Num 33 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and encamped at Rithmah. Num 33 19 And they departed from Rithmah, and encamped at Rimmonperez. Num 33 20 And they departed from Rimmonperez, and encamped at Libnah. Num 33 21 And they set out from Libnah, and encamped at Rissah. Num 33 22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and encamped at Kehelathah. Num 33 23 And they went from Kehelathah, and encamped at mount Shepher. Num 33 24 And they set out from mount Shepher, and encamped at Haradah. Num 33 25 And they set out from Haradah, and encamped at Makheloth. Num 33 26 And they set out from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. Num 33 27 And they departed from Tahath, and encamped at Terah. Num 33 28 And they set out from Terah, and encamped at Mithkah. Num 33 29 And they went from Mithkah, and encamped at Hashmonah. Num 33 30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. Num 33 31 And they departed from Moseroth, and encamped at Benejaakan. Num 33 32 And they set out from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhaggidgad. Num 33 33 And they went from Horhaggidgad, and encamped at Jotbathah. Num 33 34 And they set out from Jotbathah, and encamped at Abronah. Num 33 35 And they departed from Abronah, and encamped at Eziongeber. Num 33 36 And they set out from Eziongeber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. Num 33 37 And they set out from Kadesh, and encamped at mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. Num 33 38 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. Num 33 39 And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died on mount Hor. Num 33 40 And king of Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. Num 33 41 And they departed from mount Hor, and encamped at Zalmonah. Num 33 42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and encamped at Punon. Num 33 43 And they departed from Punon, and encamped at Oboth. Num 33 44 And they departed from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, at the border of Moab. Num 33 45 And they departed from Iyim, and encamped at Dibongad. Num 33 46 And they set out from Dibongad, and encamped at Almondiblathaim. Num 33 47 And they set out from Almondiblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. Num 33 48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho. Num 33 49 And they encamped by the Jordan, from Bethjeshimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab. Num 33 50 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying, Num 33 51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you have passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; Num 33 52 Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their engraved stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places: Num 33 53 And you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. Num 33 54 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's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit. Num 33 55 But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those whom you let remain of them shall be barbs in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall trouble you in the land wherein you dwell. Num 33 56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 34 Num 34 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 34 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan to the extent of its boundaries:) Num 34 3 Then your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the border of Edom, and your south border shall be to the edge of the salt sea on the east: Num 34 4 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: Num 34 5 And the border shall turn from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the end of it shall be at the sea. Num 34 6 And as for the western border, you shall even have the Great Sea for a border: this shall be your west border. Num 34 7 And this shall be your north border: from the Great Sea you shall mark out for you mount Hor: Num 34 8 From mount Hor you shall mark out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the end of the border shall be at Zedad: Num 34 9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the end of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border. Num 34 10 And you shall mark out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham: Num 34 11 And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth: Num 34 12 And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the end of it shall be at the Salt Sea: this shall be your land with boundaries all around. Num 34 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: Num 34 14 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 the half tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance: Num 34 15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side of Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sun rising. Num 34 16 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 34 17 These are the names of the men who shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. Num 34 18 And you shall take one leader of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. Num 34 19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Num 34 20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. Num 34 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. Num 34 22 And the leader of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. Num 34 23 The leader of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. Num 34 24 And the leader of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. Num 34 25 And the leader of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. Num 34 26 And the leader of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. Num 34 27 And the leader of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. Num 34 28 And the leader of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. Num 34 29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 35 Num 35 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying, Num 35 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and you shall give also unto the Levites pasture lands for the cities round about them. Num 35 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle, and for their livestock, and for all their animals. Num 35 4 And the pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits all around. Num 35 5 And you shall measure from 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; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the pasture lands for the cities. Num 35 6 And among the cities which you shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty and two cities. Num 35 7 So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall you give with their pasture lands. Num 35 8 And the cities which you shall give shall be from 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 from his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherits. Num 35 9 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 35 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you are come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; Num 35 11 Then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person unintentionally. Num 35 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stands before the congregation in judgment. Num 35 13 And of these cities which you shall give, six cities shall you have for refuge. Num 35 14 You shall give three cities on this side of Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. Num 35 15 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 unintentionally may flee there. Num 35 16 But if he strikes him with an instrument of iron, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. Num 35 17 And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. Num 35 18 Or if he strikes him with a hand weapon of wood, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. Num 35 19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him. Num 35 20 But if he pushes him from hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait, that he dies; Num 35 21 Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, that he dies: he that struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him. Num 35 22 But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or has cast upon him anything without lying in wait, Num 35 23 Or used any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he dies, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: Num 35 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments: Num 35 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he had fled: and he shall abide in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. Num 35 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, where he had fled; Num 35 27 And the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: Num 35 28 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. Num 35 29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. Num 35 30 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. Num 35 31 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. Num 35 32 And you shall take no ransom 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. Num 35 33 So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, except by the blood of him that shed it. Num 35 34 Defile not therefore the land which you shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. ------------------------Numbers, Chapter 36 Num 36 1 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 leaders, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: Num 36 2 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. Num 36 3 And if they are 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 to which they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. Num 36 4 And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe to which they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. Num 36 5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph has spoken correctly. Num 36 6 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. Num 36 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel move from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep to himself the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. Num 36 8 And every daughter, that possesses 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. Num 36 9 Neither shall the inheritance move from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep to himself his own inheritance. Num 36 10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: Num 36 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons: Num 36 12 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. Num 36 13 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 the Jordan near Jericho. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 1 Deu 1 1 These are the words which Moses spoke unto all Israel on this side of Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. Deu 1 2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.) Deu 1 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them; Deu 1 4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: Deu 1 5 On this side of Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, Deu 1 6 The LORD our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying, You have dwelt long enough in this mount: Deu 1 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places near there, in the plain, in the hills, and in the lowland, 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. Deu 1 8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their descendants after them. Deu 1 9 And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: Deu 1 10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. Deu 1 11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more than you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!) Deu 1 12 How can I myself alone bear your weight, and your burden, and your strife? Deu 1 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Deu 1 14 And you answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do. Deu 1 15 So I took the heads 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. Deu 1 16 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. Deu 1 17 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's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. Deu 1 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do. Deu 1 19 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. Deu 1 20 And I said unto you, you are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God does give unto us. Deu 1 21 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 unto you; fear not, neither be discouraged. Deu 1 22 And you 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. Deu 1 23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of each tribe: Deu 1 24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. Deu 1 25 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 does give us. Deu 1 26 Nevertheless you would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God: Deu 1 27 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. Deu 1 28 Where shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there. Deu 1 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. Deu 1 30 The LORD your God who goes before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; Deu 1 31 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. Deu 1 32 Yet in this thing you did not believe the LORD your God, Deu 1 33 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. Deu 1 34 And the LORD heard the sound of your words, and was angry, and swore, saying, Deu 1 35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers, Deu 1 36 Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he has trodden upon, and to his children, because he has wholly followed the LORD. Deu 1 37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, You also shall not go in there. Deu 1 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. Deu 1 39 Moreover your little ones, who you said should be a prey, and your children, who in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in there, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. Deu 1 40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. Deu 1 41 Then you 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 you had girded on every man his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the hill. Deu 1 42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be smitten before your enemies. Deu 1 43 So I spoke unto you; and you would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. Deu 1 44 And the Amorites, who dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. Deu 1 45 And you returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. Deu 1 46 So you abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that you abode there. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 2 Deu 2 1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spoke unto me: and we went around mount Seir many days. Deu 2 2 And the LORD spoke unto me, saying, Deu 2 3 You have gone around this mountain long enough: turn northward. Deu 2 4 And command the people, saying, You are to pass through the territory of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take you good heed unto yourselves therefore: Deu 2 5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as one footstep; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. Deu 2 6 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. Deu 2 7 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. Deu 2 8 And when we passed by away from our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongeber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. Deu 2 9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give you their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. Deu 2 10 The Emim dwelt there in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; Deu 2 11 Who also were considered giants, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. Deu 2 12 The Horites also dwelt in Seir formerly; 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. Deu 2 13 Now rise up, said the LORD, and get over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. Deu 2 14 And the time 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 perished from among the camp as the LORD swore unto them. Deu 2 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed. Deu 2 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were perished and dead from among the people, Deu 2 17 That the LORD spoke unto me, saying, Deu 2 18 You are to pass over through Ar, the boundary of Moab, this day: Deu 2 19 And when you come near the border of 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 unto the children of Lot for a possession. Deu 2 20 (That also was regarded as a land of giants: giants dwelt there formerly; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim; Deu 2 21 A people great, and many, and tall as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: Deu 2 22 As he did to the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: Deu 2 23 And the Avvim who dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) Deu 2 24 Rise 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. Deu 2 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear reports of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you. Deu 2 26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, Deu 2 27 Let me pass through your land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. Deu 2 28 You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; Deu 2 29 (As the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God gives us. Deu 2 30 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 it is this day. Deu 2 31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before you: begin to possess, that you may inherit his land. Deu 2 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. Deu 2 33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we defeated him, and his sons, and all his people. Deu 2 34 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: Deu 2 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. Deu 2 36 From Aroer, which is by the bank 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: Deu 2 37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon you came 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, Chapter 3 Deu 3 1 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. Deu 3 2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into your hand; and you shall do unto him as you did unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. Deu 3 3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we struck him until none was left to him remaining. Deu 3 4 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. Deu 3 5 All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides unwalled towns a great many. Deu 3 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. Deu 3 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. Deu 3 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side of Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; Deu 3 9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Senir;) Deu 3 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. Deu 3 11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. Deu 3 12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. Deu 3 13 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. Deu 3 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day. Deu 3 15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. Deu 3 16 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; Deu 3 17 The plain also, with the Jordan as the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east. Deu 3 18 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 brethren the children of Israel, all that are fit for war. Deu 3 19 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; Deu 3 20 Until the LORD has given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God has given them beyond the Jordan: and then shall you return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. Deu 3 21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms through which you pass. Deu 3 22 You shall not fear them: for the LORD your God, he shall fight for you. Deu 3 23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, Deu 3 24 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? Deu 3 25 I pray you, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that pleasant mountain, and Lebanon. Deu 3 26 But the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, That is sufficient; speak no more unto me of this matter. Deu 3 27 Get 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. Deu 3 28 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. Deu 3 29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 4 Deu 4 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, to do them, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers gives you. Deu 4 2 You shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. Deu 4 3 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. Deu 4 4 But you that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. Deu 4 5 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. Deu 4 6 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. Deu 4 7 For what nation is there so great, that has God so near unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? Deu 4 8 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? Deu 4 9 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 to your sons, and your sons' sons; Deu 4 10 Especially the day that you stood before the LORD your 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. Deu 4 11 And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. Deu 4 12 And the LORD spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; only you heard a voice. Deu 4 13 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. Deu 4 14 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. Deu 4 15 Take therefore good heed unto yourselves; for you saw no manner of form on the day that the LORD spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Deu 4 16 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, Deu 4 17 The likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flies in the air, Deu 4 18 The likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: Deu 4 19 And lest you lift up your eyes unto 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 apportioned unto all nations under the whole heaven. Deu 4 20 But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as you are this day. Deu 4 21 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 unto that good land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance: Deu 4 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but you shall go over, and possess that good land. Deu 4 23 Take heed unto 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 anything, which the LORD your God has forbidden you. Deu 4 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. Deu 4 25 When you shall beget children, and children's children, and you shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of anything, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD your God, to provoke him to anger: Deu 4 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over Jordan to possess; you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. Deu 4 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where the LORD shall lead you. Deu 4 28 And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. Deu 4 29 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. Deu 4 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the LORD your God, and shall be obedient unto his voice; Deu 4 31 (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 unto them. Deu 4 32 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 the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard anything like it? Deu 4 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? Deu 4 34 Or has God ever ventured 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 an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? Deu 4 35 Unto you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else besides him. Deu 4 36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and upon earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. Deu 4 37 And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their descendants after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; Deu 4 38 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. Deu 4 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in your heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. Deu 4 40 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 upon the earth, which the LORD your God gives you, forever. Deu 4 41 Then Moses set apart three cities on this side of Jordan toward the sun rising; Deu 4 42 That the slayer might flee there, who should kill his neighbor unintentionally, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: Deu 4 43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites. Deu 4 44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: Deu 4 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, Deu 4 46 On this side of Jordan, in the valley opposite Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel defeated, after they were come forth out of Egypt: Deu 4 47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were on this side of Jordan toward the sun rising; Deu 4 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, Deu 4 49 And all the plain on this side of Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, below the slopes of Pisgah. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 5 Deu 5 1 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 you may learn them, and keep, and do them. Deu 5 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Deu 5 3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. Deu 5 4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, Deu 5 5 (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, Deu 5 6 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Deu 5 7 You shall have none other gods before me. Deu 5 8 You shall not make you any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Deu 5 9 You shall not bow down yourself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your 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, Deu 5 10 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. Deu 5 11 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. Deu 5 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your God has commanded you. Deu 5 13 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work: Deu 5 14 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 donkey, 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. Deu 5 15 And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day. Deu 5 16 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. Deu 5 17 You shall not kill. Deu 5 18 Neither shall you commit adultery. Deu 5 19 Neither shall you steal. Deu 5 20 Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor. Deu 5 21 Neither shall you desire your neighbor's wife, neither shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's. Deu 5 22 These words the LORD spoke 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. Deu 5 23 And it came to pass, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that you came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; Deu 5 24 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 midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does talk with man, and he lives. Deu 5 25 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. Deu 5 26 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? Deu 5 27 Go you near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak you unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto you; and we will hear it, and do it. Deu 5 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when you spoke unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto you: they have well said all that they have spoken. Deu 5 29 O that there were such a 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 forever! Deu 5 30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. Deu 5 31 But as for you, stand you here by me, and I will speak unto 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. Deu 5 32 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. Deu 5 33 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, Chapter 6 Deu 6 1 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: Deu 6 2 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's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. Deu 6 3 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. Deu 6 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: Deu 6 5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Deu 6 6 And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart: Deu 6 7 And you shall teach them diligently unto 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. Deu 6 8 And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. Deu 6 9 And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house, and on your gates. Deu 6 10 And it shall be, when the LORD your God shall have brought you into the land which he swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and beautiful cities, which you built not, Deu 6 11 And houses full of all good things, which you filled not, and wells dug, which you dug not, vineyards and olive trees, which you planted not; when you shall have eaten and be full; Deu 6 12 Then beware lest you forget the LORD, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Deu 6 13 You shall fear the LORD your God, and serve him, and shall swear by his name. Deu 6 14 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people who are round about you; Deu 6 15 (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. Deu 6 16 You shall not test the LORD your God, as you tested him in Massah. Deu 6 17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you. Deu 6 18 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 unto your fathers, Deu 6 19 To cast out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken. Deu 6 20 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? Deu 6 21 Then you shall say unto your son, We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: Deu 6 22 And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and grevious, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: Deu 6 23 And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore unto our fathers. Deu 6 24 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. Deu 6 25 And it shall be righteousness for us, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 7 Deu 7 1 When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land to which 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; Deu 7 2 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them over to you; you shall strike them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them: Deu 7 3 Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give unto his son, nor his daughter shall you take unto your son. Deu 7 4 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. Deu 7 5 But thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their idol poles, and burn their graven images with fire. Deu 7 6 For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. Deu 7 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people: Deu 7 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, has the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Deu 7 9 Know therefore that the LORD your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; Deu 7 10 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. Deu 7 11 You shall therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command you this day, to do them. Deu 7 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, if you hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD your God shall keep with you the covenant and the mercy which he swore unto your fathers: Deu 7 13 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 grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cattle, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore unto your fathers to give you. Deu 7 14 You shall be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. Deu 7 15 And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, upon you; but will lay them upon all them that hate you. Deu 7 16 And you shall consume all the people whom the LORD your God shall deliver you; your eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto you. Deu 7 17 If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? Deu 7 18 You shall not be afraid of them: but shall well remember what the LORD your God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; Deu 7 19 The great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby the LORD your God brought you out: so shall the LORD your God do unto all the people of whom you are afraid. Deu 7 20 Moreover the LORD your God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from you, be destroyed. Deu 7 21 You shall not be frightened by them: for the LORD your God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. Deu 7 22 And the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little: you may not consume them at once, lest the wild animals of the field become too numerous for you. Deu 7 23 But the LORD your God shall deliver them unto you, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they are destroyed. Deu 7 24 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. Deu 7 25 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 unto you, lest you be snared by it: for it is an abomination to the LORD your God. Deu 7 26 Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you become an accursed thing like it: but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is an accursed thing. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 8 Deu 8 1 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 unto your fathers. Deu 8 2 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 test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not. Deu 8 3 And he humbled you, and allowed 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. Deu 8 4 Your clothing grew not old upon you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years. Deu 8 5 You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you. Deu 8 6 Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. Deu 8 7 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; Deu 8 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; Deu 8 9 A land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper. Deu 8 10 When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you. Deu 8 11 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: Deu 8 12 Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses, and dwelt in them; Deu 8 13 And when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; Deu 8 14 Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; Deu 8 15 Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and thirsty land, where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint; Deu 8 16 Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers knew not, that he might humble you, and that he might test you, to do you good in the end; Deu 8 17 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. Deu 8 18 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 unto your fathers, as it is this day. Deu 8 19 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. Deu 8 20 As the nations which the LORD destroys before your face, so shall you perish; because you would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 9 Deu 9 1 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 fortified up to heaven, Deu 9 2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! Deu 9 3 Understand therefore this day, that the LORD your God is he who 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 unto you. Deu 9 4 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. Deu 9 5 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 unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Deu 9 6 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. Deu 9 7 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 unto this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD. Deu 9 8 Also in Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you. Deu 9 9 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: Deu 9 10 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 spoke with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. Deu 9 11 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. Deu 9 12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get you down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. Deu 9 13 Furthermore the LORD spoke unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people: Deu 9 14 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. Deu 9 15 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. Deu 9 16 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. Deu 9 17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. Deu 9 18 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. Deu 9 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the LORD was angry with you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. Deu 9 20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron and would have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. Deu 9 21 And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust of it into the brook that descended out of the mount. Deu 9 22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, you provoked the LORD to wrath. Deu 9 23 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 hearkened to his voice. Deu 9 24 You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. Deu 9 25 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. Deu 9 26 I prayed therefore unto 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. Deu 9 27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: Deu 9 28 Lest the land from which you brought us out should 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. Deu 9 29 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your mighty power and by your outstretched arm. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 10 Deu 10 1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew yourself two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make an ark of wood. Deu 10 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark. Deu 10 3 And I made an ark of acacia wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in my hand. Deu 10 4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke 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. Deu 10 5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD commanded me. Deu 10 6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth Benejaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. Deu 10 7 From there they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of rivers of waters. Deu 10 8 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 unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. Deu 10 9 Therefore Levi has no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD your God promised him. Deu 10 10 And I stayed in the mount, the same as the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy you. Deu 10 11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take your journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give unto them. Deu 10 12 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, Deu 10 13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good? Deu 10 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S your God, the earth also, with all that is in it. Deu 10 15 Only the LORD had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their descendants after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. Deu 10 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked. Deu 10 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, mighty, and awesome, who regards not persons, nor takes reward: Deu 10 18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, in giving him food and clothing. Deu 10 19 Love you therefore the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. Deu 10 20 You shall fear the LORD your God; him shall you serve, and to him shall you cleave, and swear by his name. Deu 10 21 He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things, which your eyes have seen. Deu 10 22 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, Chapter 11 Deu 11 1 Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always. Deu 11 2 And know you this day: for I speak not with your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm, Deu 11 3 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; Deu 11 4 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 has destroyed them unto this day; Deu 11 5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until you came into this place; Deu 11 6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened its 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: Deu 11 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did. Deu 11 8 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, wherever you go to possess it; Deu 11 9 And that you may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give unto them and to their descendants, a land that flows with milk and honey. Deu 11 10 For the land, where you go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from where you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs: Deu 11 11 But the land, where you go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinks water from the rain of heaven: Deu 11 12 A land which the LORD your God cares for: the eyes of the LORD your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. Deu 11 13 And it shall come to pass, if you 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, Deu 11 14 That I will give you the rain of your land in its due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, and your wine, and your oil. Deu 11 15 And I will send grass in your fields for your cattle, that you may eat and be full. Deu 11 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; Deu 11 17 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 you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you. Deu 11 18 Therefore shall you 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. Deu 11 19 And you shall teach them to 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. Deu 11 20 And you shall write them upon the door posts of your house, and upon your gates: Deu 11 21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. Deu 11 22 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 cleave unto him; Deu 11 23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall possess nations greater and mightier than yourselves. Deu 11 24 Every place on which the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the western sea shall your territory be. Deu 11 25 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 you shall tread upon, as he has said unto you. Deu 11 26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; Deu 11 27 A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: Deu 11 28 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. Deu 11 29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD your God has brought you in unto the land where you go to possess it, that you shall put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. Deu 11 30 Are they not on the other side of Jordan, by the way where the sun goes down, in the land of the Canaanites, who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? Deu 11 31 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. Deu 11 32 And you shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 12 Deu 12 1 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, all the days that you live upon the earth. Deu 12 2 You shall utterly destroy all the places, in which the nations which you shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: Deu 12 3 And you shall overthrow their altars, and break their stone idols, and burn their idol poles with fire; and you shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. Deu 12 4 You shall not do so unto the LORD your God. Deu 12 5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his dewlling place shall you seek, and there you shall come: Deu 12 6 And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vowed offerings, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: Deu 12 7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand unto, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you. Deu 12 8 You shall not do according to all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. Deu 12 9 For you are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God gives you. Deu 12 10 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; Deu 12 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; there 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 offerings which you vow unto the LORD: Deu 12 12 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; forasmuch as he has no part nor inheritance with you. Deu 12 13 Take heed to yourself that you offer not your burnt offerings in every place that you see: Deu 12 14 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. Deu 12 15 Nevertheless you may kill and eat flesh in all your gates, whatsoever your soul desires, 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 gazelle, and as of the hart. Deu 12 16 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it upon the earth as water. Deu 12 17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your wine, or of your oil, or the firstlings of your herds or of your flock, nor any of your offerings which you vow, nor your freewill offerings, or heave offering of your hand: Deu 12 18 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 unto. Deu 12 19 Take heed to yourself that you forsake not the Levite as long as you live upon the earth. Deu 12 20 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, whatsoever your soul desires. Deu 12 21 If the place which the LORD your God has chosen to put his name there is 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 whatsoever your soul desires. Deu 12 22 Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so you shall eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. Deu 12 23 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. Deu 12 24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it upon the earth as water. Deu 12 25 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. Deu 12 26 Only your holy things which you have, and your vowed offerings, you shall take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose. Deu 12 27 And you shall 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 upon the altar of the LORD your God, and you shall eat the flesh. Deu 12 28 Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God. Deu 12 29 When the LORD your God shall cut off the nations from before you, where you go to possess them, and you displace them, and dwell in their land; Deu 12 30 Take heed to yourself that you are not snared by following them, after they are 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. Deu 12 31 You shall not do so unto the LORD your God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hates, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their gods. Deu 12 32 Whatsoever thing I command you, observe to do it: you shall not add thereto, nor take away from it. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 13 Deu 13 1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, Deu 13 2 And the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke unto you, and he says, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them; Deu 13 3 You shall not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Deu 13 4 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 cleave unto him. Deu 13 5 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, who 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 midst of you. Deu 13 6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; Deu 13 7 Namely, of the gods of the people who are round about you, near unto you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; Deu 13 8 You shall not yield unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him: Deu 13 9 But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. Deu 13 10 And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to thrust you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Deu 13 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. Deu 13 12 If you shall hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God has given you to dwell there, anyone saying, Deu 13 13 Certain men, worthless fellows, are gone out from among you, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known; Deu 13 14 Then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; Deu 13 15 You shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is in it, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. Deu 13 16 And you shall gather all the spoil of it into the midst of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof, unto the LORD your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again. Deu 13 17 And there shall cleave none of the accursed thing to your hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion upon you, and multiply you, as he has sworn unto your fathers; Deu 13 18 When you shall hearken 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, Chapter 14 Deu 14 1 You are the children of the LORD your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any bald place on your foreheads for the dead. Deu 14 2 For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. Deu 14 3 You shall not eat any abominable thing. Deu 14 4 These are the animals which you shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, Deu 14 5 The hare, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the ibex, and the antelope, and the mountain sheep. Deu 14 6 And every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you shall eat. Deu 14 7 Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have cloven hooves; as the camel, and the hare, and the rock badger: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. Deu 14 8 And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet chews not the cud, it is unclean unto you: you shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. Deu 14 9 These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall you eat: Deu 14 10 And whatsoever has not fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean unto you. Deu 14 11 Of all clean birds you shall eat. Deu 14 12 But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, Deu 14 13 And the buzzard, and the falcon, and the kite after their kinds, Deu 14 14 And every raven after its kind, Deu 14 15 And the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds, Deu 14 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the water hen, Deu 14 17 And the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the cormorant, Deu 14 18 And the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. Deu 14 19 And every winged insect is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. Deu 14 20 But of all clean fowls you may eat. Deu 14 21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give it unto the stranger that is in your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it unto a foreigner: for you are a holy people unto the LORD your God. you shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk. Deu 14 22 You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year. Deu 14 23 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 grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. Deu 14 24 And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it; or if the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD your God has blessed you: Deu 14 25 Then shall you turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose: Deu 14 26 And you shall bestow that money for whatsoever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever your soul desires: and you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household, Deu 14 27 And the Levite that is within your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has no part nor inheritance with you. Deu 14 28 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: Deu 14 29 And the Levite, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who 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, Chapter 15 Deu 15 1 At the end of every seven years you shall make a release. Deu 15 2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lends anything 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. Deu 15 3 Of a foreigner you may exact it again: but that which you lend to your brother your hand shall release; Deu 15 4 Except 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: Deu 15 5 Only if you carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command you this day. Deu 15 6 For the LORD your God blesses you, as he promised you: and you shall lend unto many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you. Deu 15 7 If there be among you a poor man of one of your brethren 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: Deu 15 8 But you shall open your hand wide unto him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he lacks. Deu 15 9 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 cries unto the LORD against you, and it be sin in you. Deu 15 10 You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give unto him: because for this thing the LORD your God shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand unto. Deu 15 11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide unto your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land. Deu 15 12 And if your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto you, and serve you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. Deu 15 13 And when you send him out free from you, you shall not let him go away empty: Deu 15 14 You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, and out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress: of that with which the LORD your God has blessed you you shall give unto him. Deu 15 15 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 today. Deu 15 16 And it shall be, if he say unto you, I will not go away from you; because he loves you and your house, because he fares well with you; Deu 15 17 Then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And also unto your maidservant you shall do likewise. Deu 15 18 It shall not seem hard unto 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. Deu 15 19 All the firstborn males that come of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify unto the LORD your God: you shall do no work with the firstborn of your bullock, nor shear the firstborn of your sheep. Deu 15 20 You shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household. Deu 15 21 And if there be any blemish in it, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, you shall not sacrifice it unto the LORD your God. Deu 15 22 You shall eat it within your gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart. Deu 15 23 Only you shall not eat the blood thereof; you shall pour it upon the ground as water. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 16 Deu 16 1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD your God: for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night. Deu 16 2 You shall therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there. Deu 16 3 You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread with it, 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. Deu 16 4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with you in all your territory seven days; neither shall there any part of the flesh, which you sacrificed the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning. Deu 16 5 You may not sacrifice the passover within any of your gates, which the LORD your God gives you: Deu 16 6 But at the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name in, there you shall sacrifice the passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the time that you came forth out of Egypt. Deu 16 7 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 unto your tents. Deu 16 8 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. Deu 16 9 Seven weeks shall you number unto you: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as you begin to put the sickle to the grain. Deu 16 10 And you shall keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give unto the LORD your God, according as the LORD your God has blessed you: Deu 16 11 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. Deu 16 12 And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes. Deu 16 13 You shall observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that you have gathered in your grain and your wine: Deu 16 14 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. Deu 16 15 Seven days shall you keep a solemn feast unto 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. Deu 16 16 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: Deu 16 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you. Deu 16 18 Judges and officers shall you make in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. Deu 16 19 You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not show partiality, neither take a bribe: for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. Deu 16 20 That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you. Deu 16 21 You shall not make a post idol of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make you. Deu 16 22 Neither shall you set up any image; which the LORD your God hates. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 17 Deu 17 1 You shall not sacrifice unto the LORD your God any bullock, or sheep, in which is a blemish, or any defect: for that is an abomination unto the LORD your God. Deu 17 2 If there be found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, man or woman, that has done wickedness in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing his covenant, Deu 17 3 And has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; Deu 17 4 And it be told you, and you have heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination has been done in Israel: Deu 17 5 Then shall you bring forth that man or that woman, who has committed that wicked thing, unto your gates, even that man or that woman, and shall stone them with stones, till they die. Deu 17 6 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. Deu 17 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you. Deu 17 8 If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between bloodsheds, between legal rights, and between assaults, 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; Deu 17 9 And you shall come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment: Deu 17 10 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: Deu 17 11 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. Deu 17 12 And the man that will act presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel. Deu 17 13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and act no more presumptuously. Deu 17 14 When you are come unto 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 all the nations that are about me; Deu 17 15 You shall surely set him king over you, whom the LORD your God shall choose: one from among your brethren shall you set king over you: you may not set a stranger over you, who is not your brother. Deu 17 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: since as the LORD has said unto you, you shall return no more that way again. Deu 17 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. Deu 17 18 And it shall be, when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: Deu 17 19 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: Deu 17 20 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, Chapter 18 Deu 18 1 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, as his inheritance. Deu 18 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he has said unto them. Deu 18 3 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 jowls, and the stomach. Deu 18 4 The firstfruit also of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him. Deu 18 5 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 forever. Deu 18 6 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 unto the place which the LORD shall choose; Deu 18 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD. Deu 18 8 They shall have equal portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his family possessions. Deu 18 9 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. Deu 18 10 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 sorcery, or interprets omens, or is a witch, Deu 18 11 Or casts spells, or is a medium, or a wizard, or consults the dead. Deu 18 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you. Deu 18 13 You shall be perfect with the LORD your God. Deu 18 14 For these nations, which you shall possess, hearkened unto sorcerers, and unto diviners: but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you so to do. Deu 18 15 The LORD your God will raise up unto you a Prophet from the midst of you, of your brethren, like unto me; unto him you shall hearken; Deu 18 16 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. Deu 18 17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. Deu 18 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto you, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. Deu 18 19 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. Deu 18 20 But the prophet, who 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. Deu 18 21 And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken? Deu 18 22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing follows not, nor comes 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, Chapter 19 Deu 19 1 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; Deu 19 2 You shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it. Deu 19 3 You shall prepare you a way, and divide the territory of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there. Deu 19 4 And this is the case of the manslayer, who shall flee there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, whom he hated not in time past; Deu 19 5 As when a man goes into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand swings a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and strikes his neighbor, that he dies; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: Deu 19 6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his anger is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated the victim not in time past. Deu 19 7 Therefore I command you, saying, you shall set apart three cities for you. Deu 19 8 And if the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn unto your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give unto your fathers; Deu 19 9 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 always in his ways; then shall you add three more cities for you, besides these three: Deu 19 10 That innocent blood be not shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be upon you. Deu 19 11 But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and wounds him mortally that he dies, and flees into one of these cities: Deu 19 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. Deu 19 13 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. Deu 19 14 You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men 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. Deu 19 15 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. Deu 19 16 If a false witness rises up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; Deu 19 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, who shall be in those days; Deu 19 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquiry: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother; Deu 19 19 Then shall you do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shall you put the evil away from among you. Deu 19 20 And those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall hereafter commit no more any such evil among you. Deu 19 21 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, Chapter 20 Deu 20 1 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, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Deu 20 2 And it shall be, when you are come near unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, Deu 20 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, you approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be you terrified because of them; Deu 20 4 For the LORD your God is he that goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. Deu 20 5 And the officers shall speak unto 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. Deu 20 6 And what man is he that has planted a vineyard, and has 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. Deu 20 7 And what man is there that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. Deu 20 8 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. Deu 20 9 And it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people. Deu 20 10 When you come near unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. Deu 20 11 And it shall be, if it makes to you an answer of peace, and opens unto you, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall be subject unto you, and they shall serve you. Deu 20 12 And if it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it: Deu 20 13 And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male in it with the edge of the sword: Deu 20 14 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 unto yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you. Deu 20 15 Thus shall you do unto all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. Deu 20 16 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: Deu 20 17 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: Deu 20 18 That they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so that you should sin against the LORD your God. Deu 20 19 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 wielding 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's life) to employ them in the siege: Deu 20 20 Only the trees which you know will not be trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it is subdued. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 21 Deu 21 1 If one be 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 slain him: Deu 21 2 Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: Deu 21 3 And it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer, which has never been worked, and which has not pulled in the yoke; Deu 21 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with flowing water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley: Deu 21 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every assault be tried: Deu 21 6 And all the elders of that city, that are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley: Deu 21 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Deu 21 8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto the charge of your people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them. Deu 21 9 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. Deu 21 10 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, Deu 21 11 And see among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire unto her, that you would have her to be your wife; Deu 21 12 Then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and trim her nails; Deu 21 13 And she shall put the clothing 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 unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. Deu 21 14 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 humiliated her. Deu 21 15 If a man has two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: Deu 21 16 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, who is indeed the firstborn: Deu 21 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated as 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. Deu 21 18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Deu 21 19 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; Deu 21 20 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. Deu 21 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, so that he dies: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. Deu 21 22 And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is to be put to death, and you hang him on a tree: Deu 21 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall surely 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, Chapter 22 Deu 22 1 You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and withhold your help from them: you shall certainly bring them again unto your brother. Deu 22 2 And if your brother is not near unto you, or if you know him not, then you shall bring it unto your own house, and it shall be with you until your brother seeks after it, and you shall restore it to him again. Deu 22 3 In like manner shall you do with his donkey; and so shall you do with his clothing; and with any lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found, shall you do likewise: you may not withhold your help. Deu 22 4 You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fall down by the way, and withhold your help from them: you shall surely help him to lift them up again. Deu 22 5 The woman shall not wear that which pertains unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are an abomination unto the LORD your God. Deu 22 6 If a bird's nest happens to be before you in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they are young ones, or eggs, and the mother sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young: Deu 22 7 But you shall surely let the mother go, and take the young for yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days. Deu 22 8 When you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you bring not the guilt of blood upon your house, if any man fall from there. Deu 22 9 You shall not sow your vineyard with different seeds: lest the fruit of your seed which you have sown, and the fruit of your vineyard, be defiled. Deu 22 10 You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. Deu 22 11 You shall not wear a garment of different sorts, as of woolen and linen together. Deu 22 12 You shall make tassels upon the four corners of your cloak, with which you cover yourself. Deu 22 13 If any man takes a wife, and goes in unto her, and hates her, Deu 22 14 And charges her with shameful conduct, and brings an evil name upon her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a virgin: Deu 22 15 Then shall the father of the young woman, and her mother, take and bring forth the evidence of the young woman's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: Deu 22 16 And the young woman's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man as a wife, and he hates her; Deu 22 17 And, lo, he has charged her with shameful conduct, saying, I found not your daughter a virgin; and yet these are the evidence of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. Deu 22 18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; Deu 22 19 And they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto 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 put her away all his days. Deu 22 20 But if this thing is true, and the evidence of virginity is not found for the young woman: Deu 22 21 Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones so that she dies: because she has wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house: so shall you put evil away from among you. Deu 22 22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a 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. Deu 22 23 If a young woman that is a virgin be betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; Deu 22 24 Then you shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and you shall stone them with stones so that they die; the young woman, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he has violated his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away evil from among you. Deu 22 25 But if a man find a betrothed young woman in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die: Deu 22 26 But unto the young woman you shall do nothing; there is in the young woman no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and slays him, even so is this matter: Deu 22 27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed young woman cried, and there was none to save her. Deu 22 28 If a man find a young woman that is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Deu 22 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has violated her, he may not put her away all his days. Deu 22 30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 23 Deu 23 1 He that is a eunuch by crushing or mutilation shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. Deu 23 2 A man of illegitimate birth shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. Deu 23 3 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 forever: Deu 23 4 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. Deu 23 5 Nevertheless the LORD your God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing unto you, because the LORD your God loved you. Deu 23 6 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever. Deu 23 7 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. Deu 23 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation. Deu 23 9 When the army goes forth against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing. Deu 23 10 If there be among you any man, that is unclean by reason of some occurance in the night, then shall he go outside the camp, he shall not come inside the camp: Deu 23 11 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. Deu 23 12 You shall have a place also outside the camp, where you shall go out: Deu 23 13 And you shall have a stick with your weapons; and it shall be, when you will relieve yourself outside, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover your refuse: Deu 23 14 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 sees no unclean thing in you, and turns away from you. Deu 23 15 You shall not deliver unto his master the servant who has escaped from his master unto you: Deu 23 16 He may dwell with you, even among you, in that place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it seems best to him: you shall not oppress him. Deu 23 17 There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. Deu 23 18 You shall not bring the wages of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both of these are an abomination unto the LORD your God. Deu 23 19 You shall not charge interest to your brother; interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest: Deu 23 20 Unto a stranger you may lend for interest; but unto your brother you shall not lend for interest: 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. Deu 23 21 When you shall vow a vow unto the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin to you. Deu 23 22 But if you shall abstain to vow, it shall be no sin to you. Deu 23 23 That which is gone out from your lips you shall keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as you have vowed unto the LORD your God, which you have promised with your mouth. Deu 23 24 When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat your fill of grapes at your own pleasure; but you shall not put any in your vessel. Deu 23 25 When you come into the standing grain of your neighbor, then you may pluck the heads with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle unto your neighbor's standing grain. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 24 Deu 24 1 When a man has taken a wife, and married her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. Deu 24 2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. Deu 24 3 And if the latter husband hates her, and writes her a bill of divorcement, 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; Deu 24 4 Her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after 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. Deu 24 5 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 bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken. Deu 24 6 No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge: for he takes a man's living in pledge. Deu 24 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren 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. Deu 24 8 Take heed in a 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. Deu 24 9 Remember what the LORD your God did unto Miriam by the way, after you were come forth out of Egypt. Deu 24 10 When you do lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. Deu 24 11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring out the pledge unto you. Deu 24 12 And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge: Deu 24 13 In any case you shall deliver him the pledge again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own clothing, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness unto you before the LORD your God. Deu 24 14 You shall not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brethren, or of your strangers that are in your land within your gates: Deu 24 15 Each day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: lest he cry against you unto the LORD, and it be sin unto you. Deu 24 16 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. Deu 24 17 You shall not pervert the justice due the stranger, nor the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as pledge: Deu 24 18 But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there: therefore I command you to do this thing. Deu 24 19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get 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. Deu 24 20 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. Deu 24 21 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. Deu 24 22 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 25 Deu 25 1 If there is 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. Deu 25 2 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. Deu 25 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him more than these with many stripes, then your brother should seem degraded unto you. Deu 25 4 You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain. Deu 25 5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them dies, and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her. Deu 25 6 And it shall be, that the firstborn that she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. Deu 25 7 And if the man desires 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 refuses to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. Deu 25 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stands to it, and says, I desire not to take her; Deu 25 9 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. Deu 25 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that has his shoe loosed. Deu 25 11 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 his private parts: Deu 25 12 Then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her. Deu 25 13 You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a great and a small. Deu 25 14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a great and a small. Deu 25 15 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. Deu 25 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD your God. Deu 25 17 Remember what Amalek did unto you by the way, when you came forth out of Egypt; Deu 25 18 How he met you by the way, and attacked those behind you, even all that were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he feared not God. Deu 25 19 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, Chapter 26 Deu 26 1 And it shall be, when you are come in unto the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell therein; Deu 26 2 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 unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name there. Deu 26 3 And you shall go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD your God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD swore unto our fathers to give us. Deu 26 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God. Deu 26 5 And you shall speak and say before the LORD your God, An Aramean 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: Deu 26 6 And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: Deu 26 7 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: Deu 26 8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror, and with signs, and with wonders: Deu 26 9 And he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, even a land that flows with milk and honey. Deu 26 10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits 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: Deu 26 11 And you shall rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given unto you, and unto your house, you, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. Deu 26 12 When you have finished tithing all the tithes of your increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled; Deu 26 13 Then you shall say before the LORD your God, I have removed the sacred portion out of my house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto 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: Deu 26 14 I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I taken away any of it for any unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that you have commanded me. Deu 26 15 Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the land which you have given us, as you swore unto our fathers, a land that flows with milk and honey. Deu 26 16 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. Deu 26 17 You have declared 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 hearken unto his voice: Deu 26 18 And the LORD has declared you this day to be his peculiar people, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments; Deu 26 19 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 a holy people unto the LORD your God, as he has spoken. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 27 Deu 27 1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. Deu 27 2 And it shall be on the day when you shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD your God gives you, that you shall set yourselves up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: Deu 27 3 And you shall write upon them all the words of this law, when you are passed over, that you may go in unto 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. Deu 27 4 Therefore it shall be when you are 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. Deu 27 5 And there shall you build an altar unto the LORD your God, an altar of stones: you shall not lift up any iron tool upon them. Deu 27 6 You shall build the altar of the LORD your God of whole stones: and you shall offer burnt offerings on it unto the LORD your God: Deu 27 7 And you shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the LORD your God. Deu 27 8 And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. Deu 27 9 And Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day you are become the people of the LORD your God. Deu 27 10 You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day. Deu 27 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, Deu 27 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: Deu 27 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. Deu 27 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, Deu 27 15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination unto 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. Deu 27 16 Cursed be he that dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deu 27 17 Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deu 27 18 Cursed be he that makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deu 27 19 Cursed be he that perverts the justice due the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deu 27 20 Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's bed. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deu 27 21 Cursed be he that lies with any kind of animal. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deu 27 22 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. Deu 27 23 Cursed be he that lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deu 27 24 Cursed be he that attacks his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deu 27 25 Cursed be he that takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deu 27 26 Cursed be he that confirms not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 28 Deu 28 1 And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto 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: Deu 28 2 And all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God. Deu 28 3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Deu 28 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your herds, the increase of your cattle, and the flocks of your sheep. Deu 28 5 Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough. Deu 28 6 Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. Deu 28 7 The LORD shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be defeated before your face: they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways. Deu 28 8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouses, and in all that you set your hand unto; and he shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you. Deu 28 9 The LORD shall establish you a holy people unto himself, as he has sworn unto you, if you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in his ways. Deu 28 10 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. Deu 28 11 And the LORD shall make you bountiful 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 unto your fathers to give you. Deu 28 12 The LORD shall open unto you his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend unto many nations, and you shall not borrow. Deu 28 13 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 hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them: Deu 28 14 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. Deu 28 15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not hearken unto 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 upon you, and overtake you: Deu 28 16 Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field. Deu 28 17 Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough. Deu 28 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your land, the increase of your cattle, and the offspring of your sheep. Deu 28 19 Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out. Deu 28 20 The LORD shall send upon you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand unto to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, by which you have forsaken me. Deu 28 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto you, until he has consumed you from off the land, which you go to possess. Deu 28 22 The LORD shall strike you with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish. Deu 28 23 And your heaven that is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth that is under you shall be iron. Deu 28 24 The LORD shall make the rain of your land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon you, until you be destroyed. Deu 28 25 The LORD shall cause you to be defeated before your enemies: you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shall be a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth. Deu 28 26 And your carcasses shall be food unto all fowls of the air, and unto the animals of the earth, and no man shall frighten them away. Deu 28 27 The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with tumors, and with the scab, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed. Deu 28 28 The LORD shall strike you with madness, and blindness, and confusion of mind: Deu 28 29 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 plundered continually, and no man shall save you. Deu 28 30 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof. Deu 28 31 Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat thereof: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given unto your enemies, and you shall have none to rescue them. Deu 28 32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given unto another people, and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no strength in your hand. Deu 28 33 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 continually: Deu 28 34 So that you shall be driven mad by the sight of your eyes which you shall see. Deu 28 35 The LORD shall strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with painful boils that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot unto the top of your head. Deu 28 36 The LORD shall bring you, and your king which you shall set over you, unto a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known; and there shall you serve other gods, of wood and stone. Deu 28 37 And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the LORD shall lead you. Deu 28 38 You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. Deu 28 39 You shall plant vineyards, and dress them, but shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. Deu 28 40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off. Deu 28 41 You shall beget sons and daughters, but you shall not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. Deu 28 42 All your trees and fruit of your land shall the locust consume. Deu 28 43 The stranger that is among you shall rise up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower. Deu 28 44 He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail. Deu 28 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, till you are destroyed; because you hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you: Deu 28 46 And they shall be upon you for a sign and for a wonder, and upon your descendants forever. Deu 28 47 Because you served not the LORD your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Deu 28 48 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 upon your neck, until he has destroyed you. Deu 28 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you shall not understand; Deu 28 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: Deu 28 51 And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land, until you are destroyed: who also shall not leave you either grain, wine, or oil, or the increase of your cattle, or offspring of your sheep, until he has destroyed you. Deu 28 52 And he shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which 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. Deu 28 53 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 distress, with which your enemies shall distress you: Deu 28 54 So that the man that is gentle among you, and very refined, his eye shall show no compassion toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave behind: Deu 28 55 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 distress with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates. Deu 28 56 The gentle and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground because of her gentleness and refinement, her eye shall show no compassion toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, Deu 28 57 And toward her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for lack of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates. Deu 28 58 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 YOUR GOD; Deu 28 59 Then the LORD will make your plagues abundant, and the plagues of your descendants, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and severe sicknesses, of long continuance. Deu 28 60 Moreover he will bring upon you all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they shall cleave unto you. Deu 28 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon you, until you are destroyed. Deu 28 62 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. Deu 28 63 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. Deu 28 64 And the LORD shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known, even wood and stone. Deu 28 65 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: Deu 28 66 And your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear day and night, and shall have no assurance of your life: Deu 28 67 In the morning you shall say, Would God it were evening! and at evening you shall say, Would God it were morning! because of the fear of your heart by which you shall fear, and because of the sight of your eyes which you shall see. Deu 28 68 And the LORD shall bring you into Egypt again in ships, by the way of which I spoke unto you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall be sold unto your enemies as male and female slaves, and no man shall buy you. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 29 Deu 29 1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. Deu 29 2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, You 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; Deu 29 3 The great trials which your eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: Deu 29 4 Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. Deu 29 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes have not worn out upon you, and your shoes have not worn out upon your foot. Deu 29 6 You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the LORD your God. Deu 29 7 And when you came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle, and we defeated them: Deu 29 8 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. Deu 29 9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do. Deu 29 10 You stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, Deu 29 11 Your little ones, your wives, and your stranger that is in your camp, from the hewer of your wood unto the drawer of your water: Deu 29 12 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: Deu 29 13 That he may establish you today for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto you a God, as he has said unto you, and as he has sworn unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Deu 29 14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; Deu 29 15 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: Deu 29 16 (For you know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which you passed by; Deu 29 17 And you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) Deu 29 18 Lest there should be among you a 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 bitterness or wormwood; Deu 29 19 And it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: Deu 29 20 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. Deu 29 21 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: Deu 29 22 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 upon it; Deu 29 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor does it bear, 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: Deu 29 24 Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land? what does the heat of this great anger mean? Deu 29 25 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: Deu 29 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: Deu 29 27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: Deu 29 28 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. Deu 29 29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 30 Deu 30 1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon 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, Deu 30 2 And shall return unto 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; Deu 30 3 That then the LORD your God will return you from captivity, and have compassion upon you, and will return and gather you from all the nations, where the LORD your God has scattered you. Deu 30 4 If any of you are driven out unto the farthest parts of heaven, from there will the LORD your God gather you, and from there will he bring you: Deu 30 5 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. Deu 30 6 And 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, that you may live. Deu 30 7 And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies, and on them that hate you, who persecuted you. Deu 30 8 And you shall return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command you this day. Deu 30 9 And the LORD your God will make you abound 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: Deu 30 10 If you shall hearken unto 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 unto the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul. Deu 30 11 For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not hidden from you, neither is it far off. Deu 30 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Deu 30 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Deu 30 14 But the word is very near unto you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it. Deu 30 15 See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil; Deu 30 16 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. Deu 30 17 But if your heart turns away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; Deu 30 18 I declare unto you this day, that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days upon the land, which you pass over Jordan to go to possess. Deu 30 19 I call heaven and earth as witness this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live: Deu 30 20 That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may cleave unto him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 31 Deu 31 1 And Moses went and spoke these words unto all Israel. Deu 31 2 And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD has said unto me, You shall not go over this Jordan. Deu 31 3 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. Deu 31 4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto their land, when he destroyed them. Deu 31 5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that you may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. Deu 31 6 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. Deu 31 7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for you must go with this people unto the land which the LORD has sworn unto their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it. Deu 31 8 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. Deu 31 9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. Deu 31 10 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, Deu 31 11 When all Israel has 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. Deu 31 12 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: Deu 31 13 And that their children, who have not known anything, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land which you go over Jordan to possess. Deu 31 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting. Deu 31 15 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. Deu 31 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and go play the harlot 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. Deu 31 17 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? Deu 31 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day because of all the evils which they shall have done, in that they are turned unto other gods. Deu 31 19 Now therefore write this song for you, and teach it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. Deu 31 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, that flows with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. Deu 31 21 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 descendants: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore. Deu 31 22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel. Deu 31 23 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 unto them: and I will be with you. Deu 31 24 And it came to pass, when Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, Deu 31 25 That Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Deu 31 26 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. Deu 31 27 For I know your rebellion, and your stubbornness: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? Deu 31 28 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 as witness against them. Deu 31 29 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. Deu 31 30 And Moses spoke in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 32 Deu 32 1 Give ear, O you heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Deu 32 2 My teaching 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: Deu 32 3 Because I will proclaim the name of the LORD: ascribe you greatness unto our God. Deu 32 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are justice: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. Deu 32 5 They have corrupted themselves, their blemish is not the blemish of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. Deu 32 6 Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he your father that has bought you? has he not made you, and established you? Deu 32 7 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. Deu 32 8 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. Deu 32 9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. Deu 32 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the wasteland of the howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Deu 32 11 As an eagle stirs up its nest, flutters over its young, spreads abroad its wings, takes them, bears them on its wings: Deu 32 12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. Deu 32 13 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; Deu 32 14 Curds of the cattle, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat; and you did drink the pure blood of the grape. Deu 32 15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: you are grown fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deu 32 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations they provoked him to anger. Deu 32 17 They sacrificed unto demons, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came in of late, whom your fathers feared not. Deu 32 18 Of the Rock that begat you you are unmindful, and have forgotten God that formed you. Deu 32 19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. Deu 32 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faith. Deu 32 21 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 who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. Deu 32 22 For a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with its increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. Deu 32 23 I will heap evils upon them; I will spend my arrows upon them. Deu 32 24 They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of animals upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. Deu 32 25 The sword outside, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the nursing child also with the man of gray hairs. Deu 32 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: Deu 32 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, and lest they should say, Our hand has triumphed, and the LORD has not done all this. Deu 32 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. Deu 32 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! Deu 32 30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had given them up? Deu 32 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. Deu 32 32 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: Deu 32 33 Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps. Deu 32 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? Deu 32 35 To me belongs 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. Deu 32 36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none left, slave or free. Deu 32 37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, Deu 32 38 Who 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. Deu 32 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god besides me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. Deu 32 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, As I live forever. Deu 32 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward them that hate me. Deu 32 42 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 heads of the leaders of the enemy. Deu 32 43 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 unto his land, and to his people. Deu 32 44 And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Joshua the son of Nun. Deu 32 45 And Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel: Deu 32 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto 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. Deu 32 47 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, which you go over Jordan to possess. Deu 32 48 And the LORD spoke unto Moses that very same day, saying, Deu 32 49 Get you up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is opposite Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: Deu 32 50 And die in the mount which you go up, and be gathered unto your people; as Aaron your brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: Deu 32 51 Because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you hallowed me not in the midst of the children of Israel. Deu 32 52 Yet you shall see the land before you; but you shall not go there unto the land which I give the children of Israel. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 33 Deu 33 1 And this is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. Deu 33 2 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. Deu 33 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in your hand: and they sat down at your feet; everyone shall receive of your words. Deu 33 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. Deu 33 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. Deu 33 6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. Deu 33 7 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 a help to him from his enemies. Deu 33 8 And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your holy one, whom you did test at Massah, and with whom you did strive at the waters of Meribah; Deu 33 9 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 your word, and kept your covenant. Deu 33 10 They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your law: they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice upon your altar. Deu 33 11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: strike the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. Deu 33 12 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. Deu 33 13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, with the precious things of heaven, with the dew, and the deep lying beneath, Deu 33 14 And with the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and with the precious things put forth by the moon, Deu 33 15 And with the chief things of the ancient mountains, and with the precious things of the lasting hills, Deu 33 16 And with the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, and 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. Deu 33 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of a wild ox: 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. Deu 33 18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents. Deu 33 19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall partake of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. Deu 33 20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlarges Gad: he dwells as a lion, and tears the arm and the crown of the head. Deu 33 21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, with the portion of a 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. Deu 33 22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. Deu 33 23 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. Deu 33 24 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. Deu 33 25 Your shoes shall be iron and bronze; and as your days, so shall your strength be. Deu 33 26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rides upon the heaven to your help, and in his excellency on the clouds. Deu 33 27 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. Deu 33 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of grain and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. Deu 33 29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like unto you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your excellency! and your enemies shall submit unto you; and you shall tread upon their high places. ------------------------Deuteronomy, Chapter 34 Deu 34 1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, Deu 34 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the Western Sea, Deu 34 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. Deu 34 4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto your descendants: I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there. Deu 34 5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. Deu 34 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor: but no man knows of his grave unto this day. Deu 34 7 And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. Deu 34 8 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. Deu 34 9 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. Deu 34 10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, Deu 34 11 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, Deu 34 12 And in all that mighty power, and in all the great terror which Moses did in the sight of all Israel. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 1 Jos 1 1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Jos 1 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Jos 1 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. Jos 1 4 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 territory. Jos 1 5 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. Jos 1 6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shall you divide for an inheritance the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give them. Jos 1 7 Only be 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. Jos 1 8 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. Jos 1 9 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. Jos 1 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, Jos 1 11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you provisions; 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. Jos 1 12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying, Jos 1 13 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. Jos 1 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of Jordan; but you shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and help them; Jos 1 15 Until the LORD has given your brethren rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God gives them: then you shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side of Jordan toward the sun rising. Jos 1 16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go. Jos 1 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto you: only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses. Jos 1 18 Whosoever he be that does rebel against your commandment, and will not hearken unto your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 2 Jos 2 1 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 a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. Jos 2 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the children of Israel to search out the country. Jos 2 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to you, who are entered into your house: for they are come to search out all the country. Jos 2 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I know not from where they were: Jos 2 5 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. Jos 2 6 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. Jos 2 7 And the men pursued after them by the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they who pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. Jos 2 8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; Jos 2 9 And she said unto 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. Jos 2 10 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 unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side of Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. Jos 2 11 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. Jos 2 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that you will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true sign: Jos 2 13 And that you 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. Jos 2 14 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. Jos 2 15 Then she let them down by a rope through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. Jos 2 16 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 you go your way. Jos 2 17 And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless concerning this your oath which you have made us swear. Jos 2 18 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 brethren, and all your father's household, home unto you. Jos 2 19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. Jos 2 20 And if you utter this our business, then we will be free of your oath which you have made us to swear. Jos 2 21 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. Jos 2 22 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. Jos 2 23 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: Jos 2 24 And they said unto 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, Chapter 3 Jos 3 1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they set out from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. Jos 3 2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; Jos 3 3 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 set out from your place, and go after it. Jos 3 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that you may know the way by which you must go: for you have not passed this way before. Jos 3 5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you. Jos 3 6 And Joshua spoke 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. Jos 3 7 And the LORD said unto 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. Jos 3 8 And you shall command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to the edge of the water of Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan. Jos 3 9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God. Jos 3 10 And Joshua said, By this 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. Jos 3 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan. Jos 3 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. Jos 3 13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bore 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 in a heap. Jos 3 14 And it came to pass, when the people set out from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; Jos 3 15 And as they that bore the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water, (for Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest,) Jos 3 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far at the city Adam, that is beside Zarethan: 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 opposite Jericho. Jos 3 17 And the priests that bore 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 completely over Jordan. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 4 Jos 4 1 And it came to pass, when all the people were completely passed over Jordan, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying, Jos 4 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, Jos 4 3 And command them, saying, Take from here out of the midst of the 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. Jos 4 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: Jos 4 5 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: Jos 4 6 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? Jos 4 7 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 unto the children of Israel forever. Jos 4 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spoke 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. Jos 4 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day. Jos 4 10 For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hastened and passed over. Jos 4 11 And it came to pass, when all the people were completely passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. Jos 4 12 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 unto them: Jos 4 13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. Jos 4 14 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. Jos 4 15 And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying, Jos 4 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. Jos 4 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come you up out of Jordan. Jos 4 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bore 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 its banks, as they did before. Jos 4 19 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. Jos 4 20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. Jos 4 21 And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? Jos 4 22 Then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. Jos 4 23 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: Jos 4 24 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 forever. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 5 Jos 5 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the 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. Jos 5 2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make you sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. Jos 5 3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. Jos 5 4 And this is the reason 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. Jos 5 5 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. Jos 5 6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD swore that he would not show them the land, which the LORD swore unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey. Jos 5 7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way. Jos 5 8 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 healed. Jos 5 9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. Jos 5 10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho. Jos 5 11 And they did eat of the old grain of the land the next day after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched grain on the very same day. Jos 5 12 And the manna ceased the next day after they had eaten of the old grain 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. Jos 5 13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, are you for us, or for our adversaries? Jos 5 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the army of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What says my lord unto his servant? Jos 5 15 And the captain of the LORD'S army said unto Joshua, Loose your shoes from off your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy. And Joshua did so. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 6 Jos 6 1 Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. Jos 6 2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. Jos 6 3 And you shall march around the city, all you men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shall you do six days. Jos 6 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. Jos 6 5 And it shall come to pass, 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 shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. Jos 6 6 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. Jos 6 7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and march around the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. Jos 6 8 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. Jos 6 9 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. Jos 6 10 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. Jos 6 11 So the ark of the LORD circled the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. Jos 6 12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. Jos 6 13 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. Jos 6 14 And the second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. Jos 6 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and marched around the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they marched around the city seven times. Jos 6 16 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 has given you the city. Jos 6 17 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. Jos 6 18 And you, by all means 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. Jos 6 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. Jos 6 20 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. Jos 6 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword. Jos 6 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore unto her. Jos 6 23 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 outside the camp of Israel. Jos 6 24 And they burned the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. Jos 6 25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwells in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. Jos 6 26 And Joshua charged 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 with his firstborn, and with his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. Jos 6 27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was spread throughout all the country. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 7 Jos 7 1 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. Jos 7 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. Jos 7 3 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 attack Ai; and make not all the people to toil up there; for they are but few. Jos 7 4 So there went up there of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. Jos 7 5 And the men of Ai struck of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and struck them on the desent: therefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. Jos 7 6 And Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. Jos 7 7 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 of Jordan! Jos 7 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies! Jos 7 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name? Jos 7 10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get you up; why do you lie thus upon your face? Jos 7 11 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 deceived also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. Jos 7 12 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, unless you destroy the accursed from among you. Jos 7 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow: for thus says the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of you, O Israel: you can not stand before your enemies, until you take away the accursed thing from among you. Jos 7 14 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. Jos 7 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has worked shame in Israel. Jos 7 16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: Jos 7 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: Jos 7 18 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. Jos 7 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray you, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what you have done; hide it not from me. Jos 7 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and this is what I have done: Jos 7 21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian 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. Jos 7 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. Jos 7 23 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. Jos 7 24 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 donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. Jos 7 25 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. Jos 7 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 8 Jos 8 1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither 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, and his people, and his city, and his land: Jos 8 2 And you shall do to Ai and her king as you did unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall you take for a prey unto yourselves: lay you an ambush for the city behind it. Jos 8 3 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. Jos 8 4 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: Jos 8 5 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, Jos 8 6 (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. Jos 8 7 Then you shall rise up from the ambush, and seize the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. Jos 8 8 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. Jos 8 9 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. Jos 8 10 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. Jos 8 11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and camped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai. Jos 8 12 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. Jos 8 13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and those lying in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. Jos 8 14 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 was an ambush against him behind the city. Jos 8 15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. Jos 8 16 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. Jos 8 17 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. Jos 8 18 And the LORD said unto 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. Jos 8 19 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 to set the city on fire. Jos 8 20 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. Jos 8 21 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. Jos 8 22 And the others came 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 struck them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. Jos 8 23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. Jos 8 24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness where they had chased them, and when they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and struck it with the edge of the sword. Jos 8 25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. Jos 8 26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. Jos 8 27 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. Jos 8 28 And Joshua burned Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation unto this day. Jos 8 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise on it a great heap of stones, that remains unto this day. Jos 8 30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, Jos 8 31 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 lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings. Jos 8 32 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. Jos 8 33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; 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 people of Israel. Jos 8 34 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. Jos 8 35 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 living among them. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 9 Jos 9 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings who were on this side of Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it; Jos 9 2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. Jos 9 3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, Jos 9 4 They did work craftily, and went and made as if they were ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their donkeys, and wine skins, old, and torn, and mended; Jos 9 5 And old patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy. Jos 9 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make you a covenant with us. Jos 9 7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Perhaps you dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you? Jos 9 8 And they said unto Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are you? and from where do you come? Jos 9 9 And they said unto 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, Jos 9 10 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, who was at Ashtaroth. Jos 9 11 Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make you a covenant with us. Jos 9 12 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 moldy: Jos 9 13 And these skins of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are torn: and these our garments and our shoes have become old by reason of the very long journey. Jos 9 14 And the men took of their provisions, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD. Jos 9 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the leaders of the congregation swore to them. Jos 9 16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them. Jos 9 17 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 Kiriathjearim. Jos 9 18 And the children of Israel struck them not, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the leaders. Jos 9 19 But all the leaders said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. Jos 9 20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath come upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them. Jos 9 21 And the leaders said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the leaders had promised them. Jos 9 22 And Joshua called for them, and he spoke unto them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us? Jos 9 23 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. Jos 9 24 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 very much afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. Jos 9 25 And now, behold, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right unto you to do unto us, do. Jos 9 26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. Jos 9 27 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, Chapter 10 Jos 10 1 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek 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; Jos 10 2 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. Jos 10 3 Therefore Adonizedek 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, Jos 10 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may attack Gibeon: for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. Jos 10 5 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 armies, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. Jos 10 6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Abandon 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. Jos 10 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. Jos 10 8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into your hand; there shall not a man of them stand before you. Jos 10 9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. Jos 10 10 And the LORD brought panic upon them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goes up to Bethhoron, and struck them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. Jos 10 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were on the decent to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. Jos 10 12 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 upon Gibeon; and you, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon. Jos 10 13 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 hastened not to go down about a whole day. Jos 10 14 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. Jos 10 15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. Jos 10 16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. Jos 10 17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. Jos 10 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them: Jos 10 19 And stay you not there , but pursue after your enemies, and attack their rear guards; allow them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand. Jos 10 20 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 finished, that the rest which remained of them entered into fortified cities. Jos 10 21 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. Jos 10 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. Jos 10 23 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. Jos 10 24 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 who 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. Jos 10 25 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 you fight. Jos 10 26 And afterward Joshua struck them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. Jos 10 27 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 in which they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day. Jos 10 28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king he utterly destroyed, the people, 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. Jos 10 29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: Jos 10 30 And the LORD delivered it also, and its king, into the hand of Israel; and he struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto its king as he did unto the king of Jericho. Jos 10 31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: Jos 10 32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, who took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. Jos 10 33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. Jos 10 34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: Jos 10 35 And they took it on that day, and struck 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. Jos 10 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: Jos 10 37 And they took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king , and all its cities, 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. Jos 10 38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it: Jos 10 39 And he took it, and its king, and all its cities; and they struck 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 its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. Jos 10 40 So Joshua struck all the country of the hills, and of the South, and of the lowland, and of the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. Jos 10 41 And Joshua struck them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. Jos 10 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. Jos 10 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 11 Jos 11 1 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, Jos 11 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the borders of Dor on the west, Jos 11 3 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 Mizpah. Jos 11 4 And they went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. Jos 11 5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. Jos 11 6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for tomorrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. Jos 11 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. Jos 11 8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpah eastward; and they struck them, until they left none remaining. Jos 11 9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire. Jos 11 10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and struck the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor formerly was the head of all those kingdoms. Jos 11 11 And they struck all the souls that were there with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire. Jos 11 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, did Joshua take, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. Jos 11 13 But as for the cities that still stood in their strength, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. Jos 11 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed. Jos 11 15 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. Jos 11 16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the plain, and the mountains of Israel, its lowlands; Jos 11 17 Even from the mount Halak, that rises up toward Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon below mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and struck them, and slew them. Jos 11 18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. Jos 11 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all others they took in battle. Jos 11 20 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. Jos 11 21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakim 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. Jos 11 22 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, any remained. Jos 11 23 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, Chapter 12 Jos 12 1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel struck, and possessed their land on the other side of Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: Jos 12 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelled in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, from the middle of the river, and from half of Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; Jos 12 3 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 southward beneath the slopes of Pisgah: Jos 12 4 And the territory of Og king of Bashan, who was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, Jos 12 5 And reigned over mount Hermon, and over Salcah, and over all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half of Gilead, to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. Jos 12 6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel conquer: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. Jos 12 7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel struck on this side of Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that rises up toward Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; Jos 12 8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the lowland, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: Jos 12 9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; Jos 12 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; Jos 12 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; Jos 12 12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; Jos 12 13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; Jos 12 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; Jos 12 15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; Jos 12 16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; Jos 12 17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; Jos 12 18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; Jos 12 19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; Jos 12 20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; Jos 12 21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; Jos 12 22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; Jos 12 23 The king of Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the king of the people of Gilgal, one; Jos 12 24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 13 Jos 13 1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, You are old and stricken in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed. Jos 13 2 This is the land that yet remains: all the borders of the Philistines, and all that of the Geshurites, Jos 13 3 From Sihor, which is east of Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ekronites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: Jos 13 4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: Jos 13 5 And the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sun rising, from Baalgad below mount Hermon unto the entrance into Hamath. Jos 13 6 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 it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. Jos 13 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh. Jos 13 8 With the other half tribe, 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; Jos 13 9 From Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; Jos 13 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the children of Ammon; Jos 13 11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah; Jos 13 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses defeat, and cast them out. Jos 13 13 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. Jos 13 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. Jos 13 15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. Jos 13 16 And their territory was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba; Jos 13 17 Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, Jos 13 18 And Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, Jos 13 19 And Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zerethshahar in the mount of the valley, Jos 13 20 And Bethpeor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, Jos 13 21 And 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 princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, who were princes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. Jos 13 22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. Jos 13 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their villages. Jos 13 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. Jos 13 25 And their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is near Rabbah; Jos 13 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; Jos 13 27 And in the valley, Bethharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan and its border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side of Jordan eastward. Jos 13 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and their villages. Jos 13 29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh according their families. Jos 13 30 And 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, three-score cities: Jos 13 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were allotted unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the one half of the children of Machir according to their families. Jos 13 32 These are the areas which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side of Jordan, by Jericho eastward. Jos 13 33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 14 Jos 14 1 And these are the areas 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. Jos 14 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. Jos 14 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe on the other side of Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. Jos 14 4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for their cattle and for their possessions. Jos 14 5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. Jos 14 6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him, You know the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and you in Kadeshbarnea. Jos 14 7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. Jos 14 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. Jos 14 9 And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land on which your feet have trodden shall be your inheritance, and your children's forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God. Jos 14 10 And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spoke 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. Jos 14 11 Even 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. Jos 14 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. Jos 14 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. Jos 14 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite unto this day, because he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. Jos 14 15 And the name of Hebron before was Kiriatharba; this Arba was a great man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 15 Jos 15 1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families; even to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin southward was the fatherest part of the south border. Jos 15 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that faces southward: Jos 15 3 And it went out to the south side to Maalehakrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side of Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka: Jos 15 4 From there it passed toward Azmon, and went out by the river of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea: this shall be your south boundary. Jos 15 5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the mouth of the Jordan. And the border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan: Jos 15 6 And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: Jos 15 7 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, that is before the ascent to Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and ended at Enrogel: Jos 15 8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south slope 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: Jos 15 9 And the border extended 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 went around to Baalah, which is Kiriathjearim: Jos 15 10 And the border turned from Baalah westward unto 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: Jos 15 11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border went around to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel; and the end of the border was at the sea. Jos 15 12 And the west border was to the Great Sea, and its coast. This is the boundary round about the children of Judah according to their families. Jos 15 13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion 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. Jos 15 14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. Jos 15 15 And he went up there to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kiriathsepher. Jos 15 16 And Caleb said, He that smites Kiriathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife. Jos 15 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. Jos 15 18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she dismounted off her donkey; and Caleb said unto her, What do you wish? Jos 15 19 She answered, Give me a blessing; for you have given me the South land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the lower springs. Jos 15 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. Jos 15 21 And the furthermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, Jos 15 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, Jos 15 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, Jos 15 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, Jos 15 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, Jos 15 26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, Jos 15 27 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpelet, Jos 15 28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Biziothiah, Jos 15 29 Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem, Jos 15 30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, Jos 15 31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, Jos 15 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: Jos 15 33 And in the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah, Jos 15 34 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, Jos 15 35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, Jos 15 36 And Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: Jos 15 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, Jos 15 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, Jos 15 39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, Jos 15 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kitlish, Jos 15 41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: Jos 15 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, Jos 15 43 And Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, Jos 15 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: Jos 15 45 Ekron, with its towns and its villages: Jos 15 46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: Jos 15 47 Ashdod with its towns and its villages, Gaza with its towns and its villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and its coastline: Jos 15 48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, Jos 15 49 And Dannah, and Kiriathsannah, which is Debir, Jos 15 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, Jos 15 51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: Jos 15 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan, Jos 15 53 And Janim, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, Jos 15 54 And Humtah, and Kiriatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: Jos 15 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, Jos 15 56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, Jos 15 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: Jos 15 58 Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, Jos 15 59 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages: Jos 15 60 Kiriathbaal, which is Kiriathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: Jos 15 61 In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, Jos 15 62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages. Jos 15 63 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, Chapter 16 Jos 16 1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from the Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel. Jos 16 2 Then goes out from Bethel to Luz, and passes along to the borders of the Archites to Ataroth, Jos 16 3 Then goes down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of lower Bethhoron, to Gezer: and it ends at the sea. Jos 16 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. Jos 16 5 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 upper Bethhoron; Jos 16 6 And the border went out toward the sea by Michmethah on the north side; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janoah; Jos 16 7 And it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and came to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan. Jos 16 8 The border went out from Tappuah westward to the brook Kanah; and ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. Jos 16 9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. Jos 16 10 And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under forced labor. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 17 Jos 17 1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he was given Gilead and Bashan. Jos 17 2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to 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 according to their families. Jos 17 3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Jos 17 4 And 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 brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. Jos 17 5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side of Jordan; Jos 17 6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. Jos 17 7 And the territory of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, that lies east of Shechem; and the border went along on the south to the inhabitants of Entappuah. Jos 17 8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; Jos 17 9 And the border descended to the brook Kanah, south of the brook: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the border of Manasseh also was on the north side of the brook, and the end of it was at the sea: Jos 17 10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was its border; and they joined together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. Jos 17 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Endor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, even three regions. Jos 17 12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would persist to dwell in that land. Jos 17 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel grew strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but did not utterly drive them out. Jos 17 14 And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying, Why have you given us only one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing we are a great people, since the LORD has blessed us until now? Jos 17 15 And Joshua answered them, If you are a great people, then get up to the forest country, and clear ground for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim is too narrow for you. Jos 17 16 But 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 its villages, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel. Jos 17 17 And Joshua spoke unto 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: Jos 17 18 But the mountain country shall be yours; for it is a forest, and you shall cut it down: and all the borders of it shall be yours: for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they are strong. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 18 Jos 18 1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of meeting there. And the land was subdued before them. Jos 18 2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. Jos 18 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long will you hesitate to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers has given you? Jos 18 4 Pick out from among you three men from each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and survey it according to their inheritance; and they shall come again to me. Jos 18 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall continue in their territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall continue in their territory on the north. Jos 18 6 You shall therefore survey 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. Jos 18 7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and the half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. Jos 18 8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to survey the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and survey it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. Jos 18 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and surveyed it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. Jos 18 10 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. Jos 18 11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the territory of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. Jos 18 12 And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and it ended at the wilderness of Bethaven. Jos 18 13 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 lower Bethhoron. Jos 18 14 And the border extended from there, and turned the corner at the sea southward, from the hill that lies before Bethhoron southward; and ended at Kiriathbaal, which is Kiriathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west side. Jos 18 15 And the south side was from the end of Kiriathjearim, and the border extended on the west, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah: Jos 18 16 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 the Jebusites on the south, and descended to Enrogel, Jos 18 17 And it went around from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, Jos 18 18 And passed along toward the north side of Arabah, and went down unto Arabah: Jos 18 19 And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah: and the end of the border was at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south border. Jos 18 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the boundaries all around, according to their families. Jos 18 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and Emikkeziz. Jos 18 22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, Jos 18 23 And Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah, Jos 18 24 And Chepharharmmonai, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages: Jos 18 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, Jos 18 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, Jos 18 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, Jos 18 28 And Zelah, Haleph, and Jebus, which is Jerusalem, Gibeah, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 19 Jos 19 1 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. Jos 19 2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, Jos 19 3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Ezem, Jos 19 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, Jos 19 5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah, Jos 19 6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: Jos 19 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages: Jos 19 8 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. Jos 19 9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within their inheritance. Jos 19 10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: Jos 19 11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth, and reached to the brook that is east of Jokneam; Jos 19 12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sun rising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goes out to Daberath, and then up to Japhia. Jos 19 13 And from there passes on along on the east to Gathhepher, to Ethkazin, and goes on to Remmon and bends toward Neah; Jos 19 14 And the border went around to the north side of Hannathon: and ends in the valley of Iphtahel: Jos 19 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. Jos 19 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. Jos 19 17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. Jos 19 18 And their border went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, and Shunem, Jos 19 19 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, Jos 19 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez, Jos 19 21 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez; Jos 19 22 And the border reaches to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Bethshemesh; and the end of their border was at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. Jos 19 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. Jos 19 24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. Jos 19 25 And their territory included Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, Jos 19 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and reaches to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath; Jos 19 27 And turns toward the sun rising to Bethdagon, and reaches to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and continues to Cabul on the left, Jos 19 28 And Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto greater Sidon; Jos 19 29 And then the border turns to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turns to Hosah; and the end is at the sea by the region of Achzib: Jos 19 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. Jos 19 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. Jos 19 32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. Jos 19 33 And their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and it ended at the Jordan: Jos 19 34 And then the border turns westward to Aznothtabor, and goes from there to Hukkok, and reaches to Zebulun on the south side, and reaches to Asher on the west side, and to Judah by the Jordan toward the sun rising. Jos 19 35 And the fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, Jos 19 36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, Jos 19 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor, Jos 19 38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. Jos 19 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. Jos 19 40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. Jos 19 41 And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, Jos 19 42 And Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah, Jos 19 43 And Elon, and Thimnah, and Ekron, Jos 19 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, Jos 19 45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, Jos 19 46 And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the region near Japho. Jos 19 47 And the border of the children of Dan went out beyond these: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. Jos 19 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. Jos 19 49 When they had finished dividing the land for inheritance according to their borders, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: Jos 19 50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city for which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. Jos 19 51 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 meeting. So they finished dividing the country. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 20 Jos 20 1 The LORD also spoke unto Joshua, saying, Jos 20 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint for youselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke unto you by the hand of Moses: Jos 20 3 That the slayer that kills any person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. Jos 20 4 And when he that does flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entrance 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. Jos 20 5 And if the avenger of blood pursues after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and hated him not beforehand. Jos 20 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stands 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 where he fled. Jos 20 7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kiriatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. Jos 20 8 And on the other side of Jordan east of Jericho, 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. Jos 20 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourns among them, that whosoever kills any person accidentally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 21 Jos 21 1 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; Jos 21 2 And they spoke 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 pasture lands for our cattle. Jos 21 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their pasture lands. Jos 21 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who 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. Jos 21 5 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. Jos 21 6 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. Jos 21 7 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. Jos 21 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. Jos 21 9 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, Jos 21 10 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. Jos 21 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the pasture lands round about it. Jos 21 12 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. Jos 21 13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its pasture lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its pasture lands, Jos 21 14 And Jattir with its pasture lands, and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, Jos 21 15 And Holon with its pasture lands, and Debir with its pasture lands, Jos 21 16 And Ain with its pasture lands, and Juttah with its pasture lands, and Bethshemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities out of those two tribes. Jos 21 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, Jos 21 18 Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities. Jos 21 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands. Jos 21 20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. Jos 21 21 For they gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its pasture lands, Jos 21 22 And Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Bethhoron with its pasture lands; four cities. Jos 21 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, Jos 21 24 Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gathrimmon with its pasture lands; four cities. Jos 21 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gathrimmon with its pasture lands; two cities. Jos 21 26 All the cities were ten with their pasture lands for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. Jos 21 27 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 its pasture lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with its pasture lands; two cities. Jos 21 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands, Jos 21 29 Jarmuth with its pasture lands, Engannim with its pasture lands; four cities. Jos 21 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, Jos 21 31 Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities. Jos 21 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities. Jos 21 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands. Jos 21 34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, and Kartah with its pasture lands, Jos 21 35 Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities. Jos 21 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, and Jahaz with its pasture lands, Jos 21 37 Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities. Jos 21 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with its pasture lands, Jos 21 39 Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all. Jos 21 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, who were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. Jos 21 41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their pasture lands. Jos 21 42 These cities were every one with their pasture lands round about them: thus were all these cities. Jos 21 43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt there. Jos 21 44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. Jos 21 45 There failed not any of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 22 Jos 22 1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, Jos 22 2 And said unto 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: Jos 22 3 You have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. Jos 22 4 And now the LORD your God has given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return, 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 of Jordan. Jos 22 5 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. Jos 22 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. Jos 22 7 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 of Jordan, westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, Jos 22 8 And he spoke unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with bronze, and with iron, and with very much clothing: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. Jos 22 9 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, which they had possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. Jos 22 10 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 the Jordan, a great altar to see. Jos 22 11 And the children of Israel were told, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar near the border of the land of Canaan, in the area of the Jordan, on the side of the children of Israel. Jos 22 12 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. Jos 22 13 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, Jos 22 14 And with him ten leaders, of each chief house a leader throughout all the tribes of Israel; and every one was a head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. Jos 22 15 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 spoke with them, saying, Jos 22 16 Thus says 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? Jos 22 17 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, Jos 22 18 But that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing you rebel today against the LORD, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel. Jos 22 19 Nevertheless, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, in which the LORD'S tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God. Jos 22 20 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. Jos 22 21 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, Jos 22 22 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,) Jos 22 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offerings or grain offerings, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require an account; Jos 22 24 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 you to do with the LORD God of Israel? Jos 22 25 For the LORD has made the 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. Jos 22 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: Jos 22 27 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. Jos 22 28 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. Jos 22 29 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 grain offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. Jos 22 30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the leaders of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel who 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. Jos 22 31 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 you have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. Jos 22 32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the leaders, 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. Jos 22 33 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 in which the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. Jos 22 34 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, Chapter 23 Jos 23 1 And it came to pass a long time after the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua grew old and stricken in age. Jos 23 2 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: Jos 23 3 And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that has fought for you. Jos 23 4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the Great Sea westward. Jos 23 5 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 unto you. Jos 23 6 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 from it to the right hand or to the left; Jos 23 7 That you mix 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: Jos 23 8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as you have done unto this day. Jos 23 9 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 unto this day. Jos 23 10 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. Jos 23 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that you love the LORD your God. Jos 23 12 Else if you do in any way 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: Jos 23 13 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 you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. Jos 23 14 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 unto you, and not one thing has failed thereof. Jos 23 15 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 has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. Jos 23 16 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 unto you. ------------------------Joshua, Chapter 24 Jos 24 1 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. Jos 24 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the River in former times, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods. Jos 24 3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac. Jos 24 4 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. Jos 24 5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. Jos 24 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. Jos 24 7 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 you dwelt in the wilderness a long time. Jos 24 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt on the other side of 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. Jos 24 9 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: Jos 24 10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. Jos 24 11 And you went over the 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. Jos 24 12 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. Jos 24 13 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 yards which you planted not do you eat. Jos 24 14 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 River, and in Egypt; and serve you the LORD. Jos 24 15 And if it seem evil unto 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 River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. Jos 24 16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; Jos 24 17 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 who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: Jos 24 18 And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. Jos 24 19 And Joshua said unto the people, You cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. Jos 24 20 If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after that he has done you good. Jos 24 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. Jos 24 22 And Joshua said unto the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. Jos 24 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. Jos 24 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. Jos 24 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. Jos 24 26 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. Jos 24 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest you deny your God. Jos 24 28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. Jos 24 29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old. Jos 24 30 And they buried him within the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. Jos 24 31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and who had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. Jos 24 32 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 from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. Jos 24 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that belonged to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 1 Judg 1 1 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? Judg 1 2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. Judg 1 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my allotted portion, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your allotted portion. So Simeon went with him. Judg 1 4 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. Judg 1 5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. Judg 1 6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. Judg 1 7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered scraps under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. Judg 1 8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. Judg 1 9 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. Judg 1 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. Judg 1 11 And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kiriathsepher: Judg 1 12 And Caleb said, He that strikes Kiriathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife. Judg 1 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. Judg 1 14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she got down from her donkey; and Caleb said unto her, What do you want? Judg 1 15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for you have given me the south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. Judg 1 16 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 to the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. Judg 1 17 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. Judg 1 18 Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Askelon with its border, and Ekron with its border. Judg 1 19 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. Judg 1 20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak. Judg 1 21 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 until this day. Judg 1 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. Judg 1 23 And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) Judg 1 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy. Judg 1 25 And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. Judg 1 26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is its name until this day. Judg 1 27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Judg 1 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out. Judg 1 29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. Judg 1 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became forced laborers. Judg 1 31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: Judg 1 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. Judg 1 33 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 forced laborers unto them. Judg 1 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not allow them to come down to the valley: Judg 1 35 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 forced laborers. Judg 1 36 And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 2 Judg 2 1 And the 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 swore unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. Judg 2 2 And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall throw down their altars: but you have not obeyed my voice: why have you done this? Judg 2 3 Therefore 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. Judg 2 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices, and wept. Judg 2 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. Judg 2 6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. Judg 2 7 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. Judg 2 8 And Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old. Judg 2 9 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. Judg 2 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. Judg 2 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: Judg 2 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. Judg 2 13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. Judg 2 14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of plunderers that plundered them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. Judg 2 15 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 unto them: and they were greatly distressed. Judg 2 16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hand of those that plundered them. Judg 2 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they played the harlot with 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. Judg 2 18 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 the LORD had compassion because of their groanings because of them that oppressed them and vexed them. Judg 2 19 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. Judg 2 20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because this people has transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; Judg 2 21 I also will no longer drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: Judg 2 22 That through them I may test Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. Judg 2 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 3 Judg 3 1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; Judg 3 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least those who before knew nothing thereof; Judg 3 3 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 entrance of Hamath. Judg 3 4 And they were to test 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. Judg 3 5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: Judg 3 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. Judg 3 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the idol poles. Judg 3 8 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. Judg 3 9 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. Judg 3 10 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. Judg 3 11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. Judg 3 12 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. Judg 3 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and struck Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. Judg 3 14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. Judg 3 15 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 tribute unto Eglon the king of Moab. Judg 3 16 But Ehud made himself a dagger which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he did gird it under his clothes upon his right thigh. Judg 3 17 And he brought the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. Judg 3 18 And when he had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people that bore the tribute. Judg 3 19 But he himself turned back at the stone images that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret message unto you, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. Judg 3 20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer chamber, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto you. And he arose out of his seat. Judg 3 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: Judg 3 22 And the hilt 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 his entrails came out. Judg 3 23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the chamber behind him, and locked them. Judg 3 24 When he had gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he is relieving himself in his summer chamber. Judg 3 25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the chamber; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the floor. Judg 3 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the stone images, and escaped unto Seirath. Judg 3 27 And it came to pass, when he had 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 was before them. Judg 3 28 And he said unto 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 allowed not a man to pass over. Judg 3 29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all strong, and all men of valor; and there escaped not a man. Judg 3 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. Judg 3 31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 4 Judg 4 1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. Judg 4 2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth of the nations. Judg 4 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and for twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. Judg 4 4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time. Judg 4 5 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. Judg 4 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh in Naphtali, and said unto 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? Judg 4 7 And I will draw unto you by the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand. Judg 4 8 And Barak said unto her, If you will go with me, then I will go: but if you will not go with me, then I will not go. Judg 4 9 And she said, I will surely go with you: nevertheless 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. Judg 4 10 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. Judg 4 11 Now Heber the Kenite, who was of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent as far as the oak of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. Judg 4 12 And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. Judg 4 13 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 nations to the river of Kishon. Judg 4 14 And Deborah said unto 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. Judg 4 15 And the LORD routed Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera got down from his chariot, and fled away on foot. Judg 4 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, unto Harosheth of the nations: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. Judg 4 17 However 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. Judg 4 18 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 rug. Judg 4 19 And he said unto 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. Judg 4 20 Again he said unto 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. Judg 4 21 Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent peg, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and drove the peg into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. Judg 4 22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto 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 peg was in his temples. Judg 4 23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. Judg 4 24 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, Chapter 5 Judg 5 1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, Judg 5 2 Praise you the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. Judg 5 3 Hear, O you kings; give ear, O you princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. Judg 5 4 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. Judg 5 5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. Judg 5 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways. Judg 5 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. Judg 5 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? Judg 5 9 My heart is toward the rulers of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless you the LORD. Judg 5 10 Speak, you that ride on white donkeys, you that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. Judg 5 11 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. Judg 5 12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead your captives captive, you son of Abinoam. Judg 5 13 Then he made him that remains have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. Judg 5 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after you, Benjamin, among your people; out of Machir came down rulers, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. Judg 5 15 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 resolves of heart. Judg 5 16 Why abode you among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. Judg 5 17 Gilead abode beyond the Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode by his inlets. Judg 5 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. Judg 5 19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. Judg 5 20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. Judg 5 21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, you have trodden down strength. Judg 5 22 Then were the horses' hoofs thundering by means of the gallopings, the gallopings of their mighty ones. Judg 5 23 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. Judg 5 24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. Judg 5 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judg 5 26 She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she struck Sisera, she crushed his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. Judg 5 27 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. Judg 5 28 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? Judg 5 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, Judg 5 30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the spoil; to every man a young woman or two; to Sisera a spoil of many colors, a spoil of many colors of needlework, of many colors of needlework on both sides, suitable for the necks of them that take the spoil? Judg 5 31 So let all your enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when it goes forth in its might. And the land had rest forty years. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 6 Judg 6 1 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. Judg 6 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strongholds. Judg 6 3 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; Judg 6 4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till you come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey. Judg 6 5 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. Judg 6 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. Judg 6 7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, Judg 6 8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, who 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; Judg 6 9 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; Judg 6 10 And I said unto 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. Judg 6 11 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. Judg 6 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor. Judg 6 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are 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. Judg 6 14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent you? Judg 6 15 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. Judg 6 16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man. Judg 6 17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in your sight, then show me a sign that you talk with me. Judg 6 18 Depart not from here, I pray you, until I come unto you, and bring forth my present, and set it before you. And he said, I will tarry until you come again. Judg 6 19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the meat 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. Judg 6 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. Judg 6 21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. Judg 6 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. Judg 6 23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto you; fear not: you shall not die. Judg 6 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. Judg 6 25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take your father's 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 idol pole that is by it: Judg 6 26 And build an altar unto the LORD your 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 idol pole which you shall cut down. Judg 6 27 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. Judg 6 28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the idol pole was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. Judg 6 29 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. Judg 6 30 Then the men of the city said unto 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 idol pole that was by it. Judg 6 31 And Joash said unto 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 while it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one has cast down his altar. Judg 6 32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he has thrown down his altar. Judg 6 33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel. Judg 6 34 But the spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. Judg 6 35 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. Judg 6 36 And Gideon said unto God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, Judg 6 37 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 it, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said. Judg 6 38 And it was so: for he rose up early the next day, and squeezed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. Judg 6 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not your anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me test, I pray you, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. Judg 6 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 7 Judg 7 1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped 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. Judg 7 2 And the LORD said unto 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. Judg 7 3 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. Judg 7 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will test them for you there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto you, This one shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whomsoever I say unto you, This one shall not go with you, the same shall not go. Judg 7 5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, him shall you set by himself; likewise every one that bows down upon his knees to drink. Judg 7 6 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. Judg 7 7 And the LORD said unto 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 unto his place. Judg 7 8 So the people took provisions 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. Judg 7 9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get you down unto the host; for I have delivered it into your hand. Judg 7 10 But if you fear to go down, go with Phurah your servant down to the host: Judg 7 11 And you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall your 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. Judg 7 12 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. Judg 7 13 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 struck it so that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay flat. Judg 7 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else except the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand has God delivered Midian, and all the host. Judg 7 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshiped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD has delivered into your hand the host of Midian. Judg 7 16 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. Judg 7 17 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 you do. Judg 7 18 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. Judg 7 19 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 broke the pitchers that were in their hands. Judg 7 20 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 for blowing: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. Judg 7 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. Judg 7 22 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. Judg 7 23 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. Judg 7 24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Judg 7 25 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 of Jordan. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 8 Judg 8 1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why have you served us thus, that you called us not, when you went to fight with the Midianites? And they did argue with him sharply. Judg 8 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison to you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? Judg 8 3 God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison to you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. Judg 8 4 And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. Judg 8 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. Judg 8 6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread unto your army? Judg 8 7 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. Judg 8 8 And he went up there to Penuel, and spoke unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. Judg 8 9 And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. Judg 8 10 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 a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword. Judg 8 11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the host: for the host felt secure. Judg 8 12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed all the host. Judg 8 13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up, Judg 8 14 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. Judg 8 15 And he came unto 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 unto your men that are weary? Judg 8 16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. Judg 8 17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. Judg 8 18 Then said he unto 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. Judg 8 19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not slay you. Judg 8 20 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. Judg 8 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise you, 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. Judg 8 22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule you over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also: for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian. Judg 8 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. Judg 8 24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) Judg 8 25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his spoil. Judg 8 26 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. Judg 8 27 And Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went there and played the harlot with it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. Judg 8 28 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. Judg 8 29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. Judg 8 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons, his own offspring: for he had many wives. Judg 8 31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. Judg 8 32 And Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. Judg 8 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. Judg 8 34 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: Judg 8 35 Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 9 Judg 9 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, Judg 9 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Which is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. Judg 9 3 And his mother's brethren 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. Judg 9 4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless persons, who followed him. Judg 9 5 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: nevertheless yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. Judg 9 6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem. Judg 9 7 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, you men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. Judg 9 8 The trees went forth once to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign you over us. Judg 9 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? Judg 9 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come you, and reign over us. Judg 9 11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? Judg 9 12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come you, and reign over us. Judg 9 13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheers God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? Judg 9 14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come you, and reign over us. Judg 9 15 And the bramble said unto 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. Judg 9 16 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 unto him according to the deserving of his hands; Judg 9 17 (For my father fought for you, and risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: Judg 9 18 And you 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;) Judg 9 19 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: Judg 9 20 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. Judg 9 21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. Judg 9 22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, Judg 9 23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: Judg 9 24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, who aided him in the killing of his brethren. Judg 9 25 And the men of Shechem set men in ambush for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. Judg 9 26 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. Judg 9 27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. Judg 9 28 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? Judg 9 29 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. Judg 9 30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. Judg 9 31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech secretly, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren are come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against you. Judg 9 32 Now therefore come up by night, you and the people that are with you, and lie in wait in the field: Judg 9 33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion. Judg 9 34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid in wait against Shechem in four companies. Judg 9 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. Judg 9 36 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, you see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. Judg 9 37 And Gaal spoke again and said, See there come people down from the middle of the land, and another company comes along by the oak of Meonenim. Judg 9 38 Then said Zebul unto 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. Judg 9 39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. Judg 9 40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entrance of the gate. Judg 9 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. Judg 9 42 And it came to pass the next day, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. Judg 9 43 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 struck them. Judg 9 44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. Judg 9 45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. Judg 9 46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into a stronghold of the house of the god Berith. Judg 9 47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. Judg 9 48 And Abimelech went 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 unto the people that were with him, What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. Judg 9 49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them against the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire over them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. Judg 9 50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. Judg 9 51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and went up to the top of the tower. Judg 9 52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. Judg 9 53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull. Judg 9 54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw your sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. Judg 9 55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. Judg 9 56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: Judg 9 57 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, Chapter 10 Judg 10 1 And after Abimelech there arose to deliver Israel Tola the son of Puah the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. Judg 10 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. Judg 10 3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. Judg 10 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. Judg 10 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon. Judg 10 6 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. Judg 10 7 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. Judg 10 8 And that year they harassed 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. Judg 10 9 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 greatly distressed. Judg 10 10 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against you, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. Judg 10 11 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? Judg 10 12 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. Judg 10 13 Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods: therefore I will deliver you no more. Judg 10 14 Go and cry unto the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress. Judg 10 15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do you unto us whatsoever seems good unto you; deliver us only, we pray you, this day. Judg 10 16 And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. Judg 10 17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah. Judg 10 18 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, Chapter 11 Judg 11 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. Judg 11 2 And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, you shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman. Judg 11 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered worthless men to Jephthah, and went out with him. Judg 11 4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. Judg 11 5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob: Judg 11 6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. Judg 11 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not you hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are you come unto me now when you are in distress? Judg 11 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto 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. Judg 11 9 And Jephthah said unto 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? Judg 11 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to your words. Judg 11 11 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 Mizpah. Judg 11 12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto 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? Judg 11 13 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. Judg 11 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: Judg 11 15 And said unto him, Thus says Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: Judg 11 16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; Judg 11 17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray you, pass through your land: but the king of Edom would not listen. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. Judg 11 18 Then they went along 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 encamped on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab. Judg 11 19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land into my place. Judg 11 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his territory: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. Judg 11 21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered 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. Judg 11 22 And they possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. Judg 11 23 So now the LORD God of Israel has driven out the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess it? Judg 11 24 Will you not 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. Judg 11 25 And now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, Judg 11 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are along by the borders of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did you not recover them within that time? Judg 11 27 Therefore 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. Judg 11 28 However the king of the children of Ammon heeded not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. Judg 11 29 Then the spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. Judg 11 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If you shall without fail deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, Judg 11 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever 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'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. Judg 11 32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands. Judg 11 33 And he crushed them from Aroer, even till you 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. Judg 11 34 And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter. Judg 11 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore 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 unto the LORD, and I cannot go back. Judg 11 36 And she said unto him, My father, if you have opened your mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth; since the LORD has taken vengeance for you of your enemies, even of the children of Ammon. Judg 11 37 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 lament my virginity, I and my companions. Judg 11 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and lamented her virginity upon the mountains. Judg 11 39 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, Judg 11 40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 12 Judg 12 1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto 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 upon you with fire. Judg 12 2 And Jephthah said unto 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. Judg 12 3 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 unto me this day, to fight against me? Judg 12 4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead struck down Ephraim, because they said, You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. Judg 12 5 And the Gileadites took the fords of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so that when those Ephraimites who were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, are you an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; Judg 12 6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the fords of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. Judg 12 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. Judg 12 8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. Judg 12 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent outside for marriage, and took in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. Judg 12 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. Judg 12 11 And after him Elon, a Zebulunite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. Judg 12 12 And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. Judg 12 13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. Judg 12 14 And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, that rode on threescore and ten donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years. Judg 12 15 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, Chapter 13 Judg 13 1 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. Judg 13 2 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. Judg 13 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, you are barren, and bear not: but you shall conceive, and bear a son. Judg 13 4 Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: Judg 13 5 For, lo, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon 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. Judg 13 6 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 awesome: but I asked him not from where he was, neither told he me his name: Judg 13 7 But he said unto 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. Judg 13 8 Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God whom you did send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. Judg 13 9 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. Judg 13 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man has appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. Judg 13 11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, are you the man that spoke unto the woman? And he said, I am. Judg 13 12 And Manoah said, Now let your words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? Judg 13 13 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. Judg 13 14 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. Judg 13 15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray you, let us detain you, until we shall have made ready a kid for you. Judg 13 16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat of your food: and if you will offer a burnt offering, you must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD. Judg 13 17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is your name, that when your sayings come to pass we may do you honor? Judg 13 18 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why ask you thus after my name, seeing it is wonderful? Judg 13 19 So Manoah took a kid with a grain offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did a wonderous thing; and Manoah and his wife looked on. Judg 13 20 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. Judg 13 21 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. Judg 13 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. Judg 13 23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told us such things as these. Judg 13 24 And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. Judg 13 25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 14 Judg 14 1 And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Judg 14 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me as a wife. Judg 14 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your brethren, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleases me well. Judg 14 4 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. Judg 14 5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. Judg 14 6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. Judg 14 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. Judg 14 8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. Judg 14 9 And he took some of it 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 them not that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. Judg 14 10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. Judg 14 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. Judg 14 12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if you can certainly declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing: Judg 14 13 But if you cannot declare it to me, then shall you give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing. And they said unto him, Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it. Judg 14 14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. Judg 14 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice your husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire: have you called us to take what we have? is it not so? Judg 14 16 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, You do but hate me, and love me not: you have put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and have not told it to me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it to my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it to you? Judg 14 17 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 pressed him so: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. Judg 14 18 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 you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle. Judg 14 19 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 changes of clothing unto them who expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. Judg 14 20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his best man. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 15 Judg 15 1 But it came to pass after a while, 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 allow him to go in. Judg 15 2 And her father said, I verily 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. Judg 15 3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them harm. Judg 15 4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between two tails. Judg 15 5 And when he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing grain, with the vineyards and olives. Judg 15 6 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. Judg 15 7 And Samson said unto them, Though you have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. Judg 15 8 And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock of Etam. Judg 15 9 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. Judg 15 10 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. Judg 15 11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Know you not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that you have done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. Judg 15 12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that you will not fall upon me yourselves. Judg 15 13 And they spoke unto him, saying, No; but we will bind you securely, 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. Judg 15 14 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. Judg 15 15 And he found a new jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men with it. Judg 15 16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey have I slain a thousand men. Judg 15 17 And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi. Judg 15 18 And he was very 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? Judg 15 19 But God split a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water out of it; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. Judg 15 20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 16 Judg 16 1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her. Judg 16 2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson has come here. And they surrounded the place, 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. Judg 16 3 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 a hill that is before Hebron. Judg 16 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Judg 16 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will all give you eleven hundred pieces of silver. Judg 16 6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray you, where your great strength lies, and with what you might be bound to afflict you. Judg 16 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. Judg 16 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. Judg 16 9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon you, Samson. And he broke the cords, as a thread of yarn is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known. Judg 16 10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray you, how you might be bound. Judg 16 11 And he said unto her, If they bind me securely with new ropes that never were used, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. Judg 16 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon you, Samson. And there were men lying in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread. Judg 16 13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Until now you have mocked me, and told me lies: tell me how you might be bound. And he said unto her, If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web. Judg 16 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon you, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. Judg 16 15 And she said unto 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 where your great strength lies. Judg 16 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; Judg 16 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There has not come a razor upon my 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. Judg 16 18 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 unto her, and brought money in their hand. Judg 16 19 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. Judg 16 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon 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. Judg 16 21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he did grind in the prison house. Judg 16 22 However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. Judg 16 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered themselves together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. Judg 16 24 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, who slew many of us. Judg 16 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made sport for them: and they set him between the pillars. Judg 16 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Allow me that I may feel the pillars upon which the house stands, that I may lean upon them. Judg 16 27 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. Judg 16 28 And Samson called unto 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 avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. Judg 16 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. Judg 16 30 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 whom he slew at his death were more than they whom he slew in his life. Judg 16 31 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, Chapter 17 Judg 17 1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. Judg 17 2 And he said unto 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. Judg 17 3 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 you. Judg 17 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the silversmith, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. Judg 17 5 And the man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod, and household gods, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. Judg 17 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Judg 17 7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. Judg 17 8 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. Judg 17 9 And Micah said unto him, From where come you? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. Judg 17 10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year, and a suit of apparel, and your living. So the Levite went in. Judg 17 11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. Judg 17 12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Judg 17 13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite as my priest. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 18 Judg 18 1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. Judg 18 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their territory, 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. Judg 18 3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in there, and said unto him, Who brought you here? and what are you doing in this place? and what do you have here? Judg 18 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus deals Micah with me, and has hired me, and I am his priest. Judg 18 5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. Judg 18 6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: the LORD is before your way in which you go. Judg 18 7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were there, how they dwelt safely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might shame them in anything; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. Judg 18 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say you? Judg 18 9 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 here? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. Judg 18 10 When you go, you shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God has given it into your hands; a place where there is no lack of any thing that is in the earth. Judg 18 11 And there went from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men armed with weapons of war. Judg 18 12 And they went up, and encamped in Kiriathjearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is west of Kiriathjearim. Judg 18 13 And they passed from there unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. Judg 18 14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and household gods, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do. Judg 18 15 And they turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and greeted him. Judg 18 16 And the six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. Judg 18 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the household gods, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men that were armed with weapons of war. Judg 18 18 And these went into Micah's house, and took the carved image, the ephod, and the household gods, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What are you doing? Judg 18 19 And they said unto him, Hold your peace, lay your hand upon 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? Judg 18 20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the household gods, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. Judg 18 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods in front of them. Judg 18 22 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. Judg 18 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What ails you, that you come with such a company? Judg 18 24 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 unto me, What ails you? Judg 18 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household. Judg 18 26 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. Judg 18 27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest that he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were quiet and secure: and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. Judg 18 28 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 dwelt in it. Judg 18 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: however the name of the city was Laish at the first. Judg 18 30 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. Judg 18 31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 19 Judg 19 1 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. Judg 19 2 And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months. Judg 19 3 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 donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the young woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. Judg 19 4 And his father-in-law, the young woman's father, detained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. Judg 19 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the young woman's father said unto his son-in-law, Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. Judg 19 6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the young woman's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray you, and tarry all night, and let your heart be merry. Judg 19 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. Judg 19 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the young woman's father said, Refresh your heart, I pray you. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. Judg 19 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young woman's father, said unto 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 tomorrow get you early on your way, that you may go home. Judg 19 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over opposite Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two donkeys saddled, his concubine also was with him. Judg 19 11 And when they were near Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray you, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. Judg 19 12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside here into the city of strangers, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. Judg 19 13 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. Judg 19 14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin. Judg 19 15 And they turned aside there, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat himself down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge. Judg 19 16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening, who was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. Judg 19 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, where do you go? and from where do you come? Judg 19 18 And he said unto 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 into his house. Judg 19 19 Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no lack of any thing. Judg 19 20 And the old man said, Peace be with you; however let all your needs lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. Judg 19 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave fodder unto the donkeys: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. Judg 19 22 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. Judg 19 23 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 my house, do not this folly. Judg 19 24 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 unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. Judg 19 25 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 dawn, they let her go. Judg 19 26 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. Judg 19 27 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. Judg 19 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But there was no answer. Then the man took her up upon a donkey, and the man rose up, and got himself unto his place. Judg 19 29 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 territory of Israel. Judg 19 30 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 it, take counsel, and speak your minds. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 20 Judg 20 1 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 Mizpah. Judg 20 2 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. Judg 20 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how did this wickedness happen? Judg 20 4 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. Judg 20 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they so ravished, that she is dead. Judg 20 6 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 abomination in Israel. Judg 20 7 Behold, you are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. Judg 20 8 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. Judg 20 9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; Judg 20 10 And we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the abomination that they have done in Israel. Judg 20 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, united together as one man. Judg 20 12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? Judg 20 13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, who 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 brethren the children of Israel: Judg 20 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. Judg 20 15 And the children of Benjamin numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred chosen men. Judg 20 16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men, lefthanded; every one could sling stones at a hair's breadth, and not miss. Judg 20 17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. Judg 20 18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Who of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. Judg 20 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. Judg 20 20 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. Judg 20 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and cut down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. Judg 20 22 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. Judg 20 23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening, 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.) Judg 20 24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. Judg 20 25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and cut down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. Judg 20 26 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 evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. Judg 20 27 And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, Judg 20 28 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 tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand. Judg 20 29 And Israel set men in ambush round about Gibeah. Judg 20 30 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. Judg 20 31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, by which one goes up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. Judg 20 32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are struck 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. Judg 20 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the men in ambush from Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. Judg 20 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was fierce: but Benjamin knew not that evil was near them. Judg 20 35 And the LORD defeated Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men: all these drew the sword. Judg 20 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were defeated: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the men in ambush which they had set beside Gibeah. Judg 20 37 And the men in ambush hastened, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the men in ambush moved out, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword. Judg 20 38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush, that they should make a great flame with smoke rising up out of the city. Judg 20 39 And when the men of Israel retreated in the battle, Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle. Judg 20 40 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. Judg 20 41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. Judg 20 42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and those who came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. Judg 20 43 Thus they surrounded the Benjamites, and chased them, and trod them down with ease opposite Gibeah toward the east. Judg 20 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor. Judg 20 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they cut down of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. Judg 20 46 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor. Judg 20 47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. Judg 20 48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, the men of every city, as also the beasts, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. ------------------------Judges, Chapter 21 Judg 21 1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin as wife. Judg 21 2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept greatly; Judg 21 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel? Judg 21 4 And it came to pass the next day, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Judg 21 5 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 Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death. Judg 21 6 And the children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. Judg 21 7 What 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 as wives? Judg 21 8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpah to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. Judg 21 9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. Judg 21 10 And the congregation sent there twelve thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. Judg 21 11 And this is the thing that you shall do, you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that has lain with a man. Judg 21 12 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. Judg 21 13 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. Judg 21 14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet they did not suffice for them. Judg 21 15 And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. Judg 21 16 Then the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? Judg 21 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. Judg 21 18 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. Judg 21 19 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. Judg 21 20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; Judg 21 21 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. Judg 21 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for you did not give unto them at this time, that you should be guilty. Judg 21 23 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. Judg 21 24 And the children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance. Judg 21 25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. ------------------------Ruth, Chapter 1 Ruth 1 1 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 2 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 3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. Ruth 1 4 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 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. Ruth 1 6 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 food. Ruth 1 7 Therefore 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 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me. Ruth 1 9 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 voices, and wept. Ruth 1 10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with you unto your people. Ruth 1 11 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 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also tonight, and should also bear sons; Ruth 1 13 Would you tarry for them till they were grown? would you refrain from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me. Ruth 1 14 And they lifted up their voices, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clung to her. Ruth 1 15 And she said, Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return you after your sister-in-law. Ruth 1 16 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 17 Where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me. Ruth 1 18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she ceased speaking unto her. Ruth 1 19 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 stirred because of them, and they said, Is this Naomi? Ruth 1 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. Ruth 1 21 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 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. ------------------------Ruth, Chapter 2 Ruth 2 1 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 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. Ruth 2 3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to come to a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. Ruth 2 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless you. Ruth 2 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose young woman is this? Ruth 2 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabite young woman that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: Ruth 2 7 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, except that she tarried a little in the house. Ruth 2 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Will you not hear, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from here, but abide here close by my maidens: Ruth 2 9 Let your eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch you? and when you are thirsty, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. Ruth 2 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in your eyes, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? Ruth 2 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It has fully been shown me, all that you have done unto 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 birth, and are come unto a people which you knew not before. Ruth 2 12 The LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to trust. Ruth 2 13 Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for you have comforted me, and you have spoken kindly unto your handmaid, though I be not like unto one of your handmaidens. Ruth 2 14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he passed to her parched grain, and she did eat, and was satisfied, and left. Ruth 2 15 And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: Ruth 2 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls on purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. Ruth 2 17 So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. Ruth 2 18 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 what she had reserved after she was satisfied. Ruth 2 19 And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where have you gleaned today? and where did you work? 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's name with whom I worked today is Boaz. Ruth 2 20 And Naomi said unto 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 unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our closest kinsmen. Ruth 2 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, You shall keep near by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. Ruth 2 22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, that they encounter you not in any other field. Ruth 2 23 So she kept close 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, Chapter 3 Ruth 3 1 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? Ruth 3 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshingfloor. Ruth 3 3 Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself, and put your best clothes upon you, and get down to the floor: but make not yourself known unto the man, until he shall have finished eating and drinking. Ruth 3 4 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 down; and he will tell you what you shall do. Ruth 3 5 And she said unto her, All that you say unto me I will do. Ruth 3 6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. Ruth 3 7 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: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down. Ruth 3 8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. Ruth 3 9 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 10 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, in that you followed not young men, whether poor or rich. Ruth 3 11 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 12 And now it is true that I am your near kinsman: however there is a kinsman nearer than I. Ruth 3 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto you 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 you, then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as the LORD lives: lie down until the morning. Ruth 3 14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could recognize another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. Ruth 3 15 Also he said, Bring the cloak that you have upon 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 16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, How are you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. Ruth 3 17 And she said, These six measures of barley he gave me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto your mother-in-law. Ruth 3 18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall: for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day. ------------------------Ruth, Chapter 4 Ruth 4 1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. Ruth 4 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down here. And they sat down. Ruth 4 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, sells a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: Ruth 4 4 And I thought to advise 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 besides you; and I am after you. And he said, I will redeem it. Ruth 4 5 Then said Boaz, The day you buy the field of the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead through his inheritance. Ruth 4 6 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 7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, for to confirm all things; a man took off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a testimony in Israel. Ruth 4 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for yourself. So he took off his shoe. Ruth 4 9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto 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, of the hand of Naomi. Ruth 4 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead through his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of this place: you are witnesses this day. Ruth 4 11 And all the people that were at 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 may you do worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem: Ruth 4 12 And let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah, of the children which the LORD shall give you of this young woman. Ruth 4 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son. Ruth 4 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. Ruth 4 15 And he shall be unto you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age: for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him. Ruth 4 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. Ruth 4 17 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 18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Hezron, Ruth 4 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, Ruth 4 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, Ruth 4 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, Ruth 4 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 1 1Sam 1 1 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 Ephraimite: 1Sam 1 2 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. 1Sam 1 3 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. 1Sam 1 4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 1Sam 1 5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. 1Sam 1 6 And her adversary also provoked her severely to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. 1Sam 1 7 And as year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 1Sam 1 8 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? 1Sam 1 9 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 door post of the temple of the LORD. 1Sam 1 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept bitterly. 1Sam 1 11 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 unto your handmaid a male child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. 1Sam 1 12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli observed her mouth. 1Sam 1 13 Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunk. 1Sam 1 14 And Eli said unto her, How long will you be drunk? put away your wine from you. 1Sam 1 15 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. 1Sam 1 16 Count not your handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I been speaking. 1Sam 1 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant you your petition that you have asked of him. 1Sam 1 18 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. 1Sam 1 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. 1Sam 1 20 Therefore 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. 1Sam 1 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 1Sam 1 22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide forever. 1Sam 1 23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seems to you good; tarry until you have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and nursed her son until she weaned him. 1Sam 1 24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. 1Sam 1 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 1Sam 1 26 And she said, Oh my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman that stood by you here, praying unto the LORD. 1Sam 1 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him: 1Sam 1 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshiped the LORD there. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 2 1Sam 2 1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoices in the LORD, my horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth boasts over my enemies; because I rejoice in your salvation. 1Sam 2 2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside you: neither is there any rock like our God. 1Sam 2 3 Talk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 1Sam 2 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are clothed with strength. 1Sam 2 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased to hunger: so that the barren has borne seven; and she that has many children has grown feeble. 1Sam 2 6 The LORD kills, and makes alive: he brings down to the grave, and brings up. 1Sam 2 7 The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low, and lifts up. 1Sam 2 8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the rubbish, 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 has set the world upon them. 1Sam 2 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. 1Sam 2 10 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. 1Sam 2 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. 1Sam 2 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. 1Sam 2 13 And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 1Sam 2 14 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, unto all the Israelites that came there. 1Sam 2 15 Also before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled meat from you, but raw. 1Sam 2 16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would answer him, Nay; but you shall give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force. 1Sam 2 17 Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. 1Sam 2 18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. 1Sam 2 19 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. 1Sam 2 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give you offspring of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home. 1Sam 2 21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD. 1Sam 2 22 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 meeting. 1Sam 2 23 And he said unto them, Why do you such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all these people. 1Sam 2 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make the LORD's people to transgress. 1Sam 2 25 If one man sins against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sins against the LORD, who shall intercede for him? Nevertheless they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD desired to slay them. 1Sam 2 26 And the child Samuel grew, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men. 1Sam 2 27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus says the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 1Sam 2 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? 1Sam 2 29 Why tranple you on my sacrifice and on my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chief of all the offerings of Israel my people? 1Sam 2 30 Therefore the LORD God of Israel says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD says, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 1Sam 2 31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house. 1Sam 2 32 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 forever. 1Sam 2 33 And any man of yours, whom I shall not cut off from my altar, shall consume your eyes, and grieve your heart: and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower of their age. 1Sam 2 34 And this shall be a sign unto you, that shall come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall both of them die. 1Sam 2 35 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 forever. 1Sam 2 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in your house shall come and bow down 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, Chapter 3 1Sam 3 1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no open vision. 1Sam 3 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, and his eyes had begun to grow dim, that he could not see; 1Sam 3 3 And before the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was lying down to sleep; 1Sam 3 4 That the LORD called, Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. 1Sam 3 5 And he ran unto 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. 1Sam 3 6 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. 1Sam 3 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. 1Sam 3 8 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. 1Sam 3 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, Speak, LORD; for your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 1Sam 3 10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for your servant hears. 1Sam 3 11 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. 1Sam 3 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all the things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. 1Sam 3 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 1Sam 3 14 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 forever. 1Sam 3 15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to tell Eli the vision. 1Sam 3 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. 1Sam 3 17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD has said unto you? I pray you hide it not from me: God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he said unto you. 1Sam 3 18 And Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seems to him good. 1Sam 3 19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 1Sam 3 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD. 1Sam 3 21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 4 1Sam 4 1 nd the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. 1Sam 4 2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was defeated before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. 1Sam 4 3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it comes among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 1Sam 4 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 1Sam 4 5 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. 1Sam 4 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What is the meaning of 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. 1Sam 4 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God has come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there has not been such a thing before this. 1Sam 4 8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 1Sam 4 9 Be strong, and conduct yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: conduct yourselves like men, and fight. 1Sam 4 10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. 1Sam 4 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. 1Sam 4 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn, and with earth upon his head. 1Sam 4 13 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. 1Sam 4 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What is the meaning of the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 1Sam 4 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. 1Sam 4 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son? 1Sam 4 17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel has 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. 1Sam 4 18 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. 1Sam 4 19 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. 1Sam 4 20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for you have borne a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it. 1Sam 4 21 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. 1Sam 4 22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 5 1Sam 5 1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. 1Sam 5 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 1Sam 5 3 And when they of Ashdod arose early the next day, 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. 1Sam 5 4 And when they arose early the next day 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. 1Sam 5 5 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. 1Sam 5 6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and the territory thereof. 1Sam 5 7 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 heavy upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 1Sam 5 8 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 there. 1Sam 5 9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it there, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great, and they had tumors in their private parts. 1Sam 5 10 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. 1Sam 5 11 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 its 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. 1Sam 5 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors: and the cry of the city went up to heaven. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 6 1Sam 6 1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 1Sam 6 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us how we shall send it to its place. 1Sam 6 3 And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but by all means 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. 1Sam 6 4 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. 1Sam 6 5 Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory unto the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. 1Sam 6 6 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? 1Sam 6 7 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: 1Sam 6 8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which you return to him for a trespass offering, in a box by the side of it; and send it away, that it may go. 1Sam 6 9 And see, if it goes up by the way of its own land to Bethshemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us: it was by chance that it happened to us. 1Sam 6 10 And the men did so; and took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: 1Sam 6 11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the box with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors. 1Sam 6 12 And the cows took the straight way to the road to 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. 1Sam 6 13 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. 1Sam 6 14 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 unto the LORD. 1Sam 6 15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the box that was with it, in which 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. 1Sam 6 16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 1Sam 6 17 And these are the golden tumors 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; 1Sam 6 18 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, even unto the great stone of Abel, on which they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remains unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite. 1Sam 6 19 And he struck the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he struck of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had struck many of the people with a great slaughter. 1Sam 6 20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall it go up from us? 1Sam 6 21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come down, and bring it up to you. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 7 1Sam 7 1 And the men of Kiriathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. 1Sam 7 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kiriathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. 1Sam 7 3 And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign 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. 1Sam 7 4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only. 1Sam 7 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. 1Sam 7 6 And they gathered together 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 children of Israel at Mizpah. 1Sam 7 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 1Sam 7 8 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. 1Sam 7 9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. 1Sam 7 10 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 brought confusion upon them; and they were routed before Israel. 1Sam 7 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and slaughtered them, until they came below Bethcar. 1Sam 7 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Thus far has the LORD helped us. 1Sam 7 13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the territory of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 1Sam 7 14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and their territory did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. 1Sam 7 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 1Sam 7 16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places. 1Sam 7 17 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, Chapter 8 1Sam 8 1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 1Sam 8 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba. 1Sam 8 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice. 1Sam 8 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 1Sam 8 5 And said unto 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. 1Sam 8 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 1Sam 8 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 1Sam 8 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, with which they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto you. 1Sam 8 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: however protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. 1Sam 8 10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. 1Sam 8 11 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. 1Sam 8 12 And he will appoint himself captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and equipment for his chariots. 1Sam 8 13 And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 1Sam 8 14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 1Sam 8 15 And he will take the tenth of your grain, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. 1Sam 8 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. 1Sam 8 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants. 1Sam 8 18 And you shall cry out in that day because of your king which you shall have chosen; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. 1Sam 8 19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 1Sam 8 20 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. 1Sam 8 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the ears of the LORD. 1Sam 8 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go you every man unto his city. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 9 1Sam 9 1 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, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. 1Sam 9 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and handsome: and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. 1Sam 9 3 And the donkeys of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys. 1Sam 9 4 And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. 1Sam 9 5 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 cease caring for the donkeys, and become anxious for us. 1Sam 9 6 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 says comes surely to pass: now let us go there; perhaps he can show us our way that we should go. 1Sam 9 7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is gone from our sacks, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? 1Sam 9 8 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. 1Sam 9 9 (Formerly 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 formerly called a Seer.) 1Sam 9 10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. 1Sam 9 11 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? 1Sam 9 12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came today to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people today in the high place: 1Sam 9 13 As soon as you are come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he comes, because he does bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat who are bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time you shall find him. 1Sam 9 14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place. 1Sam 9 15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, 1Sam 9 16 Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be ruler 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 has come unto me. 1Sam 9 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spoke to you of! this same shall reign over my people. 1Sam 9 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray you, where the seer's house is. 1Sam 9 19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for you shall eat with me today, and tomorrow I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart. 1Sam 9 20 And as for your donkeys 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's house? 1Sam 9 21 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? 1Sam 9 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlor, and made them sit in the chief place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. 1Sam 9 23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said unto you, Set it by you. 1Sam 9 24 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 you, and eat: for unto this time has it been kept for you since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 1Sam 9 25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel talked with Saul upon the top of the house. 1Sam 9 26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the dawn 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, outside. 1Sam 9 27 And as they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand you still awhile, that I may show you the word of God. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 10 1Sam 10 1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD has anointed you to be ruler over his inheritance? 1Sam 10 2 When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found: and, lo, your father has left the concern of the donkeys, and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? 1Sam 10 3 Then shall you go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak 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 skin of wine: 1Sam 10 4 And they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread; which you shall receive of their hands. 1Sam 10 5 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 there to the city, that you shall meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a harp, and a tambourine, and a flute, and a lyre, before them; and they shall prophesy: 1Sam 10 6 And the spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man. 1Sam 10 7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto you, that you do as the occasion suits you; for God is with you. 1Sam 10 8 And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto 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. 1Sam 10 9 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. 1Sam 10 10 And when they came there to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 1Sam 10 11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him before 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? 1Sam 10 12 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? 1Sam 10 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. 1Sam 10 14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Where went you? And he said, To seek the donkeys: and when we saw that they were nowhere, we came to Samuel. 1Sam 10 15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray you, what Samuel said unto you. 1Sam 10 16 And Saul said unto 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 not. 1Sam 10 17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpah; 1Sam 10 18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus says 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. 1Sam 10 19 And you have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you 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. 1Sam 10 20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 1Sam 10 21 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. 1Sam 10 22 Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come there. And the LORD answered, Behold, he has hid himself among the baggage. 1Sam 10 23 And they ran and brought him there: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 1Sam 10 24 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. 1Sam 10 25 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. 1Sam 10 26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. 1Sam 10 27 But some worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 11 1Sam 11 1 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 you. 1Sam 11 2 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. 1Sam 11 3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the territory of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to you. 1Sam 11 4 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. 1Sam 11 5 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. 1Sam 11 6 And the spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. 1Sam 11 7 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, Whosoever comes 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. 1Sam 11 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 1Sam 11 9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall you say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, Tomorrow, by that time the sun is hot, you shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. 1Sam 11 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out unto you, and you shall do with us all that seems good unto you. 1Sam 11 11 And it was so the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they who remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. 1Sam 11 12 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. 1Sam 11 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for today the LORD has wrought salvation in Israel. 1Sam 11 14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. 1Sam 11 15 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, Chapter 12 1Sam 12 1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that you said unto me, and have made a king over you. 1Sam 12 2 And now, behold, the king walks 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. 1Sam 12 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey 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 with? and I will restore it to you. 1Sam 12 4 And they said, you have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of any man's hand. 1Sam 12 5 And he said unto 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. 1Sam 12 6 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. 1Sam 12 7 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. 1Sam 12 8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 1Sam 12 9 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. 1Sam 12 10 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 you. 1Sam 12 11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Barak, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt safely. 1Sam 12 12 And when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king. 1Sam 12 13 Now therefore behold the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have desired! and, behold, the LORD has set a king over you. 1Sam 12 14 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: 1Sam 12 15 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. 1Sam 12 16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. 1Sam 12 17 Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call unto 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. 1Sam 12 18 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. 1Sam 12 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for your servants unto the LORD your God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. 1Sam 12 20 And Samuel said unto 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; 1Sam 12 21 And turn you not aside: for then should you go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. 1Sam 12 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people. 1Sam 12 23 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: 1Sam 12 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you. 1Sam 12 25 But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 13 1Sam 13 1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, 1Sam 13 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; of which 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. 1Sam 13 3 And Jonathan struck 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. 1Sam 13 4 And all Israel heard it said that Saul had attacked a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was held in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal. 1Sam 13 5 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 encamped in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven. 1Sam 13 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger, (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. 1Sam 13 7 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. 1Sam 13 8 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. 1Sam 13 9 And Saul said, Bring here a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. 1Sam 13 10 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 greet him. 1Sam 13 11 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; 1Sam 13 12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I felt compelled therefore, and offered a burnt offering. 1Sam 13 13 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 upon Israel forever. 1Sam 13 14 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 ruler over his people, because you have not kept that which the LORD commanded you. 1Sam 13 15 And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. 1Sam 13 16 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. 1Sam 13 17 And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leads to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: 1Sam 13 18 And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looks upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 1Sam 13 19 Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: 1Sam 13 20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, and his mattock, and his ax, and his sickle. 1Sam 13 21 And the charge was a third of a shekel for the plowshares, and for the mattocks, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. 1Sam 13 22 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 they were found. 1Sam 13 23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 14 1Sam 14 1 Now it came to pass one day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto 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. 1Sam 14 2 And Saul tarried in the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; 1Sam 14 3 And Ahijah, 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. 1Sam 14 4 And between the passes, 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. 1Sam 14 5 The front of one was located northward opposite Michmash, and the other southward opposite Geba. 1Sam 14 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bore 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 on the LORD to save by many or by few. 1Sam 14 7 And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in your heart: turn you; behold, I am with you according to your heart. 1Sam 14 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will reveal ourselves unto them. 1Sam 14 9 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. 1Sam 14 10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD has delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. 1Sam 14 11 And both of them revealed 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. 1Sam 14 12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armorbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel. 1Sam 14 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearer killed behind him. 1Sam 14 14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were a half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. 1Sam 14 15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the raiders, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. 1Sam 14 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went here and there. 1Sam 14 17 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 armorbearer were not there. 1Sam 14 18 And Saul said unto Ahijah, Bring here the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. 1Sam 14 19 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 your hand. 1Sam 14 20 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 confusion. 1Sam 14 21 Moreover the Hebrews that 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 that were with Saul and Jonathan. 1Sam 14 22 Likewise all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 1Sam 14 23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven. 1Sam 14 24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had lain an oath on 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. 1Sam 14 25 And all they of the land came to a forest; and there was honey upon the ground. 1Sam 14 26 And when the people were come into the forest, behold, the honey dripped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 1Sam 14 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were brightened. 1Sam 14 28 Then answered one of the people, and said, your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eats any food this day. And the people were faint. 1Sam 14 29 Then said Jonathan, My father has troubled the land: see, I ask you, how my eyes have been brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 1Sam 14 30 How much better, if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for would there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 1Sam 14 31 And they struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. 1Sam 14 32 And the people rushed 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. 1Sam 14 33 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 unto me this day. 1Sam 14 34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto 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. 1Sam 14 35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD. 1Sam 14 36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seems good unto you. Then said the priest, Let us draw near here unto God. 1Sam 14 37 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. 1Sam 14 38 And Saul said, Draw you near here, all you leaders of the people: and know and see what this sin has been this day. 1Sam 14 39 For, as the LORD lives, who 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. 1Sam 14 40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be you on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seems good unto you. 1Sam 14 41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. 1Sam 14 42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 1Sam 14 43 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, lo, I must die? 1Sam 14 44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for you shall surely die, Jonathan. 1Sam 14 45 And the people said unto 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, so that he died not. 1Sam 14 46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place. 1Sam 14 47 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 struck them down. 1Sam 14 48 And he gathered a host, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that plundered them. 1Sam 14 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: 1Sam 14 50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 1Sam 14 51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. 1Sam 14 52 And there was bitter 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, Chapter 15 1Sam 15 1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken you unto the voice of the words of the LORD. 1Sam 15 2 Thus says 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. 1Sam 15 3 Now go and strike 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 donkey. 1Sam 15 4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 1Sam 15 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 1Sam 15 6 And Saul said unto 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. 1Sam 15 7 And Saul struck down the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, that is east of Egypt. 1Sam 15 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 1Sam 15 9 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 everything that was despised and worthless, that they destroyed utterly. 1Sam 15 10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 1Sam 15 11 It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. 1Sam 15 12 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 has gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 1Sam 15 13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be you of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. 1Sam 15 14 And Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 1Sam 15 15 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 your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 1Sam 15 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the LORD has said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 1Sam 15 17 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? 1Sam 15 18 And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed. 1Sam 15 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but did pounce upon the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD? 1Sam 15 20 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. 1Sam 15 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD your God in Gilgal. 1Sam 15 22 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 hearken than the fat of rams. 1Sam 15 23 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. 1Sam 15 24 And Saul said unto 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. 1Sam 15 25 Now therefore, I pray you, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. 1Sam 15 26 And Samuel said unto 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. 1Sam 15 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it tore. 1Sam 15 28 And Samuel said unto 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. 1Sam 15 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. 1Sam 15 30 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. 1Sam 15 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped the LORD. 1Sam 15 32 Then said Samuel, Bring you here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him cautiously. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 1Sam 15 33 And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. 1Sam 15 34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 1Sam 15 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 16 1Sam 16 1 And the LORD said unto 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. 1Sam 16 2 And 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 am come to sacrifice to the LORD. 1Sam 16 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do: and you shall anoint unto me him whom I name unto you. 1Sam 16 4 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? 1Sam 16 5 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. 1Sam 16 6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him. 1Sam 16 7 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 sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart. 1Sam 16 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has the LORD chosen this one. 1Sam 16 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither has the LORD chosen this one. 1Sam 16 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD has not chosen these. 1Sam 16 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all your children? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and bring him: for we will not sit down till he comes here. 1Sam 16 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and of a beautiful countenance, and handsome. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. 1Sam 16 13 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. 1Sam 16 14 But the spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. 1Sam 16 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubles you. 1Sam 16 16 Let our lord now command your servants, which are before you, to seek out a man, who is a skillful player on a harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well. 1Sam 16 17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 1Sam 16 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is skillful in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a handsome person, and the LORD is with him. 1Sam 16 19 Therefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep. 1Sam 16 20 And Jesse took a donkey laden with bread, and a skin of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 1Sam 16 21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer. 1Sam 16 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray you, stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight. 1Sam 16 23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took a harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 17 1Sam 17 1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammin. 1Sam 17 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 1Sam 17 3 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. 1Sam 17 4 And there went a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 1Sam 17 5 And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. 1Sam 17 6 And he had armor of bronze upon his legs, and a javelin of bronze upon his shoulders. 1Sam 17 7 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. 1Sam 17 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto 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. 1Sam 17 9 If he is 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. 1Sam 17 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 1Sam 17 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 1Sam 17 12 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, an old man in the days of Saul. 1Sam 17 13 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. 1Sam 17 14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 1Sam 17 15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. 1Sam 17 16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 1Sam 17 17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for your brethren an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to your brethren; 1Sam 17 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how your brethren fare, and bring back a token. 1Sam 17 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 1Sam 17 20 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 camp, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. 1Sam 17 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. 1Sam 17 22 And David left his things in the hand of the keeper of supplies, and ran into the army, and came and greeted his brothers. 1Sam 17 23 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. 1Sam 17 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were greatly afraid. 1Sam 17 25 And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? surely to defy Israel has 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's house free in Israel. 1Sam 17 26 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? 1Sam 17 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that kills him. 1Sam 17 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and Eliab's 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 insolence of your heart; for you are come down that you might see the battle. 1Sam 17 29 And David said, What have I now done? Is it not a word? 1Sam 17 30 And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. 1Sam 17 31 And when the words were heard which David spoke, they repeated them before Saul: and he sent for him. 1Sam 17 32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 1Sam 17 33 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. 1Sam 17 34 And David said unto Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 1Sam 17 35 And I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and slew him. 1Sam 17 36 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. 1Sam 17 37 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 you. 1Sam 17 38 And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put a helmet of bronze upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. 1Sam 17 39 And David girded his sword upon his armor, and he attempted to go; for he had not tried it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not tried them. And David put them off him. 1Sam 17 40 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 pouch; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 1Sam 17 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bore the shield went before him. 1Sam 17 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he despised him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 1Sam 17 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 1Sam 17 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 1Sam 17 45 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. 1Sam 17 46 This day will the LORD deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from you; and I will give the carcases 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. 1Sam 17 47 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. 1Sam 17 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 1Sam 17 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took there a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 1Sam 17 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. 1Sam 17 51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head there. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. 1Sam 17 52 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 unto Gath, and unto Ekron. 1Sam 17 53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their tents. 1Sam 17 54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent. 1Sam 17 55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the commander of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell. 1Sam 17 56 And the king said, Inquire whose son the stripling is. 1Sam 17 57 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. 1Sam 17 58 And 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, Chapter 18 1Sam 18 1 And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 1Sam 18 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 1Sam 18 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 1Sam 18 4 And Jonathan removed 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 belt. 1Sam 18 5 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's servants. 1Sam 18 6 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 timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music. 1Sam 18 7 And the women sang to one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 1Sam 18 8 And Saul was very angry, 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? 1Sam 18 9 And Saul eyed David from that day forward. 1Sam 18 10 And it came to pass the next day, 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. 1Sam 18 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will pin David even to the wall with it. And David escaped out of his presence twice. 1Sam 18 12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. 1Sam 18 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 1Sam 18 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. 1Sam 18 15 Therefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 1Sam 18 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. 1Sam 18 17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you as your wife: only be you valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. 1Sam 18 18 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? 1Sam 18 19 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 as his wife. 1Sam 18 20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 1Sam 18 21 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. Therefore Saul said to David a second time, you shall this day be my son-in-law. 1Sam 18 22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Talk with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 1Sam 18 23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 1Sam 18 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, In this manner spoke David. 1Sam 18 25 And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires not any dowry, but a 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. 1Sam 18 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and the appointed days were not expired. 1Sam 18 27 Therefore 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 number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife. 1Sam 18 28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him. 1Sam 18 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually. 1Sam 18 30 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 esteemed. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 19 1Sam 19 1 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 1Sam 19 2 But Jonathan Saul's 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: 1Sam 19 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk with my father of you; and what I see, that I will tell you. 1Sam 19 4 And Jonathan spoke good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been toward you very good: 1Sam 19 5 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: therefore then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 1Sam 19 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the LORD lives, he shall not be slain. 1Sam 19 7 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. 1Sam 19 8 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. 1Sam 19 9 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. 1Sam 19 10 And Saul sought to pin David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he drove the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. 1Sam 19 11 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 you save not your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be slain. 1Sam 19 12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 1Sam 19 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his head, and covered it with a cloth. 1Sam 19 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 1Sam 19 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 1Sam 19 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his head. 1Sam 19 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why have you deceived me so, and sent away my enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill you? 1Sam 19 18 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. 1Sam 19 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 1Sam 19 20 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. 1Sam 19 21 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. 1Sam 19 22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah. 1Sam 19 23 And he went there 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. 1Sam 19 24 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. Therefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 20 1Sam 20 1 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? 1Sam 20 2 And he said unto him, God forbid; you shall not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will show it to me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. 1Sam 20 3 And David swore again, and said, Your father certainly knows that I have found grace in your eyes; and he says, 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. 1Sam 20 4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever your soul desires, I will even do it for you. 1Sam 20 5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at evening. 1Sam 20 6 If your father at all misses 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. 1Sam 20 7 If he say thus, It is well; your servant shall have peace: but if he is very angry, then be sure that evil is determined by him. 1Sam 20 8 Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you: nevertheless, if there be in me iniquity, slay me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father? 1Sam 20 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from you: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon you, then would not I tell it to you? 1Sam 20 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if your father answers you roughly? 1Sam 20 11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 1Sam 20 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded out my father tomorrow about this time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto you, and show it to you; 1Sam 20 13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will show it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and the LORD be with you, as he has been with my father. 1Sam 20 14 And you shall not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: 1Sam 20 15 But also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever: no, not when the LORD has cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. 1Sam 20 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies. 1Sam 20 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. 1Sam 20 18 Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow is the new moon: and you shall be missed, because your seat will be empty. 1Sam 20 19 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 matter was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel. 1Sam 20 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark. 1Sam 20 21 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 you, take them; then come you: for there is peace to you, and no hurt; as the LORD lives. 1Sam 20 22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond you; go your way: for the LORD has sent you away. 1Sam 20 23 And as for the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between you and me forever. 1Sam 20 24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat himself down to eat the feast. 1Sam 20 25 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. 1Sam 20 26 Nevertheless Saul spoke not any thing that day: for he thought, Something has befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. 1Sam 20 27 And it came to pass the next day, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Why does not the son of Jesse come to the table, neither yesterday, nor today? 1Sam 20 28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: 1Sam 20 29 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 brethren. Therefore he comes not unto the king's table. 1Sam 20 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, You son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and unto the shame of your mother's nakedness? 1Sam 20 31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the ground, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. 1Sam 20 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Why shall he be slain? what has he done? 1Sam 20 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to strike him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. 1Sam 20 34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no food the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had caused him shame. 1Sam 20 35 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. 1Sam 20 36 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. 1Sam 20 37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond you? 1Sam 20 38 And Jonathan called after the lad, Make haste, hurry, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. 1Sam 20 39 But the lad knew not anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. 1Sam 20 40 And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. 1Sam 20 41 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 regained control. 1Sam 20 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, since as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 21 1Sam 21 1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why are you alone, and no man with you? 1Sam 21 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king has charged me with a business, and has said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have directed my young men to such and such a place. 1Sam 21 3 Now therefore what is there on hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present. 1Sam 21 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread on hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. 1Sam 21 5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us for 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. 1Sam 21 6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken away from before the LORD, to put hot bread in its place the day when it was taken away. 1Sam 21 7 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 chief of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul. 1Sam 21 8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here on hand a spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. 1Sam 21 9 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 except that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it to me. 1Sam 21 10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 1Sam 21 11 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 has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 1Sam 21 12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 1Sam 21 13 And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and made marks on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 1Sam 21 14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, you see the man is mad: why then have you brought him to me? 1Sam 21 15 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, Chapter 22 1Sam 22 1 David therefore departed from there, 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. 1Sam 22 2 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. 1Sam 22 3 And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab: and he said unto 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. 1Sam 22 4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. 1Sam 22 5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get you into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth. 1Sam 22 6 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;) 1Sam 22 7 Then Saul said unto 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; 1Sam 22 8 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 unto me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 1Sam 22 9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 1Sam 22 10 And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. 1Sam 22 11 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. 1Sam 22 12 And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. 1Sam 22 13 And Saul said unto 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? 1Sam 22 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house? 1Sam 22 15 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 your servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. 1Sam 22 16 And the king said, you shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house. 1Sam 22 17 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. 1Sam 22 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, 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. 1Sam 22 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, struck he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. 1Sam 22 20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 1Sam 22 21 And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests. 1Sam 22 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have caused the death of all the persons of your father's house. 1Sam 22 23 Abide you with me, fear not: for he that seeks my life seeks your life: but with me you shall be safe. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 23 1Sam 23 1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing floors. . 1Sam 23 2 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah. 1Sam 23 3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? 1Sam 23 4 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. 1Sam 23 5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and struck them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. 1Sam 23 6 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. 1Sam 23 7 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. 1Sam 23 8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. 1Sam 23 9 And David knew that Saul secretly plotted evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod. 1Sam 23 10 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. 1Sam 23 11 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. 1Sam 23 12 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. 1Sam 23 13 Then David and his men, who 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 decided not to go there. 1Sam 23 14 And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in the mountains in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. 1Sam 23 15 And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a forest. 1Sam 23 16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God. 1Sam 23 17 And he said unto 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 unto you; and that also Saul my father knows. 1Sam 23 18 And they both made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house. 1Sam 23 19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 1Sam 23 20 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's hand. 1Sam 23 21 And Saul said, Blessed be you of the LORD; for you have compassion on me. 1Sam 23 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see the place where his hideout is, and who has seen him there: for it is told me that he deals very craftily. 1Sam 23 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come you again to me with 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. 1Sam 23 24 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. 1Sam 23 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: therefore he came down to a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. 1Sam 23 26 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 surrounded David and his men to take them. 1Sam 23 27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste you, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. 1Sam 23 28 Therefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth. 1Sam 23 29 And David went up from there, and dwelt in strongholds at Engedi. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 24 1Sam 24 1 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. 1Sam 24 2 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. 1Sam 24 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself: and David and his men remained in the recesses of the cave. 1Sam 24 4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it shall seem good unto you. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe stealthily. 1Sam 24 5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart troubled him, because he had cut off Saul's robe. 1Sam 24 6 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 my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. 1Sam 24 7 So David restrained his servants with these words, and allowed them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. 1Sam 24 8 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 stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 1Sam 24 9 And David said to Saul, Why hear you men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt? 1Sam 24 10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered you today 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'S anointed. 1Sam 24 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, 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. 1Sam 24 12 The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you: but my hand shall not be upon you. 1Sam 24 13 As says the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon you. 1Sam 24 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. 1Sam 24 15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand. 1Sam 24 16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 1Sam 24 17 And he said to David, you are more righteous than I: for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil. 1Sam 24 18 And you have shown this day how that you have dealt well with me: for when the LORD had delivered me into your hand, you killed me not. 1Sam 24 19 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? therefore the LORD reward you with good for what you have done unto me this day. 1Sam 24 20 And now, behold, I know well that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand. 1Sam 24 21 Swear now therefore unto 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. 1Sam 24 22 And David swore unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men got themselves up unto the stronghold. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 25 1Sam 25 1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented over him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 1Sam 25 2 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. 1Sam 25 3 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 surly and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. 1Sam 25 4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. 1Sam 25 5 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: 1Sam 25 6 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 unto all that you have. 1Sam 25 7 And now I have heard that you have shearers: now your shepherds which were with us, we hurt not, neither was there anything missing from them, all the while they were in Carmel. 1Sam 25 8 Ask your young men, and they will show you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes: for we come on a feast day: give, I pray you, whatsoever comes to your hand unto your servants, and to your son David. 1Sam 25 9 And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. 1Sam 25 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now days that break away each man from his master. 1Sam 25 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not from where they be? 1Sam 25 12 So David's young men turned away, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. 1Sam 25 13 And David said unto 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 abode by the supplies. 1Sam 25 14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he railed at them. 1Sam 25 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields: 1Sam 25 16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 1Sam 25 17 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. 1Sam 25 18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep already dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. 1Sam 25 19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 1Sam 25 20 And it was so, as she rode on the donkey, that she came down under cover of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them. 1Sam 25 21 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 unto him: and he has repaid me evil for good. 1Sam 25 22 God do so and more also unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that belong to him by the morning light even one male. 1Sam 25 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hastened, and got off the donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, 1Sam 25 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let your handmaid, I pray you, speak in your audience, and hear the words of your handmaid. 1Sam 25 25 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. 1Sam 25 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the LORD has held you back 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. 1Sam 25 27 And now this blessing which your handmaid has brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. 1Sam 25 28 I pray you, forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord an enduring house; because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil has not been found in you all your days. 1Sam 25 29 Yet a man has risen to pursue you, and to seek your soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; and the souls of your enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. 1Sam 25 30 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; 1Sam 25 31 That this shall be no grief unto you, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid. 1Sam 25 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me: 1Sam 25 33 And blessed be your advice, and blessed be you, who has kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand. 1Sam 25 34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hastened and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any remaining males. 1Sam 25 35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to your house; see, I have hearkened to your voice, and have accepted your person. 1Sam 25 36 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 drunk: therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until the morning light. 1Sam 25 37 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. 1Sam 25 38 And it came to pass about ten days later, that the LORD struck Nabal, that he died. 1Sam 25 39 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 upon his own head. And David sent and talked with Abigail, to take her to be his wife. 1Sam 25 40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke unto her, saying, David sent us unto you, to take you to be his wife. 1Sam 25 41 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. 1Sam 25 42 And Abigail hastened, and arose, and rode upon a donkey, with five of her young women that attended her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. 1Sam 25 43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. 1Sam 25 44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 26 1Sam 26 1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite Jeshimon? 1Sam 26 2 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. 1Sam 26 3 And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite Jeshimon, by the road. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 1Sam 26 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come indeed. 1Sam 26 5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul lay within the camp, and the people encamped round about him. 1Sam 26 6 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. 1Sam 26 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the camp, and his spear stuck in the ground at his head: but Abner and the people lay round about him. 1Sam 26 8 Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore let me strike him, I pray you, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not strike him the second time. 1Sam 26 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless? 1Sam 26 10 David said furthermore, As the LORD lives, the LORD shall strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. 1Sam 26 11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray you, take you now the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go. 1Sam 26 12 So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head; and they got away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awoke: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them. 1Sam 26 13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off; a great space being between them: 1Sam 26 14 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? 1Sam 26 15 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. 1Sam 26 16 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'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head. 1Sam 26 17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this your voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. 1Sam 26 18 And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand? 1Sam 26 19 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 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. 1Sam 26 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains. 1Sam 26 21 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. 1Sam 26 22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and get it. 1Sam 26 23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed. 1Sam 26 24 And, behold, as your life was precious this day in my eyes, so let my life be precious in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. 1Sam 26 25 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, Chapter 27 1Sam 27 1 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 border of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. 1Sam 27 2 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. 1Sam 27 3 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 widow. 1Sam 27 4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. 1Sam 27 5 And David said unto 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? 1Sam 27 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag has belonged unto the kings of Judah unto this day. 1Sam 27 7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. 1Sam 27 8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gizites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as you go to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 1Sam 27 9 And David struck the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. 1Sam 27 10 And Achish said, where have you made a raid today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. 1Sam 27 11 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 custom all the while he dwells in the country of the Philistines. 1Sam 27 12 And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 28 1Sam 28 1 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 you assuredly, that you shall go out with me to battle, you and your men. 1Sam 28 2 And David said to Achish, Surely you shall know what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you my guardian forever. 1Sam 28 3 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 the mediums, and the wizards, out of the land. 1Sam 28 4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa. 1Sam 28 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. 1Sam 28 6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 1Sam 28 7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek 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 that is a medium at Endor. 1Sam 28 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray you, divine unto me as a medium, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto you. 1Sam 28 9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those that are mediums, and the wizards, out of the land: why then lay you a snare for my life, to cause me to die? 1Sam 28 10 And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing. 1Sam 28 11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto you? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. 1Sam 28 12 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. 1Sam 28 13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what saw you? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw a god ascending out of the earth. 1Sam 28 14 And he said unto 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. 1Sam 28 15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am much distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may make known unto me what I shall do. 1Sam 28 16 Then said Samuel, Why then do you ask of me, seeing the LORD has departed from you, and has become your enemy? 1Sam 28 17 And the LORD has done to you, as he spoke by me: for the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David: 1Sam 28 18 Because you obeyed not the voice of the LORD, nor executed his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore has the LORD done this thing unto you this day. 1Sam 28 19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines: and tomorrow shall you and your sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. 1Sam 28 20 Then Saul fell immediately full length on the ground, and was very much afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no food all the day, nor all the night. 1Sam 28 21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was greatly troubled, and said unto him, Behold, your handmaid has obeyed your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto your words which you spoke unto me. 1Sam 28 22 Now therefore, I pray you, hearken also unto the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a piece of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way. 1Sam 28 23 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. 1Sam 28 24 And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hastened, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread of it: 1Sam 28 25 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, Chapter 29 1Sam 29 1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel. 1Sam 29 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish. 1Sam 29 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he deserted unto me unto this day? 1Sam 29 4 And the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto 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 what should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men? 1Sam 29 5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 1Sam 29 6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor you not. 1Sam 29 7 Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you displease not the lords of the Philistines. 1Sam 29 8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant so long as I have been with you unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? 1Sam 29 9 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. 1Sam 29 10 Therefore now rise up early in the morning with your master's servants that are come with you: and as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart. 1Sam 29 11 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, Chapter 30 1Sam 30 1 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; 1Sam 30 2 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. 1Sam 30 3 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. 1Sam 30 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 1Sam 30 5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. 1Sam 30 6 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. 1Sam 30 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray you, bring me here the ephod. And Abiathar brought there the ephod to David. 1Sam 30 8 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. 1Sam 30 9 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. 1Sam 30 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. 1Sam 30 11 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; 1Sam 30 12 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. 1Sam 30 13 And David said unto him, To whom do you belong? 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. 1Sam 30 14 We made an invasion upon the south area of the Cherethites, and upon the territory which belongs to Judah, and upon the south area of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 1Sam 30 15 And David said to him, Can you bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto 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. 1Sam 30 16 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. 1Sam 30 17 And David struck them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, except four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled. 1Sam 30 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. 1Sam 30 19 And there was nothing lacking of them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered it all. 1Sam 30 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. 1Sam 30 21 And David came to the two hundred men, who 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. 1Sam 30 22 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 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. 1Sam 30 23 Then said David, you shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD has given us, who has preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. 1Sam 30 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goes down to the battle, so shall his part be that waits by the supplies: they shall part alike. 1Sam 30 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. 1Sam 30 26 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; 1Sam 30 27 To them who were in Bethel, and to them who were in south Ramoth, and to them who were in Jattir, 1Sam 30 28 And to them who were in Aroer, and to them who were in Siphmoth, and to them who were in Eshtemoa, 1Sam 30 29 And to them who were in Racal, and to them who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them who were in the cities of the Kenites, 1Sam 30 30 And to them who were in Hormah, and to them who were in Borashan, and to them who were in Athach, 1Sam 30 31 And to them who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to roam. ------------------------1 Samuel, Chapter 31 1Sam 31 1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 1Sam 31 2 And the Philistines followed close upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons. 1Sam 31 3 And the battle went hard against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was severely wounded of the archers. 1Sam 31 4 Then said Saul unto his armorbearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 1Sam 31 5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 1Sam 31 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men, that same day together. 1Sam 31 7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side of 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. 1Sam 31 8 And it came to pass the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 1Sam 31 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim it in the house of their idols, and among the people. 1Sam 31 10 And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. 1Sam 31 11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; 1Sam 31 12 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. 1Sam 31 13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 1 2Sam 1 1 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; 2Sam 1 2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes torn, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and paid him honor. 2Sam 1 3 And David said unto him, From where come you? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. 2Sam 1 4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray you, tell me. And he answered, 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. 2Sam 1 5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How know you that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? 2Sam 1 6 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. 2Sam 1 7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I. 2Sam 1 8 And he said unto me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. 2Sam 1 9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray you, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. 2Sam 1 10 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 here unto my lord. 2Sam 1 11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men that were with him: 2Sam 1 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, 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. 2Sam 1 13 And David said unto the young man that told him, From where are you? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. 2Sam 1 14 And David said unto him, How were you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed? 2Sam 1 15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died. 2Sam 1 16 And David said unto him, Your blood be upon your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed. 2Sam 1 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 2Sam 1 18 Also he told them to teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher. 2Sam 1 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon your high places: how are the mighty fallen! 2Sam 1 20 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. 2Sam 1 21 You 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. 2Sam 1 22 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. 2Sam 1 23 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. 2Sam 1 24 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. 2Sam 1 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, you were slain in your high places. 2Sam 1 26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant have you been unto me: your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. 2Sam 1 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 2 2Sam 2 1 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, Where shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. 2Sam 2 2 So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's widow the Carmelite. 2Sam 2 3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 2Sam 2 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul. 2Sam 2 5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be you of the LORD, that you have shown this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. 2Sam 2 6 And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you: and I also will repay you this kindness, because you have done this thing. 2Sam 2 7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be you valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them. 2Sam 2 8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 2Sam 2 9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 2Sam 2 10 Ish-bosheth 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. 2Sam 2 11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. 2Sam 2 12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 2Sam 2 13 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. 2Sam 2 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. 2Sam 2 15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 2Sam 2 16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. 2Sam 2 17 And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. 2Sam 2 18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. 2Sam 2 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 2Sam 2 20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Are you Asahel? And he answered, I am. 2Sam 2 21 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 him. 2Sam 2 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother? 2Sam 2 23 However he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner with the blunt end of the spear struck him under the fifth rib, so 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. 2Sam 2 24 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. 2Sam 2 25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill. 2Sam 2 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever? know you not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brethren? 2Sam 2 27 And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up every one from following his brother. 2Sam 2 28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. 2Sam 2 29 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. 2Sam 2 30 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. 2Sam 2 31 But the servants of David had struck down Benjamin, and Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. 2Sam 2 32 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, Chapter 3 2Sam 3 1 Now there was 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. 2Sam 3 2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 2Sam 3 3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 2Sam 3 4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; 2Sam 3 5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. 2Sam 3 6 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. 2Sam 3 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in unto my father's concubine? 2Sam 3 8 Then was Abner very angry because of the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah does show kindness this day unto the house of Saul your father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David, that you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman? 2Sam 3 9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD has sworn to David, even so I do to him; 2Sam 3 10 To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba. 2Sam 3 11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him. 2Sam 3 12 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 unto you. 2Sam 3 13 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's daughter, when you come to see my face. 2Sam 3 14 And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 2Sam 3 15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish. 2Sam 3 16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. 2Sam 3 17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, You sought for David in times past to be king over you: 2Sam 3 18 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. 2Sam 3 19 And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the hearing of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. 2Sam 3 20 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. 2Sam 3 21 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 you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. 2Sam 3 22 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. 2Sam 3 23 When Joab and all the host that were 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. 2Sam 3 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came unto you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone? 2Sam 3 25 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. 2Sam 3 26 And when Joab had come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not. 2Sam 3 27 And when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there under the fifth rib, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. 2Sam 3 28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD forever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: 2Sam 3 29 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 has an issue, or that is a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls on the sword, or that lacks bread. 2Sam 3 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. 2Sam 3 31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the coffin. 2Sam 3 32 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. 2Sam 3 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dies? 2Sam 3 34 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. 2Sam 3 35 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 anything else, till the sun be down. 2Sam 3 36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. 2Sam 3 37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 2Sam 3 38 And the king said unto his servants, Know you not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? 2Sam 3 39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 4 2Sam 4 1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2Sam 4 2 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: 2Sam 4 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) 2Sam 4 4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame in 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. 2Sam 4 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 2Sam 4 6 And they came there into the midst of the house, as though they would have gotten wheat; and they struck him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 2Sam 4 7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they struck him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and got themselves away through the plain all night. 2Sam 4 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his descendants. 2Sam 4 9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 2Sam 4 10 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: 2Sam 4 11 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? 2Sam 4 12 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 Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 5 2Sam 5 1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2Sam 5 2 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. 2Sam 5 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. 2Sam 5 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 2Sam 5 5 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. 2Sam 5 6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: who spoke unto David, saying, Except you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here: thinking, David cannot come in here. 2Sam 5 7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion: the same is the city of David. 2Sam 5 8 And David said on that day, Whosoever gets up the water shaft, and strikes the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Therefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 2Sam 5 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built all around from Millo inward. 2Sam 5 10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. 2Sam 5 11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house. 2Sam 5 12 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. 2Sam 5 13 And David took himself more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. 2Sam 5 14 And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 2Sam 5 15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 2Sam 5 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet. 2Sam 5 17 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 stronghold. 2Sam 5 18 The Philistines also came and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. 2Sam 5 19 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand. 2Sam 5 20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David struck them there, and said, The LORD has broken forth upon my enemies before me, as the breakthrough of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim. 2Sam 5 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. 2Sam 5 22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. 2Sam 5 23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, You shall not go up; but go around behind them, and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees. 2Sam 5 24 And let it be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall move quickly: for then shall the LORD go out before you, to strike the army of the Philistines. 2Sam 5 25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 6 2Sam 6 1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2Sam 6 2 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 who dwells between the cherubim. 2Sam 6 3 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, drove the new cart. 2Sam 6 4 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. 2Sam 6 5 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 castanets, and on cymbals. 2Sam 6 6 And when they came to Nacon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. 2Sam 6 7 And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his irreverence; and there he died by the ark of God. 2Sam 6 8 And David was angry, because the LORD had made an outbreak against Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day. 2Sam 6 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? 2Sam 6 10 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 Obed-edom the Gittite. 2Sam 6 11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household. 2Sam 6 12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom, 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 Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. 2Sam 6 13 And it was so, that when they that bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 2Sam 6 14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. 2Sam 6 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 2Sam 6 16 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. 2Sam 6 17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. 2Sam 6 18 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. 2Sam 6 19 And he distributed among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to the women and to the men, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed every one to his house. 2Sam 6 20 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 today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself! 2Sam 6 21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, who 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 make merry before the LORD. 2Sam 6 22 And I will yet be more contemptible than this, and will be abased in my own sight: and of the maidservants whom you have spoken, of them shall I be held in honor. 2Sam 6 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 7 2Sam 7 1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest all around from all his enemies; 2Sam 7 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains. 2Sam 7 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you. 2Sam 7 4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, 2Sam 7 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in? 2Sam 7 6 For 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 moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle. 2Sam 7 7 In all the places in which I have moved about with all the children of Israel spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, Why build you not me a house of cedar? 2Sam 7 8 Now therefore so shall you say unto my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 2Sam 7 9 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 unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 2Sam 7 10 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 before, 2Sam 7 11 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 a house. 2Sam 7 12 And when your days be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who shall proceed out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. 2Sam 7 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom forever. 2Sam 7 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 2Sam 7 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. 2Sam 7 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever. 2Sam 7 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 2Sam 7 18 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 thus far? 2Sam 7 19 And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? 2Sam 7 20 And what can David say more unto you? for you, Lord GOD, know your servant. 2Sam 7 21 For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make your servant know them. 2Sam 7 22 Therefore you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 2Sam 7 23 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 himself a name, and to do for you great things and awesome, for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 2Sam 7 24 For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people unto you forever: and you, LORD, have become their God. 2Sam 7 25 And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said. 2Sam 7 26 And let your name be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you. 2Sam 7 27 For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto you. 2Sam 7 28 And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words are true, and you have promised this goodness unto your servant: 2Sam 7 29 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 the house of your servant be blessed forever. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 8 2Sam 8 1 And after this it came to pass, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2Sam 8 2 And he struck Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he the ones to put to death, and with one full line the ones to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. 2Sam 8 3 David struck also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his territory at the river Euphrates. 2Sam 8 4 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 a hundred chariots. 2Sam 8 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 2Sam 8 6 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. 2Sam 8 7 And David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 2Sam 8 8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took very much bronze. 2Sam 8 9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the armies of Hadadezer, 2Sam 8 10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and defeated him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze: 2Sam 8 11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 2Sam 8 12 Of Edom, 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. 2Sam 8 13 And David got him a name when he returned from defeating of the Edomites in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. 2Sam 8 14 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 wherever he went. 2Sam 8 15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. 2Sam 8 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 2Sam 8 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; 2Sam 8 18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 9 2Sam 9 1 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? 2Sam 9 2 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, Are you Ziba? And he said, Your servant is he. 2Sam 9 3 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 has yet a son, who is lame on his feet. 2Sam 9 4 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 Lo-debar. 2Sam 9 5 Then king David sent, and brought him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. 2Sam 9 6 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 your servant! 2Sam 9 7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually. 2Sam 9 8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I am? 2Sam 9 9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto your master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house. 2Sam 9 10 You therefore, and your sons, and your servants, shall till the land for him, and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 2Sam 9 11 Then said Ziba unto 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's sons. 2Sam 9 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. 2Sam 9 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame in both his feet. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 10 2Sam 10 1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. 2Sam 10 2 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. 2Sam 10 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Think you that David does honor your father, that he has sent comforters unto you? has not David rather sent his servants unto you, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? 2Sam 10 4 Therefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 2Sam 10 5 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 are grown, and then return. 2Sam 10 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men. 2Sam 10 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men. 2Sam 10 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. 2Sam 10 9 When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both before and behind, he chose some of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: 2Sam 10 10 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. 2Sam 10 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 come and help you. 2Sam 10 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seems to him good. 2Sam 10 13 And Joab drew near, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. 2Sam 10 14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then they also fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 2Sam 10 15 And when the Syrians saw that they were defeated before Israel, they gathered themselves together. 2Sam 10 16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the army of Hadarezer went before them. 2Sam 10 17 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. 2Sam 10 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, who died there. 2Sam 10 19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 11 2Sam 11 1 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. 2Sam 11 2 And it came to pass in an evening, 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. 2Sam 11 3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 2Sam 11 4 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. 2Sam 11 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. 2Sam 11 6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 2Sam 11 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 2Sam 11 8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a present from the king. 2Sam 11 9 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. 2Sam 11 10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Came you not from your journey? why then did you not go down unto your house? 2Sam 11 11 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 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. 2Sam 11 12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. 2Sam 11 13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. 2Sam 11 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 2Sam 11 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire from him, that he may be struck down, and die. 2Sam 11 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 2Sam 11 17 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. 2Sam 11 18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 2Sam 11 19 And charged the messenger, saying, When you have finished telling the matters of the war unto the king, 2Sam 11 20 And if so be that the king's anger arises, and he says unto you, Why approached you so near unto the city when you did fight? knew you not that they would shoot from the wall? 2Sam 11 21 Who struck 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 you near the wall? then say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 2Sam 11 22 So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him for. 2Sam 11 23 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 entrance of the gate. 2Sam 11 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon your servants; and some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 2Sam 11 25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shall you say unto 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 so encourage him. 2Sam 11 26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 2Sam 11 27 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 displeased the LORD. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 12 2Sam 12 1 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. 2Sam 12 2 The rich man had a great many flocks and herds: 2Sam 12 3 But the poor man had nothing, except 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 food, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 2Sam 12 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he refused to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to prepare for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and prepared it for the man that was come to him. 2Sam 12 5 And David's 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: 2Sam 12 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 2Sam 12 7 And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul; 2Sam 12 8 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 moreover have given unto you more things. 2Sam 12 9 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. 2Sam 12 10 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. 2Sam 12 11 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 unto your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 2Sam 12 12 For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 2Sam 12 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. 2Sam 12 14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto you shall surely die. 2Sam 12 15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore unto David, and it was very sick. 2Sam 12 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 2Sam 12 17 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. 2Sam 12 18 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 unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then harm himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? 2Sam 12 19 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. 2Sam 12 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came 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 did eat. 2Sam 12 21 Then said his servants unto 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. 2Sam 12 22 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? 2Sam 12 23 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. 2Sam 12 24 And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. 2Sam 12 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. 2Sam 12 26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 2Sam 12 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 2Sam 12 28 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. 2Sam 12 29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. 2Sam 12 30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight of which 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. 2Sam 12 31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them to work with saws, and with picks of iron, and with axes of iron, and made them toil at the brickkilns: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 13 2Sam 13 1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2Sam 13 2 And Amnon was so distressed, that he became sick over his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it improper for him to do anything to her. 2Sam 13 3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man. 2Sam 13 4 And he said unto him, Why are you, being the king's son, so haggard from day to day? will you not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. 2Sam 13 5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay you down on your bed, and pretend to be sick: and when your father comes to see you, say unto him, I pray you, let my sister Tamar come, and give me food, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand. 2Sam 13 6 So Amnon lay down, and pretended to be sick: and when the king had come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray you, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand. 2Sam 13 7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare him food. 2Sam 13 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was lying down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. 2Sam 13 9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Send out all men from me. And they went out every man from him. 2Sam 13 10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the food 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. 2Sam 13 11 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. 2Sam 13 12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not you this folly. 2Sam 13 13 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 unto the king; for he will not withhold me from you. 2Sam 13 14 However he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. 2Sam 13 15 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 unto her, Arise, be gone. 2Sam 13 16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that you did unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. 2Sam 13 17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. 2Sam 13 18 And she had a garment of many colors upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins dressed. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 2Sam 13 19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. 2Sam 13 20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath 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's house. 2Sam 13 21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very angry. 2Sam 13 22 And Absalom spoke unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. 2Sam 13 23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons. 2Sam 13 24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, your servant has sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech you, and his servants go with your servant. 2Sam 13 25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto you. And he pressed him: however he would not go, but blessed him. 2Sam 13 26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray you, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with you? 2Sam 13 27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. 2Sam 13 28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Strike Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. 2Sam 13 29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up upon his mule, and fled. 2Sam 13 30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom has slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. 2Sam 13 31 Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn. 2Sam 13 32 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 command of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. 2Sam 13 33 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. 2Sam 13 34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came many people by the way of the hillside behind him. 2Sam 13 35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as your servant said, so it is. 2Sam 13 36 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 bitterly. 2Sam 13 37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. 2Sam 13 38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. 2Sam 13 39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 14 2Sam 14 1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart went out toward Absalom. 2Sam 14 2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and brought from there a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray you, pretend 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: 2Sam 14 3 And come to the king, and speak in this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. 2Sam 14 4 And when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and pain him honor, and said, Help, O king. 2Sam 14 5 And the king said unto her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead. 2Sam 14 6 And your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one struck the other, and slew him. 2Sam 14 7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that struck 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 ember which is left, and shall not leave to my husband either name or remnant upon the earth. 2Sam 14 8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you. 2Sam 14 9 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. 2Sam 14 10 And the king said, Whosoever says anything unto you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more. 2Sam 14 11 Then said she, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not allow 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. 2Sam 14 12 Then the woman said, Let your handmaid, I pray you, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. 2Sam 14 13 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 who is faulty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one. 2Sam 14 14 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 one be not expelled from him. 2Sam 14 15 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 your handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid. 2Sam 14 16 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. 2Sam 14 17 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. 2Sam 14 18 Then the king answered and said unto 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. 2Sam 14 19 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 anything 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: 2Sam 14 20 To bring about this change of affairs 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. 2Sam 14 21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. 2Sam 14 22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, Today 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. 2Sam 14 23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 2Sam 14 24 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. 2Sam 14 25 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. 2Sam 14 26 And when he cut the hair of his head, (for it was at every year's end that he cut it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he cut it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight. 2Sam 14 27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. 2Sam 14 28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. 2Sam 14 29 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. 2Sam 14 30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. 2Sam 14 31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Why have your servants set my field on fire? 2Sam 14 32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto 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's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me. 2Sam 14 33 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, Chapter 15 2Sam 15 1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2Sam 15 2 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 are you? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. 2Sam 15 3 And Absalom said unto him, See, your matters are good and right; but there is no man appointed of the king to hear you. 2Sam 15 4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! 2Sam 15 5 And it was so, that when any man came near to him to bow down to him, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. 2Sam 15 6 And in this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 2Sam 15 7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray you, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron. 2Sam 15 8 For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Aram, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD. 2Sam 15 9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron. 2Sam 15 10 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. 2Sam 15 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went along innocently, and they knew not any thing. 2Sam 15 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. 2Sam 15 13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom. 2Sam 15 14 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 strike the city with the edge of the sword. 2Sam 15 15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall command. 2Sam 15 16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house. 2Sam 15 17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. 2Sam 15 18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. 2Sam 15 19 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. 2Sam 15 20 You came only 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 brethren: mercy and truth be with you. 2Sam 15 21 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. 2Sam 15 22 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. 2Sam 15 23 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. 2Sam 15 24 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 all passed out of the city. 2Sam 15 25 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: 2Sam 15 26 But if he thus says, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good unto him. 2Sam 15 27 The king said also unto 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. 2Sam 15 28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to inform me. 2Sam 15 29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there. 2Sam 15 30 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 were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. 2Sam 15 31 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. 2Sam 15 32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshiped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth upon his head: 2Sam 15 33 Unto whom David said, If you go on with me, then you shall be a burden unto me: 2Sam 15 34 But if you return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now also be your servant: then you may for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. 2Sam 15 35 And have you not there with you Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that whatsoever thing you shall hear out of the king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 2Sam 15 36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them you shall send unto me everything that you can hear. 2Sam 15 37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 16 2Sam 16 1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine. 2Sam 16 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What mean you by these? And Ziba said, The donkeys are 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. 2Sam 16 3 And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem: for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. 2Sam 16 4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, all that belonged unto Mephibosheth are yours. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech you that I may find grace in your sight, my lord, O king. 2Sam 16 5 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 continually as he came. 2Sam 16 6 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. 2Sam 16 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial: 2Sam 16 8 The LORD has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place 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. 2Sam 16 9 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 you, and take off his head. 2Sam 16 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD has said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Why have you done so? 2Sam 16 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth of my own body, 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. 2Sam 16 12 It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me good for his cursing this day. 2Sam 16 13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side opposite him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. 2Sam 16 14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, became weary, and refreshed themselves there. 2Sam 16 15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 2Sam 16 16 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. 2Sam 16 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend? why went you not with your friend? 2Sam 16 18 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. 2Sam 16 19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence. 2Sam 16 20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. 2Sam 16 21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto your father's concubines, which he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that you are abhorred by your father: then shall the hands of all that are with you be strong. 2Sam 16 22 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. 2Sam 16 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled 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, Chapter 17 2Sam 17 1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: 2Sam 17 2 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 strike the king only: 2Sam 17 3 And I will bring back all the people unto you: only the man whom you seek will be struck: so all the people shall be in peace. 2Sam 17 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. 2Sam 17 5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says. 2Sam 17 6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak you. 2Sam 17 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time. 2Sam 17 8 For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are 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. 2Sam 17 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of the people fall at the first attack, that whosoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. 2Sam 17 10 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 who are with him are valiant men. 2Sam 17 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto you, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person. 2Sam 17 12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon 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. 2Sam 17 13 Moreover, if he has 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. 2Sam 17 14 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 purposed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. 2Sam 17 15 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 counselled. 2Sam 17 16 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. 2Sam 17 17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they dared not be seen to come into the city: and a maidservant went and told them; and they went and told king David. 2Sam 17 18 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, who had a well in his court; and they went down into it. 2Sam 17 19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground grain thereon; and the thing was not known. 2Sam 17 20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 2Sam 17 21 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 has Ahithophel counselled against you. 2Sam 17 22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there was left not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. 2Sam 17 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, 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 sepulchre of his father. 2Sam 17 24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. 2Sam 17 25 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. 2Sam 17 26 So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead. 2Sam 17 27 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 Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 2Sam 17 28 Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched grain, and beans, and lentiles, and parched seed, 2Sam 17 29 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 are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 18 2Sam 18 1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. 2Sam 18 2 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. 2Sam 18 3 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 support us from out of the city. 2Sam 18 4 And the king said unto them, What seems to you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. 2Sam 18 5 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 the charge concerning Absalom. 2Sam 18 6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim; 2Sam 18 7 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. 2Sam 18 8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. 2Sam 18 9 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 fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. 2Sam 18 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak. 2Sam 18 11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, you saw him, and why did you not strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten shekels of silver, and a belt. 2Sam 18 12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. 2Sam 18 13 Otherwise I should have dealt falsely against my own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me. 2Sam 18 14 Then said Joab, I cannot tarry thus with you. And 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. 2Sam 18 15 And ten young men that bore Joab's armor compassed about and struck Absalom, and slew him. 2Sam 18 16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. 2Sam 18 17 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. 2Sam 18 18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and 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: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's pillar. 2Sam 18 19 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. 2Sam 18 20 And Joab said unto 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's son is dead. 2Sam 18 21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what you have seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. 2Sam 18 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, Come what may, 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? 2Sam 18 23 Come what may, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran Cushi. 2Sam 18 24 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. 2Sam 18 25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he is alone, there are tidings in his mouth. And he came rapidly, and drew near. 2Sam 18 26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the gatekeeper, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings tidings. 2Sam 18 27 And 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, He is a good man, and comes with good tidings. 2Sam 18 28 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 your God, who has delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. 2Sam 18 29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. 2Sam 18 30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. 2Sam 18 31 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. 2Sam 18 32 And the king said unto 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. 2Sam 18 33 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, Chapter 19 2Sam 19 1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom. 2Sam 19 2 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. 2Sam 19 3 And the people stole back that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 2Sam 19 4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! 2Sam 19 5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who 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; 2Sam 19 6 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 would have pleased you well. 2Sam 19 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak kindly unto 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 unto you than all the evil that befell you from your youth until now. 2Sam 19 8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto 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. 2Sam 19 9 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 has fled out of the land because of Absalom. 2Sam 19 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak you not a word of bringing the king back? 2Sam 19 11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel has come to the king, even to his house. 2Sam 19 12 You are my brethren, you are my bones and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king? 2Sam 19 13 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 army before me continually in the place of Joab. 2Sam 19 14 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 you, and all your servants. 2Sam 19 15 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. 2Sam 19 16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. 2Sam 19 17 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. 2Sam 19 18 And there went over a ferryboat 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; 2Sam 19 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto 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. 2Sam 19 20 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. 2Sam 19 21 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? 2Sam 19 22 And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you 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? 2Sam 19 23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, You shall not die. And the king swore unto him. 2Sam 19 24 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. 2Sam 19 25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Why went you not with me, Mephibosheth? 2Sam 19 26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because your servant is lame. 2Sam 19 27 And he has slandered your servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in your eyes. 2Sam 19 28 For all of my father's 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 unto the king? 2Sam 19 29 And the king said unto him, Why speak you any more of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba divide the land. 2Sam 19 30 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. 2Sam 19 31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. 2Sam 19 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with supplies while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. 2Sam 19 33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come you over with me, and I will feed you with me in Jerusalem. 2Sam 19 34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? 2Sam 19 35 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 unto my lord the king? 2Sam 19 36 Your servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense me with such a reward? 2Sam 19 37 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 unto you. 2Sam 19 38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto you: and whatsoever you shall ask of me, that will I do for you. 2Sam 19 39 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. 2Sam 19 40 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. 2Sam 19 41 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 you away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? 2Sam 19 42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: why then are you angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or has he given us any gift? 2Sam 19 43 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, since our advice was first 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, Chapter 20 2Sam 20 1 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. 2Sam 20 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah remained loyal to their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 2Sam 20 3 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 confinement, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. 2Sam 20 4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and you be here present. 2Sam 20 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 2Sam 20 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take you your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape us. 2Sam 20 7 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. 2Sam 20 8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a belt with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. 2Sam 20 9 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. 2Sam 20 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he struck him with it in the fifth rib, and shed out his entrails to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. 2Sam 20 11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favors Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. 2Sam 20 12 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. 2Sam 20 13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 2Sam 20 14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 2Sam 20 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 2Sam 20 16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near here, that I may speak with you. 2Sam 20 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Are you Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of your handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 2Sam 20 18 Then she spoke, saying, They used to speak in former time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. 2Sam 20 19 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? 2Sam 20 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 2Sam 20 21 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 unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall. 2Sam 20 22 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. 2Sam 20 23 Now Joab was over all the army of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: 2Sam 20 24 And Adoram was over the forced labor: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder: 2Sam 20 25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 2Sam 20 26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief minister under David. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 21 2Sam 21 1 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. 2Sam 21 2 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.) 2Sam 21 3 Therefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with what shall I make the atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD? 2Sam 21 4 And the Gibeonites said unto 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. 2Sam 21 5 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 territory of Israel, 2Sam 21 6 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. 2Sam 21 7 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. 2Sam 21 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: 2Sam 21 9 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. 2Sam 21 10 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 allowed neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 2Sam 21 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 2Sam 21 12 And 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 street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 2Sam 21 13 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. 2Sam 21 14 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 heeded prayers for the land. 2Sam 21 15 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 grew faint. 2Sam 21 16 And Ishbi-benob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to slay David. 2Sam 21 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah aided him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore unto him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you quench not the light of Israel. 2Sam 21 18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant. 2Sam 21 19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 2Sam 21 20 And there was yet again a battle in Gath, where there 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. 2Sam 21 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei the brother of David slew him. 2Sam 21 22 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, Chapter 22 2Sam 22 1 And David spoke 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: 2Sam 22 2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 2Sam 22 3 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. 2Sam 22 4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies. 2Sam 22 5 When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; 2Sam 22 6 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me; 2Sam 22 7 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. 2Sam 22 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was angry. 2Sam 22 9 There went up smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 2Sam 22 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. 2Sam 22 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 2Sam 22 12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. 2Sam 22 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 2Sam 22 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. 2Sam 22 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and vanquished them. 2Sam 22 16 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. 2Sam 22 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; 2Sam 22 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 2Sam 22 19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 2Sam 22 20 He brought me forth also into a broad place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 2Sam 22 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. 2Sam 22 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 2Sam 22 23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 2Sam 22 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity. 2Sam 22 25 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eyesight. 2Sam 22 26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright. 2Sam 22 27 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the devious you will show yourself shrewd. 2Sam 22 28 And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are upon the haughty, that you may bring them down. 2Sam 22 29 For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will enlighten my darkness. 2Sam 22 30 For by you I can run against a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 2Sam 22 31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is proven: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 2Sam 22 32 For who is God, except the LORD? and who is a rock, except our God? 2Sam 22 33 God is my strength and power: and he makes my way perfect. 2Sam 22 34 He makes my feet like hinds' feet: and sets me upon my high places. 2Sam 22 35 He teaches my hands to make war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms. 2Sam 22 36 You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your gentleness has made me great. 2Sam 22 37 You have enlarged my path under me; so that my feet did not slip. 2Sam 22 38 I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. 2Sam 22 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. 2Sam 22 40 For you have girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me have you subdued under me. 2Sam 22 41 You have also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 2Sam 22 42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 2Sam 22 43 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. 2Sam 22 44 You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the nations: a people whom I knew not shall serve me. 2Sam 22 45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. 2Sam 22 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid coming out of their hiding places. 2Sam 22 47 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be God, the rock of my salvation. 2Sam 22 48 It is God that avenges me, and that brings down the people under me, 2Sam 22 49 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. 2Sam 22 50 Therefore I will give thanks unto you, O LORD, among the nations, and I will sing praises unto your name. 2Sam 22 51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his descendants forevermore. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 23 2Sam 23 1 Now these are 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, 2Sam 23 2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue. 2Sam 23 3 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. 2Sam 23 4 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. 2Sam 23 5 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 makes it not to grow. 2Sam 23 6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 2Sam 23 7 But the man that shall touch them must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place. 2Sam 23 8 These are 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 lifted up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. 2Sam 23 9 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 had gone away: 2Sam 23 10 He arose, and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword: and the LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder. 2Sam 23 11 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 lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. 2Sam 23 12 But he stood in the middle of the field, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD brought about a great victory. 2Sam 23 13 And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 2Sam 23 14 And David was then in a stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 2Sam 23 15 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! 2Sam 23 16 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 it, but poured it out unto the LORD. 2Sam 23 17 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. 2Sam 23 18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among another three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among these three. 2Sam 23 19 Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: however he attained not unto the first three. 2Sam 23 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lion-like heroes of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in a time of snow: 2Sam 23 21 And he slew an Egyptian, a handsome 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. 2Sam 23 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name among three mighty men. 2Sam 23 23 He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. 2Sam 23 24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 2Sam 23 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 2Sam 23 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 2Sam 23 27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 2Sam 23 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 2Sam 23 29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, 2Sam 23 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, 2Sam 23 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 2Sam 23 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 2Sam 23 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 2Sam 23 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 2Sam 23 35 Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 2Sam 23 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 2Sam 23 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armorbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 2Sam 23 38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 2Sam 23 39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. ------------------------2 Samuel, Chapter 24 2Sam 24 1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. 2Sam 24 2 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 Beer-sheba, and number you the people, that I may know the number of the people. 2Sam 24 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD your God add unto the people, however many they may be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing? 2Sam 24 4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 2Sam 24 5 And they passed over Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lies in the midst of the valley of Gad, and toward Jazer: 2Sam 24 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and around to Sidon, 2Sam 24 7 And came to the stronghold 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 Beer-sheba. 2Sam 24 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 2Sam 24 9 And Joab gave 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. 2Sam 24 10 And David's heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in what I have done: and now, I beseech you, O LORD, take away the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly. 2Sam 24 11 And when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 2Sam 24 12 Go and say unto David, Thus says the LORD, I offer you three things; choose you one of them, that I may do it unto you. 2Sam 24 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto you in your land? or will you flee three months before your enemies, 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 that sent me. 2Sam 24 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great destress: 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. 2Sam 24 15 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 Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. 2Sam 24 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD turned from the destruction, 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 floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 2Sam 24 17 And David spoke unto the LORD when he saw the angel that struck the people, and said, Lo, 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's house. 2Sam 24 18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, erect an altar unto the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 2Sam 24 19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded. 2Sam 24 20 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. 2Sam 24 21 And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy your threshing floor, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 2Sam 24 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good unto him: behold, here are oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and yokes of the oxen for wood. 2Sam 24 23 All these things, O King, Araunah gives unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD your God accept you. 2Sam 24 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it from you at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto 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. 2Sam 24 25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD heeded supplications for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 1 1Kin 1 1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat. 1Kin 1 2 Therefore 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 your bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 1Kin 1 3 So they sought for a fair young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 1Kin 1 4 And the young woman was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. 1Kin 1 5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 1Kin 1 6 And his father had not rebuked him at any time in saying, Why have you done so? and he also was a very handsome man; and his mother bore him after Absalom. 1Kin 1 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. 1Kin 1 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. 1Kin 1 9 And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and invited all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 1Kin 1 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he invited not. 1Kin 1 11 Therefore Nathan spoke unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith does reign, and David our lord knows it not? 1Kin 1 12 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. 1Kin 1 13 Go and get in unto king David, and say unto him, Did not you, my lord, O king, swear unto your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then does Adonijah reign? 1Kin 1 14 Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words. 1Kin 1 15 And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 1Kin 1 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and knelt before the king. And the king said, What would you? 1Kin 1 17 And she said unto him, My lord, you swore by the LORD your God unto your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. 1Kin 1 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, you know it not: 1Kin 1 19 And he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army: but Solomon your servant has he not called. 1Kin 1 20 And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 1Kin 1 21 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. 1Kin 1 22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 1Kin 1 23 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. 1Kin 1 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 1Kin 1 25 For he has gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. 1Kin 1 26 But me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, has he not invited. 1Kin 1 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you have not showed it unto your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 1Kin 1 28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. 1Kin 1 29 And the king swore, and said, As the LORD lives, that has redeemed my soul out of all distress, 1Kin 1 30 Even as I swore unto you by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my place; even so will I certainly do this day. 1Kin 1 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and knelt before to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever. 1Kin 1 32 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. 1Kin 1 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: 1Kin 1 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 1Kin 1 35 Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my place: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 1Kin 1 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. 1Kin 1 37 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. 1Kin 1 38 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. 1Kin 1 39 And Zadok the priest took a horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. 1Kin 1 40 And all the people came up after him, and the people played on flutes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with the sound of them. 1Kin 1 41 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? 1Kin 1 42 And while he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for you are a valiant man, and bring good tidings. 1Kin 1 43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David has made Solomon king. 1Kin 1 44 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 upon the king's mule: 1Kin 1 45 And 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 resounds with it. This is the noise that you have heard. 1Kin 1 46 And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom. 1Kin 1 47 And moreover the king's 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 upon the bed. 1Kin 1 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it. 1Kin 1 49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 1Kin 1 50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar. 1Kin 1 51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon: for, lo, he has caught hold of the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 1Kin 1 52 And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 1Kin 1 53 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 your house. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 2 1Kin 2 1 Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 1Kin 2 2 I go the way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and show yourself a man; 1Kin 2 3 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: 1Kin 2 4 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. 1Kin 2 5 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the armies 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 belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. 1Kin 2 6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his gray head go down to the grave in peace. 1Kin 2 7 But show kindness unto 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. 1Kin 2 8 And, behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a 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 Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword. 1Kin 2 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for you are a wise man, and know what you ought to do unto him; but his gray head bring you down to the grave with blood. 1Kin 2 10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 1Kin 2 11 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. 1Kin 2 12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. 1Kin 2 13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 1Kin 2 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto you. And she said, Say on. 1Kin 2 15 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 has turned about, and has become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD. 1Kin 2 16 And now I ask one petition of you, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. 1Kin 2 17 And he said, Speak, I pray you, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say nay to you,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to be my wife. 1Kin 2 18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for you unto the king. 1Kin 2 19 Bath-sheba 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. 1Kin 2 20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; I pray you, say not nay to me. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say nay to you. 1Kin 2 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife. 1Kin 2 22 And king Solomon answered and said unto 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. 1Kin 2 23 Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. 1Kin 2 24 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, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 1Kin 2 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he struck him down so that he died. 1Kin 2 26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get you to Anathoth, unto 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 in which my father was afflicted. 1Kin 2 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. 1Kin 2 28 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. 1Kin 2 29 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, strike him down. 1Kin 2 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus says 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. 1Kin 2 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down, and bury him; that you may take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. 1Kin 2 32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 1Kin 2 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his descendants forever: but upon David, and upon his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace forever from the LORD. 1Kin 2 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and struck him down, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 1Kin 2 35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the place of Abiathar. 1Kin 2 36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build you a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth from there anywhere. 1Kin 2 37 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 upon your own head. 1Kin 2 38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 1Kin 2 39 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, your servants are in Gath. 1Kin 2 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. 1Kin 2 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again. 1Kin 2 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make you to swear by the LORD, and admonished you, saying, Know for a certain, on the day you go out, and travel anywhere, that you shall surely die? and you said unto me, The word that I have heard is good. 1Kin 2 43 Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged you with? 1Kin 2 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which was in your heart, that you did to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return your wickedness upon your own head; 1Kin 2 45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever. 1Kin 2 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who went out, and struck him, so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 3 1Kin 3 1 And Solomon made a treaty 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. 1Kin 3 2 However the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. 1Kin 3 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: except that he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 1Kin 3 4 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. 1Kin 3 5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give you. 1Kin 3 6 And Solomon said, You have shown unto 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. 1Kin 3 7 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. 1Kin 3 8 And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 1Kin 3 9 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? 1Kin 3 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 1Kin 3 11 And God said unto 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 justice; 1Kin 3 12 Behold, I have done according to your words: lo, 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 unto you. 1Kin 3 13 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 unto you all your days. 1Kin 3 14 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. 1Kin 3 15 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 for all his servants. 1Kin 3 16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 1Kin 3 17 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. 1Kin 3 18 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, except we two in the house. 1Kin 3 19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she laid on it. 1Kin 3 20 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. 1Kin 3 21 And when I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead: but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear. 1Kin 3 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son. And the first said, No; but the dead is your son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king. 1Kin 3 23 Then said the king, The one says, This is my son that lives, and your son is dead: and the other says, Nay; but your son is dead, and my son is living. 1Kin 3 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 1Kin 3 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 1Kin 3 26 Then spoke the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned for her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor yours, but divide it. 1Kin 3 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and by no means slay it: she is the mother of it. 1Kin 3 28 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 justice. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 4 1Kin 4 1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel. 1Kin 4 2 And these were the princes whom he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, 1Kin 4 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 1Kin 4 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 1Kin 4 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was priest, and the king's friend: 1Kin 4 6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the forced labor. 1Kin 4 7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. 1Kin 4 8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: 1Kin 4 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: 1Kin 4 10 The son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him belonged Socoh, and all the land of Hepher: 1Kin 4 11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; who had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife: 1Kin 4 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokmeam: 1Kin 4 13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and bronze bars: 1Kin 4 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: 1Kin 4 15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife: 1Kin 4 16 Baana the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: 1Kin 4 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 1Kin 4 18 Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin: 1Kin 4 19 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 who was in the land. 1Kin 4 20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and rejoicing. 1Kin 4 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life. 1Kin 4 22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, and threescore cors of meal, 1Kin 4 23 Ten fatted oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, beside harts, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl. 1Kin 4 24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the river, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. 1Kin 4 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. 1Kin 4 26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 1Kin 4 27 And those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. 1Kin 4 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. 1Kin 4 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore. 1Kin 4 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 1Kin 4 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. 1Kin 4 32 And he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. 1Kin 4 33 And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springs out of the wall: he spoke also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 1Kin 4 34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 5 1Kin 5 1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father: for Hiram was always a lover of David. 1Kin 5 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 1Kin 5 3 You know how that David my father could not build a 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. 1Kin 5 4 But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor misfortune. 1Kin 5 5 And, behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke unto David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set upon your throne in your place, he shall build a house unto my name. 1Kin 5 6 Now therefore command you that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with your servants: and unto you will I give wages for your servants according to all that you shall appoint: for you know that there is not among us any that has skill to cut timber like unto the Sidonians. 1Kin 5 7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, who has given unto David a wise son over this great people. 1Kin 5 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which you sent to me: and I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. 1Kin 5 9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you shall receive them: and you shall accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. 1Kin 5 10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 1Kin 5 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat for food to his household, and twenty thousand cors of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 1Kin 5 12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they both made a treaty together. 1Kin 5 13 And king Solomon raised forced labor out of all Israel; and the forced labor was thirty thousand men. 1Kin 5 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by shifts: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the forced labor. 1Kin 5 15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand quarried stone in the mountains; 1Kin 5 16 Besides the chief of Solomon's officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who ruled over the people that labored in the work. 1Kin 5 17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 1Kin 5 18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the men of Gebal: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 6 1Kin 6 1 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 Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. 1Kin 6 2 As for 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. 1Kin 6 3 And the porch in front of 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 in front of the house. 1Kin 6 4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. 1Kin 6 5 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 inner sanctuary: and he made chambers round about: 1Kin 6 6 The lowest chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for outside in the wall of the house he made narrowed ledges round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 1Kin 6 7 And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone made ready before it was brought there: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was being built. 1Kin 6 8 The door for the lowest 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. 1Kin 6 9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. 1Kin 6 10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. 1Kin 6 11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 1Kin 6 12 Concerning this house which you are 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 unto David your father: 1Kin 6 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 1Kin 6 14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 1Kin 6 15 And he built the walls of the house inside 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. 1Kin 6 16 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 inside, even for the inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place. 1Kin 6 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 1Kin 6 18 And the cedar of the house inside was carved with knobs and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. 1Kin 6 19 And the inner sanctuary he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 1Kin 6 20 And the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and also covered the altar which was of cedar. 1Kin 6 21 So Solomon overlaid the house inside with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the inner sanctuary; and he overlaid it with gold. 1Kin 6 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold. 1Kin 6 23 And within the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. 1Kin 6 24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the tip of the one wing unto the tip of the other were ten cubits. 1Kin 6 25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one size. 1Kin 6 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 1Kin 6 27 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. 1Kin 6 28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. 1Kin 6 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms. 1Kin 6 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, in the inner and outer rooms. 1Kin 6 31 And for the enterance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. 1Kin 6 32 The two doors also were of olive wood; 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. 1Kin 6 33 So also he made for the door of the temple posts of olive wood, a fourth part of the wall. 1Kin 6 34 And the two doors were of fir wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 1Kin 6 35 And he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. 1Kin 6 36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams. 1Kin 6 37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Ziv: 1Kin 6 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all its parts, and according to all its plans. So was he seven years in building it. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 7 1Kin 7 1 But Solomon was building his own house for thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 1Kin 7 2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length of it was a hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. 1Kin 7 3 And it was covered with cedar above the beams, that lay on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row. 1Kin 7 4 And there were windows in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers. 1Kin 7 5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and window was opposite window in three tiers. 1Kin 7 6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth of it thirty cubits: and the porch was in front of them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of them. 1Kin 7 7 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. 1Kin 7 8 And his house where he dwelt had another court inside the porch, which was of like workmanship. Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken as his wife, like unto this porch. 1Kin 7 9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of cut stones, sawed with saws, inside and out, even from the foundation unto the eaves, and also on the outside toward the great court. 1Kin 7 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 1Kin 7 11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of cut stones, and cedars. 1Kin 7 12 And the great court round about was with three rows of cut 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. 1Kin 7 13 And king Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre. 1Kin 7 14 He was a widow's son of 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 cunning to work all works in bronze. And he came to king Solomon, and did all his work. 1Kin 7 15 For he cast two pillars of bronze, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each. 1Kin 7 16 And he made two capitals of molten bronze, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits: 1Kin 7 17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital. 1Kin 7 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other capital. 1Kin 7 19 And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. 1Kin 7 20 And the capitals upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the rounded projection which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other capital. 1Kin 7 21 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. 1Kin 7 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. 1Kin 7 23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and its height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 1Kin 7 24 And under the brim of it round about there were knobs compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knobs were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 1Kin 7 25 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 hind parts were inward. 1Kin 7 26 And it was a handbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was shaped like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. 1Kin 7 27 And he made ten stands of bronze; four cubits was the length of one stand, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. 1Kin 7 28 And the work of the stands was on this manner: they had panels, and the panels were between the frames: 1Kin 7 29 And on the panels that were between the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim: and upon the frames there was a pedestal above: and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths made of hammered work. 1Kin 7 30 And every stand had four bronze wheels, and axles of bronze: and the four corners thereof had supports: under the laver were molten supports, at the side of every wreath. 1Kin 7 31 And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round like the shape of a pedestal, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were engravings with their panels, foursquare, not round. 1Kin 7 32 And under the panels were four wheels; and the axles of the wheels were joined to the stand: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. 1Kin 7 33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axles, and their rims, and their hubs, and their spokes, were all molten. 1Kin 7 34 And there were four supports to the four corners of each stand: and the supports were of one piece with the stand itself. 1Kin 7 35 And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high: and on the top of the stand the frames thereof and the panels thereof were all one piece. 1Kin 7 36 For on the plates of the frames thereof, and on the panels thereof, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each one, and wreaths round about. 1Kin 7 37 After this manner he made the ten stands: all of them were of the same casting, of the same measure, and the same shape. 1Kin 7 38 Then made he ten lavers of bronze: each laver contained forty baths: and each laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten stands was one laver. 1Kin 7 39 And he put five stands 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 toward the southeast. 1Kin 7 40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished doing all the work that he made for king Solomon for the house of the LORD: 1Kin 7 41 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 upon the top of the pillars; 1Kin 7 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars; 1Kin 7 43 And the ten stands, and ten lavers on the stands; 1Kin 7 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; 1Kin 7 45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: and all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright bronze. 1Kin 7 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. 1Kin 7 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were very many: neither was the weight of the bronze measured. 1Kin 7 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, on which was the showbread, 1Kin 7 49 And the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the inner sanctuary, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 1Kin 7 50 And the bowls, and the wick trimmers, and the basins, and the ladles, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner room, the most holy place, and for the doors of the main hall of the temple. 1Kin 7 51 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 furnishings, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 8 1Kin 8 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs 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. 1Kin 8 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 1Kin 8 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 1Kin 8 4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. 1Kin 8 5 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 counted nor numbered for multitude. 1Kin 8 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. 1Kin 8 7 For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above. 1Kin 8 8 And they drew out the poles, where the ends of the poles were seen out in the holy place before the inner sanctuary, and they were not seen outside: and there they are unto this day. 1Kin 8 9 There was nothing in the ark except 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. 1Kin 8 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 1Kin 8 11 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. 1Kin 8 12 Then spoke Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 1Kin 8 13 I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever. 1Kin 8 14 And the king turned his face around, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) 1Kin 8 15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 1Kin 8 16 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 a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. 1Kin 8 17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 1Kin 8 18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Since it was in your heart to build a house unto my name, you did well that it was in your heart. 1Kin 8 19 Nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son that shall be born of your body, he shall build the house unto my name. 1Kin 8 20 And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I am 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 of the LORD God of Israel. 1Kin 8 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 1Kin 8 22 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: 1Kin 8 23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keeps covenant and mercy with your servants that walk before you with all their heart: 1Kin 8 24 Who has kept with your servant David my father what you promised him: you spoke also with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day. 1Kin 8 25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which 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. 1Kin 8 26 And now, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be confirmed, which you spoke unto your servant David my father. 1Kin 8 27 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? 1Kin 8 28 Yet have you respect unto the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which your servant prays before you today: 1Kin 8 29 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 hearken unto the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place. 1Kin 8 30 And hearken to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear in heaven your dwellingplace: and when you hear, forgive. 1Kin 8 31 If any man trespasses against his neighbor, and an oath is required of him to cause him to swear, and the oath comes before your altar in this house: 1Kin 8 32 Then hear you in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. 1Kin 8 33 When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray, and make supplication unto you in this house: 1Kin 8 34 Then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which you gave unto their fathers. 1Kin 8 35 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: 1Kin 8 36 Then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, that you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and give rain upon your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance. 1Kin 8 37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blight, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; 1Kin 8 38 Whatsoever prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man the affliction of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: 1Kin 8 39 Then hear you in heaven your dwellingplace, and forgive, and act, 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;) 1Kin 8 40 That they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave unto our fathers. 1Kin 8 41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of your people Israel, but comes out of a far country for your name's sake; 1Kin 8 42 (For they shall hear of your great name, and of your strong hand, and of your outstretched arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; 1Kin 8 43 Hear you in heaven your dwellingplace, 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. 1Kin 8 44 If your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever you shall send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for your name: 1Kin 8 45 Then hear you in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 1Kin 8 46 If they sin against you, (for there is no man that sins not,) and you are 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; 1Kin 8 47 Yet if they shall come to themselves in the land where they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto you in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 1Kin 8 48 And so return unto you with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto you toward their land, which you gave unto their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name: 1Kin 8 49 Then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven your dwellingplace, and maintain their cause, 1Kin 8 50 And forgive your people that have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: 1Kin 8 51 For they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: 1Kin 8 52 That your eyes may be open unto the supplication of your servant, and unto the supplication of your people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto you. 1Kin 8 53 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. 1Kin 8 54 And it was so, that when Solomon had finished 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. 1Kin 8 55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 1Kin 8 56 Blessed be the LORD, that has given rest unto 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. 1Kin 8 57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: 1Kin 8 58 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. 1Kin 8 59 And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near 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: 1Kin 8 60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. 1Kin 8 61 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. 1Kin 8 62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. 1Kin 8 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. 1Kin 8 64 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 grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brass altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. 1Kin 8 65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. 1Kin 8 66 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, Chapter 9 1Kin 9 1 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, 1Kin 9 2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. 1Kin 9 3 And the LORD said unto 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 forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. 1Kin 9 4 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: 1Kin 9 5 Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Israel. 1Kin 9 6 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: 1Kin 9 7 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: 1Kin 9 8 And at this house, which is exalted, every one that passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? 1Kin 9 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have laid hold upon other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore has the LORD brought upon them all this evil. 1Kin 9 10 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, 1Kin 9 11 (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. 1Kin 9 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. 1Kin 9 13 And he said, What cities are these which you have given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. 1Kin 9 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. 1Kin 9 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 1Kin 9 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burned it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. 1Kin 9 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and lower Beth-horon, 1Kin 9 18 And Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land, 1Kin 9 19 And all the cities of storage 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. 1Kin 9 20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel, 1Kin 9 21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, of those did Solomon conscript for forced labor unto this day. 1Kin 9 22 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. 1Kin 9 23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that did the work. 1Kin 9 24 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. 1Kin 9 25 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. 1Kin 9 26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. 1Kin 9 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, seaman that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 1Kin 9 28 And they came to Ophir, and brought from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 10 1Kin 10 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions. 1Kin 10 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great caravan, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was in her heart. 1Kin 10 3 And Solomon answered her all her questions: there was not anything hid from the king, which he told her not. 1Kin 10 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 1Kin 10 5 And the food of his table, and the seating of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his entryway by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. 1Kin 10 6 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. 1Kin 10 7 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. 1Kin 10 8 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom. 1Kin 10 9 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 execute justice and righteousness. 1Kin 10 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great quantity, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 1Kin 10 11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great quantities of almug wood, and precious stones. 1Kin 10 12 And the king made of the almug wood pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug wood, nor was seen such unto this day. 1Kin 10 13 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. 1Kin 10 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 1Kin 10 15 Besides that he received 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. 1Kin 10 16 And king Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one large shield. 1Kin 10 17 And he made three hundred shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 1Kin 10 18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. 1Kin 10 19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round at the back: and there were arms on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the arms. 1Kin 10 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like of it made in any kingdom. 1Kin 10 21 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 accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon. 1Kin 10 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 1Kin 10 23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 1Kin 10 24 And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 1Kin 10 25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a set rate year by year. 1Kin 10 26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 1Kin 10 27 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 lowlands, for abundance. 1Kin 10 28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and Kue: the king's merchants received them from Kue at a price. 1Kin 10 29 And a chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so to all the kings of the Hittites, and to the kings of Syria, did they export them by their merchants. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 11 1Kin 11 1 But king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites; 1Kin 11 2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, You 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 clung unto these in love. 1Kin 11 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. 1Kin 11 4 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. 1Kin 11 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 1Kin 11 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. 1Kin 11 7 Then did Solomon build a 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. 1Kin 11 8 And likewise did he for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 1Kin 11 9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice, 1Kin 11 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. 1Kin 11 11 Therefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Since this is done by you, 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. 1Kin 11 12 Nevertheless in your days I will not do it for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 1Kin 11 13 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 Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. 1Kin 11 14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was a descendant of the king in Edom. 1Kin 11 15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom; 1Kin 11 16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 1Kin 11 17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. 1Kin 11 18 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; who gave him a house, and apportioned him food, and gave him land. 1Kin 11 19 And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as his wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 1Kin 11 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh. 1Kin 11 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country. 1Kin 11 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what have you lacked with me, that, behold, you seek to go to your own country? And he answered, Nothing: only let me go anyway. 1Kin 11 23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 1Kin 11 24 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 there, and reigned in Damascus. 1Kin 11 25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. 1Kin 11 26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. 1Kin 11 27 And this was the reason that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. 1Kin 11 28 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. 1Kin 11 29 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 the two were alone in the field: 1Kin 11 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces: 1Kin 11 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take you ten pieces: for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you: 1Kin 11 32 (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:) 1Kin 11 33 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 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. 1Kin 11 34 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: 1Kin 11 35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto you, even ten tribes. 1Kin 11 36 And unto 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 to put my name there. 1Kin 11 37 And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel. 1Kin 11 38 And it shall be, if you will hearken unto all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what 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 unto you. 1Kin 11 39 And I will for this afflict the descendants of David, but not forever. 1Kin 11 40 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. 1Kin 11 41 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? 1Kin 11 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 1Kin 11 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 12 1Kin 12 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 1Kin 12 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 1Kin 12 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke unto Rehoboam, saying, 1Kin 12 4 Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve you. 1Kin 12 5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. 1Kin 12 6 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? 1Kin 12 7 And they spoke unto him, saying, If you will be a servant unto this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever. 1Kin 12 8 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 who stood before him: 1Kin 12 9 And he said unto 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 upon us lighter? 1Kin 12 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spoke unto him, saying, Thus shall you speak unto this people that spoke unto you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter unto us; thus shall you say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 1Kin 12 11 And now whereas my father did lay upon 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. 1Kin 12 12 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. 1Kin 12 13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; 1Kin 12 14 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. 1Kin 12 15 Therefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the turn of affairs was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 1Kin 12 16 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 your own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. 1Kin 12 17 But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 1Kin 12 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor; and all Israel stoned him with stones, so that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made haste to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 1Kin 12 19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. 1Kin 12 20 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. 1Kin 12 21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 1Kin 12 22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 1Kin 12 23 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, 1Kin 12 24 Thus says the LORD, You 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 back according to the word of the LORD. 1Kin 12 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there; and went out from there, and built Penuel. 1Kin 12 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 1Kin 12 27 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. 1Kin 12 28 Therefore 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 your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 1Kin 12 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan. 1Kin 12 30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 1Kin 12 31 And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi. 1Kin 12 32 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 Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places whom he had made. 1Kin 12 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el 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, Chapter 13 1Kin 13 1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 1Kin 13 2 And he cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus says the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon you shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon you, and men's bones shall be burnt upon you. 1Kin 13 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD has spoken; Behold, the altar shall be torn, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 1Kin 13 4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who had cried against the altar in Beth-el, 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. 1Kin 13 5 The altar also was torn, 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. 1Kin 13 6 And the king answered and said unto 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 besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. 1Kin 13 7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward. 1Kin 13 8 And the man of God said unto 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: 1Kin 13 9 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. 1Kin 13 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. 1Kin 13 11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 1Kin 13 12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah. 1Kin 13 13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey; and he rode thereon, 1Kin 13 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am. 1Kin 13 15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 1Kin 13 16 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: 1Kin 13 17 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. 1Kin 13 18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as you are; and an angel spoke unto 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 unto him. 1Kin 13 19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 1Kin 13 20 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: 1Kin 13 21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus says the LORD, Because you have disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you, 1Kin 13 22 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 carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of your fathers. 1Kin 13 23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 1Kin 13 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. 1Kin 13 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 1Kin 13 26 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 has delivered him unto the lion, which has torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke unto him. 1Kin 13 27 And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey. And they saddled it. 1Kin 13 28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the donkey. 1Kin 13 29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the donkey, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 1Kin 13 30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! 1Kin 13 31 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 sepulchre in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: 1Kin 13 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. 1Kin 13 33 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. 1Kin 13 34 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, Chapter 14 1Kin 14 1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 1Kin 14 2 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, who told me that I should be king over this people. 1Kin 14 3 And take with you ten loaves, and cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him: he shall tell you what shall become of the child. 1Kin 14 4 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 dim by reason of his age. 1Kin 14 5 And the LORD said unto 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 unto her: for it shall be, when she comes in, that she shall pretend to be another woman. 1Kin 14 6 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 pretend yourself to be another? for I am sent to you with heavy tidings. 1Kin 14 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Since I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over my people Israel, 1Kin 14 8 And tore 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; 1Kin 14 9 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: 1Kin 14 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, 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 refuse, till it is all gone. 1Kin 14 11 He that dies of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and he that dies in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD has spoken it. 1Kin 14 12 Arise therefore, get you to your own house: and when your feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 1Kin 14 13 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. 1Kin 14 14 Moreover the LORD shall raise up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: what? even now. 1Kin 14 15 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 idol poles, provoking the LORD to anger. 1Kin 14 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 1Kin 14 17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 1Kin 14 18 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. 1Kin 14 19 And 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. 1Kin 14 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place. 1Kin 14 21 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. 1Kin 14 22 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. 1Kin 14 23 For they also built them high places, and images, and idol poles, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 1Kin 14 24 And there were also male prostitutes in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 1Kin 14 25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 1Kin 14 26 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. 1Kin 14 27 And king Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house. 1Kin 14 28 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. 1Kin 14 29 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? 1Kin 14 30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 1Kin 14 31 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 place. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 15 1Kin 15 1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 1Kin 15 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 1Kin 15 3 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. 1Kin 15 4 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: 1Kin 15 5 Because David did that which 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 only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 1Kin 15 6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 1Kin 15 7 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. 1Kin 15 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place. 1Kin 15 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 1Kin 15 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his grandmother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 1Kin 15 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 1Kin 15 12 And he took away the male prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 1Kin 15 13 And also Maachah his grandmother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image on an idol pole; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. 1Kin 15 14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. 1Kin 15 15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. 1Kin 15 16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 1Kin 15 17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 1Kin 15 18 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 Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 1Kin 15 19 There is a treaty between me and you, and between my father and your father: behold, I have sent unto you a present of silver and gold; come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 1Kin 15 20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies whom he had against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 1Kin 15 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard of it, that he stopped building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 1Kin 15 22 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. 1Kin 15 23 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. 1Kin 15 24 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. 1Kin 15 25 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. 1Kin 15 26 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. 1Kin 15 27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha killed him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. 1Kin 15 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his place. 1Kin 15 29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he killed 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 spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 1Kin 15 30 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. 1Kin 15 31 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? 1Kin 15 32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 1Kin 15 33 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. 1Kin 15 34 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, Chapter 16 1Kin 16 1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 1Kin 16 2 Since I exalted you out of the dust, and made you ruler 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; 1Kin 16 3 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. 1Kin 16 4 He that dies of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and he that dies of him in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. 1Kin 16 5 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? 1Kin 16 6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his place. 1Kin 16 7 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 them. 1Kin 16 8 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. 1Kin 16 9 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. 1Kin 16 10 And Zimri went in and struck him down, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place. 1Kin 16 11 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 single male, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. 1Kin 16 12 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, 1Kin 16 13 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. 1Kin 16 14 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? 1Kin 16 15 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. 1Kin 16 16 And the people that were encamped heard it said, Zimri has conspired, and has also slain the king: therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. 1Kin 16 17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 1Kin 16 18 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 burned the king's house over him with fire, and he died, 1Kin 16 19 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. 1Kin 16 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he committed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 1Kin 16 21 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. 1Kin 16 22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. 1Kin 16 23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years he reigned in Tirzah. 1Kin 16 24 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. 1Kin 16 25 But Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. 1Kin 16 26 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. 1Kin 16 27 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? 1Kin 16 28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his place. 1Kin 16 29 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. 1Kin 16 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. 1Kin 16 31 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 as his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him. 1Kin 16 32 And he raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 1Kin 16 33 And Ahab made an idol pole; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. 1Kin 16 34 In his days did Hiel of Bethel build Jericho: he laid the foundation of it at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates of it at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 17 1Kin 17 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto 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. 1Kin 17 2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 1Kin 17 3 Get you from here, and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is east of the Jordan. 1Kin 17 4 And it shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. 1Kin 17 5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is east of the Jordan. 1Kin 17 6 And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 1Kin 17 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 1Kin 17 8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 1Kin 17 9 Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you. 1Kin 17 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 1Kin 17 11 And as she was going to bring it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of bread in your hand. 1Kin 17 12 And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I have not bread, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 1Kin 17 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make me from it a little loaf first, and bring it unto me, and after that make some for you and for your son. 1Kin 17 14 For thus says the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not run out, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth. 1Kin 17 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 1Kin 17 16 And the barrel of meal did not run out, neither did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Elijah. 1Kin 17 17 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 severe, that there was no breath left in him. 1Kin 17 18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with you, O you man of God? are you come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? 1Kin 17 19 And he said unto her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he was staying, and laid him upon his own bed. 1Kin 17 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have you also brought tragedy upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? 1Kin 17 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray you, let this child's soul come into him again. 1Kin 17 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 1Kin 17 23 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, your son lives. 1Kin 17 24 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, Chapter 18 1Kin 18 1 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 unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. 1Kin 18 2 And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And there was a severe famine in Samaria. 1Kin 18 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: 1Kin 18 4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) 1Kin 18 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the animals. 1Kin 18 6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 1Kin 18 7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Are you my lord Elijah? 1Kin 18 8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 1Kin 18 9 And he said, How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 1Kin 18 10 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. 1Kin 18 11 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 1Kin 18 12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the spirit of the LORD shall carry you I know not where; 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. 1Kin 18 13 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 fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 1Kin 18 14 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. 1Kin 18 15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him today. 1Kin 18 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 1Kin 18 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Are you he that troubles Israel? 1Kin 18 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed Baalim. 1Kin 18 19 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 idol poles four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table. 1Kin 18 20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. 1Kin 18 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long do you halt between two opinions? if the LORD is God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 1Kin 18 22 Then said Eliajah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 1Kin 18 23 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 it: and I will prepare the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under it: 1Kin 18 24 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. 1Kin 18 25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and prepare it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under it. 1Kin 18 26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they prepared 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. 1Kin 18 27 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 busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps, and must be awaked. 1Kin 18 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them. 1Kin 18 29 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. 1Kin 18 30 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. 1Kin 18 31 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 your name: 1Kin 18 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench around the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 1Kin 18 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. 1Kin 18 34 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. 1Kin 18 35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. 1Kin 18 36 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. 1Kin 18 37 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. 1Kin 18 38 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. 1Kin 18 39 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. 1Kin 18 40 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. 1Kin 18 41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. 1Kin 18 42 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, 1Kin 18 43 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. 1Kin 18 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there arises a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare your chariot, and get you down, that the rain stops you not. 1Kin 18 45 And it came to pass in a little while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. 1Kin 18 46 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, Chapter 19 1Kin 19 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 1Kin 19 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto 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 tomorrow about this time. 1Kin 19 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 1Kin 19 4 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. 1Kin 19 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 1Kin 19 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid himself down again. 1Kin 19 7 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. 1Kin 19 8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 1Kin 19 9 And he came there unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What do you here, Elijah? 1Kin 19 10 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. 1Kin 19 11 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 tore 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: 1Kin 19 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 1Kin 19 13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What do you here, Elijah? 1Kin 19 14 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. 1Kin 19 15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: 1Kin 19 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shall you anoint to be prophet in your place. 1Kin 19 17 And it shall come to pass, that he that escapes the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and he that escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 1Kin 19 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him. 1Kin 19 19 So he departed from 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 upon him. 1Kin 19 20 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 unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to you? 1Kin 19 21 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, Chapter 20 1Kin 20 1 And Ben-hadad 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. 1Kin 20 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus says Ben-hadad, 1Kin 20 3 Your silver and your gold is mine; your wives also and your children, even the fairest, are mine. 1Kin 20 4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to your saying, I am yours, and all that I have. 1Kin 20 5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto you, saying, You shall deliver me your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children; 1Kin 20 6 Yet I will send my servants unto you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. 1Kin 20 7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeks trouble: 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. 1Kin 20 8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. 1Kin 20 9 Therefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do: but this thing I will not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. 1Kin 20 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for a handful for each of the people that follow me. 1Kin 20 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his armor boast himself as he that puts it off. 1Kin 20 12 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. 1Kin 20 13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus says 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. 1Kin 20 14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus says 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. 1Kin 20 15 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. 1Kin 20 16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. 1Kin 20 17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. 1Kin 20 18 And he said, If they be come out for peace, take them alive; or if they be come out for war, take them alive. 1Kin 20 19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. 1Kin 20 20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen. 1Kin 20 21 And the king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. 1Kin 20 22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen yourself, and consider, and see what you should do: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you. 1Kin 20 23 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. 1Kin 20 24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their places: 1Kin 20 25 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 hearkened unto their voice, and did so. 1Kin 20 26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. 1Kin 20 27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. 1Kin 20 28 And there came a man of God, and spoke unto the king of Israel, and said, 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 will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD. 1Kin 20 29 And they encamped 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 a hundred thousand footmen in one day. 1Kin 20 30 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 Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. 1Kin 20 31 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 you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save your life. 1Kin 20 32 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, I pray you, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. 1Kin 20 33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any sign of mercy would come from him, and did quickly catch it: and they said, Your brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. 1Kin 20 34 And Ben-hadad said unto 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. Then said Ahab, I will send you away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. 1Kin 20 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbor by the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray you. And the man refused to smite him. 1Kin 20 36 Then said he unto 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. 1Kin 20 37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray you. And the man struck him, so that in smiting he wounded him. 1Kin 20 38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. 1Kin 20 39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Your 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 your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver. 1Kin 20 40 And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall your judgment be; you have decided it. 1Kin 20 41 And he hurried, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. 1Kin 20 42 And he said unto him, Thus says 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. 1Kin 20 43 And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 21 1Kin 21 1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, near by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 1Kin 21 2 And Ahab spoke unto Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you the worth of it in money. 1Kin 21 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto you. 1Kin 21 4 And Ahab came into his house sullen 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 himself down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 1Kin 21 5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread? 1Kin 21 6 And he said unto her, Because I spoke unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard. 1Kin 21 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto 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. 1Kin 21 8 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. 1Kin 21 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 1Kin 21 10 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. 1Kin 21 11 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. 1Kin 21 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 1Kin 21 13 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, so that he died. 1Kin 21 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 1Kin 21 15 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. 1Kin 21 16 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. 1Kin 21 17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 1Kin 21 18 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 possess it. 1Kin 21 19 And you shall speak unto him, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak unto him, saying, Thus says the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours. 1Kin 21 20 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. 1Kin 21 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male, and he that is shut up and left in Israel, 1Kin 21 22 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. 1Kin 21 23 And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 1Kin 21 24 He that dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and he that dies in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 1Kin 21 25 But there was none like unto Ahab, who did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 1Kin 21 26 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. 1Kin 21 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 1Kin 21 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 1Kin 21 29 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's days will I bring the evil upon his house. ------------------------1 Kings, Chapter 22 1Kin 22 1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. 1Kin 22 2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 1Kin 22 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know you that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we are still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? 1Kin 22 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to 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. 1Kin 22 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray you, at the word of the LORD today. 1Kin 22 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 1Kin 22 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him? 1Kin 22 8 And the king of Israel said unto 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. 1Kin 22 9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah. 1Kin 22 10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in the threshing floor in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 1Kin 22 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus says the LORD, With these shall you push the Syrians, until you have consumed them. 1Kin 22 12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand. 1Kin 22 13 And the messenger that had gone to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto 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. 1Kin 22 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD lives, what the LORD says unto me, that will I speak. 1Kin 22 15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead 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. 1Kin 22 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure you that you tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? 1Kin 22 17 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. 1Kin 22 18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 1Kin 22 19 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. 1Kin 22 20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 1Kin 22 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. 1Kin 22 22 And the LORD said unto him, By what means? 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. 1Kin 22 23 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. 1Kin 22 24 But Zedekiah the 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 unto you? 1Kin 22 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see in that day, when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself. 1Kin 22 26 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; 1Kin 22 27 And say, Thus says 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. 1Kin 22 28 And Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. 1Kin 22 29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 1Kin 22 30 And the king of Israel said unto 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. 1Kin 22 31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, but only with the king of Israel. 1Kin 22 32 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. 1Kin 22 33 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. 1Kin 22 34 And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor: therefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am wounded. 1Kin 22 35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was propped up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at evening: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. 1Kin 22 36 And there went a proclamation throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. 1Kin 22 37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. 1Kin 22 38 And someone 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 spoke. 1Kin 22 39 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? 1Kin 22 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. 1Kin 22 41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 1Kin 22 42 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. 1Kin 22 43 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. 1Kin 22 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 1Kin 22 45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he made war, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 1Kin 22 46 And the remnant of the male prostitutes, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. 1Kin 22 47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. 1Kin 22 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. 1Kin 22 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. 1Kin 22 50 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 place. 1Kin 22 51 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. 1Kin 22 52 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: 1Kin 22 53 For he served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 1 2Kin 1 1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2Kin 1 2 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, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. 2Kin 1 3 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 because there is not a God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? 2Kin 1 4 Now therefore thus says the LORD, You shall not come down from that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed. 2Kin 1 5 And when the messengers returned unto him, he said unto them, Why are you now returned ? 2Kin 1 6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, return unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus says the LORD, Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die. 2Kin 1 7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words? 2Kin 1 8 And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and wearing a belt of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. 2Kin 1 9 hen the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke unto him, You man of God, the king has said, Come down. 2Kin 1 10 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 men. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 2Kin 1 11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty men. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly. 2Kin 1 12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume you and your fifty men. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 2Kin 1 13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty men. 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 you, let my life, and the life of these fifty men your servants, be precious in your sight. 2Kin 1 14 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. 2Kin 1 15 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. 2Kin 1 16 And he said unto him, Thus says the LORD, Since 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 off that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die. 2Kin 1 17 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. 2Kin 1 18 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, Chapter 2 2Kin 2 1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2Kin 2 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Beth-el. 2Kin 2 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Know you that the LORD will take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold your peace. 2Kin 2 4 And Elijah said unto 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. 2Kin 2 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Know you that the LORD will take away your master from over you today? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold your peace. 2Kin 2 6 And Elijah said unto 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 both went on. 2Kin 2 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view from afar off: and they both stood by the Jordan. 2Kin 2 8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they both went over on dry ground. 2Kin 2 9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto 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 upon me. 2Kin 2 10 And he said, You have asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so unto you; but if not, it shall not be so. 2Kin 2 11 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 separated them both; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2Kin 2 12 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 tore them in two pieces. 2Kin 2 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 2Kin 2 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had struck the waters, they parted to the one side and to the other: and Elisha went over. 2Kin 2 15 And when the sons of the prophets who were from 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. 2Kin 2 16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there are 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 upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send them. 2Kin 2 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send them. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. 2Kin 2 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 2Kin 2 19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the ground barren. 2Kin 2 20 And he said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him. 2Kin 2 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus says the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or barren land. 2Kin 2 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke. 2Kin 2 23 And he went up from there unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth youths out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, you bald head; go up, you bald head. 2Kin 2 24 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 tore forty and two of the youths. 2Kin 2 25 And he went from there to mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 3 2Kin 3 1 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. 2Kin 3 2 And he did 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. 2Kin 3 3 Nevertheless he clung unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin; he departed not from them. 2Kin 3 4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and rendered unto the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 2Kin 3 5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 2Kin 3 6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. 2Kin 3 7 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. 2Kin 3 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. 2Kin 3 9 So the king of Israel went, and 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, and for the cattle that followed them. 2Kin 3 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! the LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! 2Kin 3 11 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's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah. 2Kin 3 12 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. 2Kin 3 13 And Elisha said unto 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 unto him, Nay: for the LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. 2Kin 3 14 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. 2Kin 3 15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. 2Kin 3 16 And he said, Thus says the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. 2Kin 3 17 For thus says 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 animals. 2Kin 3 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. 2Kin 3 19 And you shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop up all wells of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones. 2Kin 3 20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. 2Kin 3 21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor, and older, and stood in the border. 2Kin 3 22 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: 2Kin 3 23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 2Kin 3 24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. 2Kin 3 25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and covered it; and they stopped up all the wells of water, and cut down all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they its stones; the slingers surrounded it, and conquered it. 2Kin 3 26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce 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. 2Kin 3 27 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 came great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 4 2Kin 4 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor has come to take unto him my two sons to be slaves. 2Kin 4 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for you? tell me, what have you in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has not anything in the house, except a pot of oil. 2Kin 4 3 Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels outside of all your neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 2Kin 4 4 And when you are come in, you shall shut the door upon you and upon your sons, and shall pour out into all those vessels, and you shall set aside that which is full. 2Kin 4 5 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. 2Kin 4 6 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 stopped flowing. 2Kin 4 7 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 from the rest. 2Kin 4 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a wealthy woman; and she urged him to eat some food. And so it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat some food. 2Kin 4 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually. 2Kin 4 10 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 lampstand: and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there. 2Kin 4 11 And it fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. 2Kin 4 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. 2Kin 4 13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, you have cared 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 army? And she answered, I dwell among my own people. 2Kin 4 14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she has no child, and her husband is old. 2Kin 4 15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. 2Kin 4 16 And he said, About this season, next year, you shall embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, you man of God, do not lie unto your handmaid. 2Kin 4 17 And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that time that Elisha had said unto her, according to the appointed time. 2Kin 4 18 And when the child was grown, on a certain day, he went out to his father to the reapers. 2Kin 4 19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 2Kin 4 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 2Kin 4 21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. 2Kin 4 22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray you, one of the young men, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. 2Kin 4 23 And he said, Why will you go to him today? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. 2Kin 4 24 Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not your riding for me, except I bid you. 2Kin 4 25 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: 2Kin 4 26 Run now, I pray you, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with you? is it well with your husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well. 2Kin 4 27 And when she came to the man of God at the mountain, 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 bitter within her: and the LORD has hid it from me, and has not told me. 2Kin 4 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? 2Kin 4 29 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, greet him not; and if any greet you, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. 2Kin 4 30 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. 2Kin 4 31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child has not awakened. 2Kin 4 32 And when Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 2Kin 4 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon the two of them, and prayed unto the LORD. 2Kin 4 34 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 he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child became warm. 2Kin 4 35 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. 2Kin 4 36 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 your son. 2Kin 4 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. 2Kin 4 38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a famine 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 boil pottage for the sons of the prophets. 2Kin 4 39 And 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 shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. 2Kin 4 40 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 of it. 2Kin 4 41 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. 2Kin 4 42 And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. 2Kin 4 43 And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus says the LORD, They shall eat, and shall have some left. 2Kin 4 44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and had some left, according to the word of the LORD. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 5 2Kin 5 1 Now Naaman, captain of the army 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. 2Kin 5 2 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. 2Kin 5 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would cure him of his leprosy. 2Kin 5 4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. 2Kin 5 5 And the king of Syria said, Go now, 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. 2Kin 5 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto you, behold, I have with it sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy. 2Kin 5 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send unto me to cure a man of his leprosy? therefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me. 2Kin 5 8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 2Kin 5 9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 2Kin 5 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean. 2Kin 5 11 But Naaman was angry, 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 cure the leperosy. 2Kin 5 12 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. 2Kin 5 13 And his servants came near, and spoke unto 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 says to you, Wash, and be clean? 2Kin 5 14 Then he went down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh was restored again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 2Kin 5 15 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 from your servant. 2Kin 5 16 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. 2Kin 5 17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray you, be given to your servant two mules' burden of earth? for your servant will never offer either burnt offering or sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. 2Kin 5 18 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. 2Kin 5 19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. 2Kin 5 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving from his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him. 2Kin 5 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? 2Kin 5 22 And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, even now there has 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. 2Kin 5 23 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 bore them before him. 2Kin 5 24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and put them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. 2Kin 5 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, From where come you, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere. 2Kin 5 26 And he said unto 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 oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 2Kin 5 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cling unto you, and unto your descendants forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 6 2Kin 6 1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with you is too small for us. 2Kin 6 2 Let us go, we pray you, unto the Jordan, and take there every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go. 2Kin 6 3 And one said, Be content, I pray you, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go. 2Kin 6 4 So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood. 2Kin 6 5 But as one was cutting down a tree, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. 2Kin 6 6 And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in there; and the iron did float. 2Kin 6 7 Therefore he said, Take it up to you. And he put out his hand, and took it. 2Kin 6 8 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. 2Kin 6 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you pass not this place; for there the Syrians have come down. 2Kin 6 10 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. 2Kin 6 11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel? 2Kin 6 12 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. 2Kin 6 13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and bring him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 2Kin 6 14 Therefore sent he there horses, and chariots, and a great army: and they came by night, and surrounded the city. 2Kin 6 15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an army compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! what shall we do? 2Kin 6 16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 2Kin 6 17 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. 2Kin 6 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Strike these people, I pray you, with blindness. And he struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. 2Kin 6 19 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 you seek. But he led them to Samaria. 2Kin 6 20 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. 2Kin 6 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I slay them? shall I slay them? 2Kin 6 22 And he answered, You shall not slay them: would you slay 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. 2Kin 6 23 And he prepared a great feast 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. 2Kin 6 24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 2Kin 6 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 2Kin 6 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 2Kin 6 27 And he said, If the LORD does not help you, how shall I help you? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? 2Kin 6 28 And the king said unto her, What ails you? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. 2Kin 6 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hid her son. 2Kin 6 30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth beneath upon his flesh. 2Kin 6 31 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. 2Kin 6 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but before 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's feet behind him? 2Kin 6 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer? ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 7 2Kin 7 1 Then Elisha said, Hear you the word of the LORD; Thus says the LORD, Tomorrow 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. 2Kin 7 2 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 of it. 2Kin 7 3 And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 2Kin 7 4 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 army of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 2Kin 7 5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the edge of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. 2Kin 7 6 For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 2Kin 7 7 Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. 2Kin 7 8 And when these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried from there also, and went and hid it. 2Kin 7 9 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. 2Kin 7 10 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 donkeys tied, and the tents as they were. 2Kin 7 11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house inside. 2Kin 7 12 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 are 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. 2Kin 7 13 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. 2Kin 7 14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. 2Kin 7 15 And they went after them unto the 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. 2Kin 7 16 And 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, according to the word of the LORD. 2Kin 7 17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him. 2Kin 7 18 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 tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: 2Kin 7 19 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 of it. 2Kin 7 20 And so it happened unto him: for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 8 2Kin 8 1 Then spoke Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wheresoever you can sojourn: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. 2Kin 8 2 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. 2Kin 8 3 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. 2Kin 8 4 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. 2Kin 8 5 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. 2Kin 8 6 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. 2Kin 8 7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God has come here. 2Kin 8 8 And the king said unto 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? 2Kin 8 9 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 Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 2Kin 8 10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, You may certainly recover: however the LORD has shown me that he shall surely die. 2Kin 8 11 And he set his countenance and stared, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. 2Kin 8 12 And Hazael said, Why do you weep my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that you will do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds 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. 2Kin 8 13 And Hazael said, But what, is your servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD has shown me that you shall be king over Syria. 2Kin 8 14 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. 2Kin 8 15 And it came to pass on the next day, 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. 2Kin 8 16 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. 2Kin 8 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 2Kin 8 18 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. 2Kin 8 19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children. 2Kin 8 20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 2Kin 8 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. 2Kin 8 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. 2Kin 8 23 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? 2Kin 8 24 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. 2Kin 8 25 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. 2Kin 8 26 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. 2Kin 8 27 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. 2Kin 8 28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. 2Kin 8 29 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, Chapter 9 2Kin 9 1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead: 2Kin 9 2 And when you come there, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and take him to an inner chamber; 2Kin 9 3 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 tarry not. 2Kin 9 4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 2Kin 9 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting; and he said, I have a message to you, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of us? And he said, To you, O captain. 2Kin 9 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. 2Kin 9 7 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. 2Kin 9 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond and free that is left in Israel: 2Kin 9 9 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: 2Kin 9 10 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. 2Kin 9 11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? And he said unto them, You know the man, and his communication. 2Kin 9 12 And they said, That is not true; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus says the LORD, I have anointed you king over Israel. 2Kin 9 13 Then they hastened, 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. 2Kin 9 14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had defended Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, against Hazael king of Syria. 2Kin 9 15 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, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 2Kin 9 16 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. 2Kin 9 17 And there stood a watchman 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 to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? 2Kin 9 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger came to them, but he comes not back again. 2Kin 9 19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. 2Kin 9 20 And the watchman reported, saying, He came even unto them, and comes not back: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously. 2Kin 9 21 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 property of Naboth the Jezreelite. 2Kin 9 22 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 harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 2Kin 9 23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. 2Kin 9 24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and struck Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 2Kin 9 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take him 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 upon him; 2Kin 9 26 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 plot, says the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plot of ground, according to the word of the LORD. 2Kin 9 27 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, Shoot him also in the chariot. And they did so at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. 2Kin 9 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. 2Kin 9 29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. 2Kin 9 30 And when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window. 2Kin 9 31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? 2Kin 9 32 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. 2Kin 9 33 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 trod her under foot. 2Kin 9 34 And when he had 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. 2Kin 9 35 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. 2Kin 9 36 Therefore 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 territory of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: 2Kin 9 37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as refuse upon the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 10 2Kin 10 1 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, 2Kin 10 2 Now as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor; 2Kin 10 3 Choose the best and fittest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. 2Kin 10 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 2Kin 10 5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the guardians 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. 2Kin 10 6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you are mine, and if you will hearken unto my voice, take you the heads of the men, your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up. 2Kin 10 7 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 them to him at Jezreel. 2Kin 10 8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning. 2Kin 10 9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, You are righteous: indeed, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 2Kin 10 10 Know now that there shall fall unto 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. 2Kin 10 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his close associates, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. 2Kin 10 12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, 2Kin 10 13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we are going down to greet the children of the king and the children of the queen. 2Kin 10 14 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. 2Kin 10 15 And when he was departed 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. If it be, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. 2Kin 10 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they had him ride in his chariot. 2Kin 10 17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed them, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke to Elijah. 2Kin 10 18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. 2Kin 10 19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be missing: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be missing, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 2Kin 10 20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. 2Kin 10 21 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 the other. 2Kin 10 22 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. 2Kin 10 23 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. 2Kin 10 24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men outside, 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. 2Kin 10 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had finished 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 struck 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. 2Kin 10 26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. 2Kin 10 27 And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a refuse dump unto this day. 2Kin 10 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 2Kin 10 29 However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, that is, from the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan. 2Kin 10 30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done unto 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. 2Kin 10 31 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, who made Israel to sin. 2Kin 10 32 In those days the LORD began to cut off parts of Israel: and Hazael defeated them in all the territory of Israel; 2Kin 10 33 From the 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. 2Kin 10 34 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? 2Kin 10 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 2Kin 10 36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 11 2Kin 11 1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs. 2Kin 11 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 2Kin 11 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. 2Kin 11 4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought 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. 2Kin 11 5 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 over the king's house; 2Kin 11 6 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. 2Kin 11 7 And two divisions of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. 2Kin 11 8 And you shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that comes within the ranks, let him be slain: and be you with the king as he goes out and as he comes in. 2Kin 11 9 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. 2Kin 11 10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. 2Kin 11 11 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. 2Kin 11 12 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. 2Kin 11 13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. 2Kin 11 14 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 tore her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. 2Kin 11 15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the army, and said unto them, Take her forth outside with the ranks: and he that follows her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. 2Kin 11 16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain. 2Kin 11 17 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. 2Kin 11 18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and broke it down; its altars and its 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. 2Kin 11 19 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. 2Kin 11 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: because they slew Athaliah with the sword at the king's house. 2Kin 11 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 12 2Kin 12 1 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 Beer-sheba. 2Kin 12 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 2Kin 12 3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 2Kin 12 4 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 everyone that is in the census, the money that every man is assessed, and all the money that comes into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD, 2Kin 12 5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the damages of the house, whereever any damage shall be found. 2Kin 12 6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the damages of the house. 2Kin 12 7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair you not the damages of the house? now therefore take no more money of your acquaintances, but deliver it to repair the damages of the house. 2Kin 12 8 And the priests consented to take no more money of the people, neither to repair the damages of the house. 2Kin 12 9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in its lid, 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 in it all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. 2Kin 12 10 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 it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD. 2Kin 12 11 And they gave the money, being counted, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they paid it out to the carpenters and builders, that worked upon the house of the LORD, 2Kin 12 12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the damages of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. 2Kin 12 13 However there were not made for the house of the LORD basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: 2Kin 12 14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired with it the house of the LORD. 2Kin 12 15 Moreover they required no accounting with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to the workmen: for they dealt faithfully. 2Kin 12 16 The trespass offering money and sin offering money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'. 2Kin 12 17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 2Kin 12 18 And 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 in the treasuries 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. 2Kin 12 19 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? 2Kin 12 20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, on the road which goes down to Silla. 2Kin 12 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him down, 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, Chapter 13 2Kin 13 1 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. 2Kin 13 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin; he departed not from there. 2Kin 13 3 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 Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all their days. 2Kin 13 4 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. 2Kin 13 5 (And the LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as before. 2Kin 13 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked in them: and there remained the idol poles also in Samaria.) 2Kin 13 7 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 at threshing. 2Kin 13 8 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? 2Kin 13 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. 2Kin 13 10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years. 2Kin 13 11 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 in them. 2Kin 13 12 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? 2Kin 13 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. 2Kin 13 14 Now Elisha had fallen sick of his sickness of which 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. 2Kin 13 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. 2Kin 13 16 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. 2Kin 13 17 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 you shall smite the Syrians in Aphek, till you have consumed them. 2Kin 13 18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Strike the ground. And he struck three times, and stopped. 2Kin 13 19 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 till you had consumed it: whereas now you shall strike down Syria but three times. 2Kin 13 20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land in the spring of the year. 2Kin 13 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they saw 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. 2Kin 13 22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 2Kin 13 23 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. 2Kin 13 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead. 2Kin 13 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad 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, Chapter 14 2Kin 14 1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 2Kin 14 2 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. 2Kin 14 3 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. 2Kin 14 4 However the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 2Kin 14 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father. 2Kin 14 6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, in which 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. 2Kin 14 7 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. 2Kin 14 8 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. 2Kin 14 9 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 trode down the thistle. 2Kin 14 10 You have indeed struck down Edom, and your heart has lifted you up: glory in this, and tarry at home: for why should you meddle to your harm, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you? 2Kin 14 11 But Amaziah would not listen. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 2Kin 14 12 And Judah was defeated before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. 2Kin 14 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 2Kin 14 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. 2Kin 14 15 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? 2Kin 14 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 2Kin 14 17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 2Kin 14 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2Kin 14 19 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. 2Kin 14 20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 2Kin 14 21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 2Kin 14 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. 2Kin 14 23 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. 2Kin 14 24 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. 2Kin 14 25 He restored the border 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 spoke by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher. 2Kin 14 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any, bond nor free left, nor any helper for Israel. 2Kin 14 27 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. 2Kin 14 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he made war, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2Kin 14 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 15 2Kin 15 1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 2Kin 15 2 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 Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 2Kin 15 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 2Kin 15 4 Except that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. 2Kin 15 5 And the LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land. 2Kin 15 6 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? 2Kin 15 7 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. 2Kin 15 8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. 2Kin 15 9 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. 2Kin 15 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him down before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 2Kin 15 11 And the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 2Kin 15 12 This was the word of the LORD which he spoke unto Jehu, saying, Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. 2Kin 15 13 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. 2Kin 15 14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and struck sown Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 2Kin 15 15 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. 2Kin 15 16 Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the territory thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he attacked it; and all the women in it that were with child he ripped up. 2Kin 15 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and he reigned ten years in Samaria. 2Kin 15 18 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. 2Kin 15 19 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. 2Kin 15 20 And Menahem exacted the money from 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. 2Kin 15 21 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? 2Kin 15 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. 2Kin 15 23 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. 2Kin 15 24 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. 2Kin 15 25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and struck him down 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 stead. 2Kin 15 26 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. 2Kin 15 27 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. 2Kin 15 28 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. 2Kin 15 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and captured Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. 2Kin 15 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him down, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 2Kin 15 31 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. 2Kin 15 32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 2Kin 15 33 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. 2Kin 15 34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 2Kin 15 35 However the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD. 2Kin 15 36 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? 2Kin 15 37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 2Kin 15 38 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, Chapter 16 2Kin 16 1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2Kin 16 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. 2Kin 16 3 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 nations, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. 2Kin 16 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 2Kin 16 5 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. 2Kin 16 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria captured Elath for Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 2Kin 16 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser 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, who rise up against me. 2Kin 16 8 And 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 it for a present to the king of Assyria. 2Kin 16 9 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. 2Kin 16 10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 2Kin 16 11 And Uriah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Uriah the priest made it before king Ahaz came from Damascus. 2Kin 16 12 And when the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. 2Kin 16 13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his grain offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. 2Kin 16 14 And he brought also the bronze altar, which was before the LORD, from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 2Kin 16 15 And king Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening grain offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their grain 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 bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by. 2Kin 16 16 Thus did Uriah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. 2Kin 16 17 And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the stands, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. 2Kin 16 18 And the covered place for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's outer entry, he removed from the house of the LORD because of the king of Assyria. 2Kin 16 19 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? 2Kin 16 20 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, Chapter 17 2Kin 17 1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 2Kin 17 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 2Kin 17 3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. 2Kin 17 4 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. 2Kin 17 5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. 2Kin 17 6 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. 2Kin 17 7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 2Kin 17 8 And walked in the statutes of the nations, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 2Kin 17 9 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 fortified city. 2Kin 17 10 And they set them up images and idol poles on every high hill, and under every green tree: 2Kin 17 11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations which the LORD carried away before them; and did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 2Kin 17 12 For they served idols, of which the LORD had said unto them, You shall not do this thing. 2Kin 17 13 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. 2Kin 17 14 Nevertheless they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. 2Kin 17 15 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 nations that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. 2Kin 17 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an idol pole and worshiped all the army of heaven, and served Baal. 2Kin 17 17 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. 2Kin 17 18 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. 2Kin 17 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 2Kin 17 20 And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 2Kin 17 21 For he tore 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. 2Kin 17 22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; 2Kin 17 23 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. 2Kin 17 24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, 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 its cities. 2Kin 17 25 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. 2Kin 17 26 Therefore 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. 2Kin 17 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Send there 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. 2Kin 17 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. 2Kin 17 29 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 in which they dwelt. 2Kin 17 30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 2Kin 17 31 And the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 2Kin 17 32 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. 2Kin 17 33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from there. 2Kin 17 34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they follow their statutes, or their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 2Kin 17 35 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: 2Kin 17 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you worship, and to him shall you do sacrifice. 2Kin 17 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forevermore; and you shall not fear other gods. 2Kin 17 38 And the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget; neither shall you fear other gods. 2Kin 17 39 But the LORD your God you shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 2Kin 17 40 However they did not hearken, but they did according to their former manner. 2Kin 17 41 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, Chapter 18 2Kin 18 1 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. 2Kin 18 2 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. 2Kin 18 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. 2Kin 18 4 He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the idol poles, and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made: for until those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. 2Kin 18 5 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. 2Kin 18 6 For he clung to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. 2Kin 18 7 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. 2Kin 18 8 He struck the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. 2Kin 18 9 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. 2Kin 18 10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 2Kin 18 11 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: 2Kin 18 12 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. 2Kin 18 13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. 2Kin 18 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; turn away from me: that which you put 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. 2Kin 18 15 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. 2Kin 18 16 At that time did Hezekiah strip 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. 2Kin 18 17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller's field. 2Kin 18 18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. 2Kin 18 19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak you now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust? 2Kin 18 20 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? 2Kin 18 21 Now, behold, you trust 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 in him. 2Kin 18 22 But if you say unto 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? 2Kin 18 23 Now therefore, I pray you, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders upon them. 2Kin 18 24 How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 2Kin 18 25 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. 2Kin 18 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray you, to your servants in the Aramaic 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. 2Kin 18 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat and drink their own waste with you? 2Kin 18 28 Then Rab-shakeh 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: 2Kin 18 29 Thus says the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: 2Kin 18 30 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. 2Kin 18 31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by paying a tribute, and come out to me, and then eat you every man of his own vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and drink you everyone the waters of his cistern: 2Kin 18 32 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, a land of olive oil and of honey, that you may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. 2Kin 18 33 Has any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 2Kin 18 34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 2Kin 18 35 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? 2Kin 18 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, Answer him not. 2Kin 18 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 19 2Kin 19 1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2Kin 19 2 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. 2Kin 19 3 And they said unto him, Thus says 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 them forth. 2Kin 19 4 It may be the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, 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: therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that are left. 2Kin 19 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 2Kin 19 6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus says the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 2Kin 19 7 Behold, I will send a spirit 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. 2Kin 19 8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish. 2Kin 19 9 And when he heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he has come out to fight against you: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, 2Kin 19 10 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. 2Kin 19 11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered? 2Kin 19 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them whom my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telasar? 2Kin 19 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? 2Kin 19 14 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. 2Kin 19 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, who dwells between the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. 2Kin 19 16 LORD, bow down your ear, and hear: open, LORD, your eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, who has sent him to reproach the living God. 2Kin 19 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 2Kin 19 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. 2Kin 19 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech you, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are the LORD God, even you only. 2Kin 19 20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, That which you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 2Kin 19 21 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. 2Kin 19 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. 2Kin 19 23 By your messengers you have reproached the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have 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 extremity of its borders, and into the forest of its Carmel. 2Kin 19 24 I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. 2Kin 19 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 lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 2Kin 19 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 grain blighted before it is grown up. 2Kin 19 27 But I know your dwelling place, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against me. 2Kin 19 28 Because your rage against me and your tumult has 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 in the way by which you came. 2Kin 19 29 And this shall be a sign unto 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 fruit thereof. 2Kin 19 30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 2Kin 19 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. 2Kin 19 32 Therefore thus says 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 up a seige mound against it. 2Kin 19 33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, says the LORD. 2Kin 19 34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 2Kin 19 35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 2Kin 19 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 2Kin 19 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him down with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 20 2Kin 20 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus says the LORD, Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live. 2Kin 20 2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, 2Kin 20 3 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 bitterly. 2Kin 20 4 And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 2Kin 20 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the ruler of my people, Thus says 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 unto the house of the LORD. 2Kin 20 6 And I will add unto 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's sake. 2Kin 20 7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. 2Kin 20 8 And Hezekiah had 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? 2Kin 20 9 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? 2Kin 20 10 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. 2Kin 20 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz. 2Kin 20 12 At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 2Kin 20 13 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. 2Kin 20 14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from where came they unto you? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. 2Kin 20 15 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 shown them. 2Kin 20 16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. 2Kin 20 17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, says the LORD. 2Kin 20 18 And of your sons that shall descend from you, whom you shall beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 2Kin 20 19 Then said Hezekiah unto 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? 2Kin 20 20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and an aqueduct, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2Kin 20 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 21 2Kin 21 1 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. 2Kin 21 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the nations, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 2Kin 21 3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an idol pole, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshiped all the army of heaven, and served them. 2Kin 21 4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 2Kin 21 5 And he built altars for all the army of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 2Kin 21 6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and practiced soothsaying, and used witchcraft, and dealt with mediums and wizards: he did much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 2Kin 21 7 And he set a graven image of the idol pole 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 the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever: 2Kin 21 8 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. 2Kin 21 9 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. 2Kin 21 10 And the LORD spoke by his servants the prophets, saying, 2Kin 21 11 Because Manasseh king of Judah has done 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: 2Kin 21 12 Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle. 2Kin 21 13 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. 2Kin 21 14 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; 2Kin 21 15 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. 2Kin 21 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. 2Kin 21 17 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? 2Kin 21 18 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. 2Kin 21 19 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. 2Kin 21 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. 2Kin 21 21 And he walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them: 2Kin 21 22 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. 2Kin 21 23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 2Kin 21 24 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. 2Kin 21 25 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? 2Kin 21 26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 22 2Kin 22 1 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 Bozcath. 2Kin 22 2 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. 2Kin 22 3 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, 2Kin 22 4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered from the people: 2Kin 22 5 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 who are in the house of the LORD, to repair the damages of the house, 2Kin 22 6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 2Kin 22 7 However there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. 2Kin 22 8 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. 2Kin 22 9 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. 2Kin 22 10 And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 2Kin 22 11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes. 2Kin 22 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, 2Kin 22 13 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 hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. 2Kin 22 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, 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 second quarter;) and they talked with her. 2Kin 22 15 And she said unto them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, 2Kin 22 16 Thus says 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 has read: 2Kin 22 17 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. 2Kin 22 18 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, Concerning the words which you have heard; 2Kin 22 19 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 torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says the LORD. 2Kin 22 20 Behold therefore, I will gather you unto 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 upon this place. And they brought the king word again. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 23 2Kin 23 1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2Kin 23 2 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 hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. 2Kin 23 3 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 joined in to the covenant. 2Kin 23 4 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 idol poles, and for all the army of heaven: and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. 2Kin 23 5 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 hosts of heaven. 2Kin 23 6 And he brought out the idol pole from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small into powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. 2Kin 23 7 And he broke down the houses of the male prostitutes, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the idol pole. 2Kin 23 8 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 Beer-sheba, and broke down the high places of the gates that were in the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. 2Kin 23 9 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. 2Kin 23 10 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. 2Kin 23 11 And he took away the horses that 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 chamberlain, which was in the court, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 2Kin 23 12 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 pull down, and broke them down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 2Kin 23 13 And the high places that were east of Jerusalem, which were on the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. 2Kin 23 14 And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the idol poles, and filled their places with the bones of men. 2Kin 23 15 Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, 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 crushed it to powder, and burned the idol pole. 2Kin 23 16 And as Josiah turned, he saw 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. 2Kin 23 17 Then he said, What gravestone is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Beth-el. 2Kin 23 18 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. 2Kin 23 19 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 Beth-el. 2Kin 23 20 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. 2Kin 23 21 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. 2Kin 23 22 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; 2Kin 23 23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, in which this passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem. 2Kin 23 24 Moreover the workers with mediums, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen 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. 2Kin 23 25 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. 2Kin 23 26 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 with which Manasseh had provoked him. 2Kin 23 27 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. 2Kin 23 28 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? 2Kin 23 29 In his days Pharaoh-neco 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. 2Kin 23 30 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. 2Kin 23 31 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. 2Kin 23 32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. 2Kin 23 33 And Pharaoh-neco put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and imposed on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 2Kin 23 34 And Pharaoh-neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Johoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. 2Kin 23 35 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 from the people of the land, of everyone according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-neco. 2Kin 23 36 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 Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 2Kin 23 37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. ------------------------2 Kings, Chapter 24 2Kin 24 1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. 2Kin 24 2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, 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. 2Kin 24 3 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; 2Kin 24 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. 2Kin 24 5 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? 2Kin 24 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 2Kin 24 7 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 belonged to the king of Egypt. 2Kin 24 8 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. 2Kin 24 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. 2Kin 24 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 2Kin 24 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. 2Kin 24 12 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. 2Kin 24 13 And 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, as the LORD had said. 2Kin 24 14 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, except the poorest sort of the people of the land. 2Kin 24 15 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. 2Kin 24 16 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. 2Kin 24 17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 2Kin 24 18 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. 2Kin 24 19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 2Kin 24 20 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, Chapter 25 2Kin 25 1 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 army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built a seige wall against it round about. 2Kin 25 2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 2Kin 25 3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no food for the people of the land. 2Kin 25 4 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 Chaldeans were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. 2Kin 25 5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army was scattered from him. 2Kin 25 6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him. 2Kin 25 7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of bronze, and carried him to Babylon. 2Kin 25 8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: 2Kin 25 9. nd he burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burned he with fire. 2Kin 25 10 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about. 2Kin 25 11 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 Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away. 2Kin 25 12 But the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers. 2Kin 25 13 And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the LORD, and the stands, and the bronze sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried their bronze to Babylon. 2Kin 25 14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the wick trimmers, and the ladles, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered, they took away. 2Kin 25 15 And the firepans, and the basins, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. 2Kin 25 16 The two pillars, one sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. 2Kin 25 17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital upon it was bronze: and the height of the capital three cubits; and the network, and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of bronze: and like unto these the second pillar with a network. 2Kin 25 18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 2Kin 25 19 And out of the city he took an officer that was in charge over the men of war, and five men of them that had been in the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city: 2Kin 25 20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: 2Kin 25 21 And the king of Babylon struck them down, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land. 2Kin 25 22 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, govenor. 2Kin 25 23 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 Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maacathite, they and their men. 2Kin 25 24 And Gedaliah swore to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you. 2Kin 25 25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came, and ten men with him, and struck down Gedaliah, so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. 2Kin 25 26 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 Chaldeans. 2Kin 25 27 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 Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 2Kin 25 28 And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; 2Kin 25 29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat food regularly before him all the days of his life. 2Kin 25 30 And his allowance was a regular allowance given him from the king, a daily portion for every day, all the days of his life. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 1 1Chro 1 1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 1Chro 1 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 1Chro 1 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 1Chro 1 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 1Chro 1 5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 1Chro 1 6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah. 1Chro 1 7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. 1Chro 1 8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 1Chro 1 9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 1Chro 1 10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. 1Chro 1 11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 1Chro 1 12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphtorim. 1Chro 1 13 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 1Chro 1 14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 1Chro 1 15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 1Chro 1 16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 1Chro 1 17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. 1Chro 1 18 And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. 1Chro 1 19 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. 1Chro 1 20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 1Chro 1 21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 1Chro 1 22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 1Chro 1 23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 1Chro 1 24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, 1Chro 1 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 1Chro 1 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 1Chro 1 27 Abram; the same is Abraham. 1Chro 1 28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. 1Chro 1 29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 1Chro 1 30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, 1Chro 1 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 1Chro 1 32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. 1Chro 1 33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. 1Chro 1 34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. 1Chro 1 35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. 1Chro 1 36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. 1Chro 1 37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 1Chro 1 38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. 1Chro 1 39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister. 1Chro 1 40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. 1Chro 1 41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Hamran, and Eshban,and Ithran, and Cheran. 1Chro 1 42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran. 1Chro 1 43 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. 1Chro 1 44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 1Chro 1 45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 1Chro 1 46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. 1Chro 1 47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 1Chro 1 48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 1Chro 1 49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 1Chro 1 50 And when Baal-hanan 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. 1Chro 1 51 Hadad died also. And the chiefs of Edom were; chief Timnah, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth, 1Chro 1 52 Chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, 1Chro 1 53 Chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 1Chro 1 54 Chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 2 1Chro 2 1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 1Chro 2 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 1Chro 2 3 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. 1Chro 2 4 And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 1Chro 2 5 The sons of Perez; Hezron, and Hamul. 1Chro 2 6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 1Chro 2 7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the devoted thing . 1Chro 2 8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. 1Chro 2 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 1Chro 2 10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 1Chro 2 11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 1Chro 2 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse. 1Chro 2 13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, 1Chro 2 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth. 1Chro 2 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: 1Chro 2 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 1Chro 2 17 And Abigail bore Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. 1Chro 2 18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 1Chro 2 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bore him Hur. 1Chro 2 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel. 1Chro 2 21 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 bore him Segub. 1Chro 2 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 1Chro 2 23 And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even threescore towns. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 1Chro 2 24 And after Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bore him Ashur the father of Tekoa. 1Chro 2 25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 1Chro 2 26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 1Chro 2 27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 1Chro 2 28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. 1Chro 2 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban, and Molid. 1Chro 2 30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 1Chro 2 31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 1Chro 2 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. 1Chro 2 33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 1Chro 2 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 1Chro 2 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as his wife; and she bore him Attai. 1Chro 2 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 1Chro 2 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 1Chro 2 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 1Chro 2 39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 1Chro 2 40 And Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum, 1Chro 2 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. 1Chro 2 42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 1Chro 2 43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 1Chro 2 44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkeam: and Rekem begat Shammai. 1Chro 2 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 1Chro 2 46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. 1Chro 2 47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 1Chro 2 48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber, and Tirhanah. 1Chro 2 49 She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. 1Chro 2 50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, 1Chro 2 51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 1Chro 2 52 And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Menuhoth. 1Chro 2 53 And the families of Kiriath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites, and the Eshtaolites. 1Chro 2 54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, of the house of Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. 1Chro 2 55 And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 3 1Chro 3 1 Now these were the sons of David, who were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 1Chro 3 2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: 1Chro 3 3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. 1Chro 3 4 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. 1Chro 3 5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel: 1Chro 3 6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 1Chro 3 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 1Chro 3 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 1Chro 3 9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. 1Chro 3 10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 1Chro 3 11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 1Chro 3 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 1Chro 3 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 1Chro 3 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 1Chro 3 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 1Chro 3 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 1Chro 3 17 And the sons of Jeconiah; the captive, Shealtiel his son, 1Chro 3 18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 1Chro 3 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 1Chro 3 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. 1Chro 3 21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. 1Chro 3 22 And the sons of Shecaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 1Chro 3 23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. 1Chro 3 24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 4 1Chro 4 1 The sons of Judah; Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 1Chro 4 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 1Chro 4 3 And these were the sons of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 1Chro 4 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem. 1Chro 4 5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 1Chro 4 6 And Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 1Chro 4 7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Izhar, and Ethnan. 1Chro 4 8 And Koz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 1Chro 4 9 And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow. 1Chro 4 10 And 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 evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. 1Chro 4 11 And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 1Chro 4 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. 1Chro 4 13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. 1Chro 4 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Harashim; for they were craftsmen. 1Chro 4 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. 1Chro 4 16 And the sons of Jehallelel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 1Chro 4 17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and Mered's wife bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 1Chro 4 18 And his wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, who Mered took. 1Chro 4 19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 1Chro 4 20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 1Chro 4 21 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, 1Chro 4 22 And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient records. 1Chro 4 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt at Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work. 1Chro 4 24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: 1Chro 4 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 1Chro 4 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. 1Chro 4 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like the children of Judah. 1Chro 4 28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 1Chro 4 29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 1Chro 4 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 1Chro 4 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. 1Chro 4 32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: 1Chro 4 33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their dwelling places, and they kept their genealogy. 1Chro 4 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 1Chro 4 35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 1Chro 4 36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 1Chro 4 37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; 1Chro 4 38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 1Chro 4 39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 1Chro 4 40 And they found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there formerly. 1Chro 4 41 And these recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and destroyed their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their place: because there was pasture there for their flocks. 1Chro 4 42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their leaders Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 1Chro 4 43 And they destroyed the rest of the Amalekites that had escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 5 1Chro 5 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, since 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 recorded according to the birthright. 1Chro 5 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 1Chro 5 3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 1Chro 5 4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 1Chro 5 5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, 1Chro 5 6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. 1Chro 5 7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was recorded, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 1Chro 5 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: 1Chro 5 9 And eastward he settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 1Chro 5 10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead. 1Chro 5 11 And the children of Gad dwelt next to them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salcah: 1Chro 5 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 1Chro 5 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. 1Chro 5 14 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; 1Chro 5 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 1Chro 5 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon, within their borders. 1Chro 5 17 All these were recorded by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 1Chro 5 18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 1Chro 5 19 And they made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 1Chro 5 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he heeded their prayer; because they put their trust in him. 1Chro 5 21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand. 1Chro 5 22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity. 1Chro 5 23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir, and to mount Hermon. 1Chro 5 24 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. 1Chro 5 25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot with the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 1Chro 5 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser 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, Chapter 6 1Chro 6 1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 1Chro 6 2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 1Chro 6 3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 1Chro 6 4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 1Chro 6 5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 1Chro 6 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 1Chro 6 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 1Chro 6 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 1Chro 6 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 1Chro 6 10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 1Chro 6 11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 1Chro 6 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, 1Chro 6 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 1Chro 6 14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 1Chro 6 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 1Chro 6 16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 1Chro 6 17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 1Chro 6 18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 1Chro 6 19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. 1Chro 6 20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 1Chro 6 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. 1Chro 6 22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 1Chro 6 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 1Chro 6 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 1Chro 6 25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. 1Chro 6 26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, 1Chro 6 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 1Chro 6 28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Joel, and Abijah. 1Chro 6 29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 1Chro 6 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. 1Chro 6 31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark had rest. 1Chro 6 32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they served in their office according to their order. 1Chro 6 33 And these are they that served with their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 1Chro 6 34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 1Chro 6 35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 1Chro 6 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 1Chro 6 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 1Chro 6 38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 1Chro 6 39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, 1Chro 6 40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 1Chro 6 41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 1Chro 6 42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 1Chro 6 43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 1Chro 6 44 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, 1Chro 6 45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 1Chro 6 46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, 1Chro 6 47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 1Chro 6 48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 1Chro 6 49 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. 1Chro 6 50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 1Chro 6 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 1Chro 6 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 1Chro 6 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 1Chro 6 54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 1Chro 6 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and their pasture lands round about it. 1Chro 6 56 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 1Chro 6 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with its pasture lands, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their pasture lands, 1Chro 6 58 And Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands, 1Chro 6 59 And Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands: 1Chro 6 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with its pasture lands, and Alemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. 1Chro 6 61 And unto the sons of Kohath, who 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. 1Chro 6 62 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. 1Chro 6 63 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. 1Chro 6 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands. 1Chro 6 65 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. 1Chro 6 66 And the rest of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim. 1Chro 6 67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with its pasture lands; they gave also Gezer with its pasture lands, 1Chro 6 68 And Jokmeam with its pasture lands, and Beth-horon with its pasture lands, 1Chro 6 69 And Aijalon with its pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands: 1Chro 6 70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the family of the rest of the sons of Kohath. 1Chro 6 71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands: 1Chro 6 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands, 1Chro 6 73 And Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands: 1Chro 6 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with its pasture lands, and Abdon with its pasture lands, 1Chro 6 75 And Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: 1Chro 6 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, and Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands. 1Chro 6 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tabor with its pasture lands: 1Chro 6 78 And on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, and Jahzah with its pasture lands, 1Chro 6 79 Kedemoth also with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: 1Chro 6 80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, and Mahanaim with its pasture lands, 1Chro 6 81 And Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 7 1Chro 7 1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 1Chro 7 2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, namely, 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. 1Chro 7 3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five: all of them chief men. 1Chro 7 4 And with them, by their generations, according to the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons. 1Chro 7 5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, listed in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand. 1Chro 7 6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. 1Chro 7 7 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 listed by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 1Chro 7 8 And the sons of Becher; Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. 1Chro 7 9 And the number of them, according to their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor, was twenty thousand and two hundred. 1Chro 7 10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 1Chro 7 11 All these the sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. 1Chro 7 12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. 1Chro 7 13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 1Chro 7 14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bore: (but his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead: 1Chro 7 15 And Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had only daughters. 1Chro 7 16 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. 1Chro 7 17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 1Chro 7 18 And his sister Hammoleketh bore Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah. 1Chro 7 19 And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 1Chro 7 20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, 1Chro 7 21 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. 1Chro 7 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 1Chro 7 23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because tragedy came to his house. 1Chro 7 24 (And his daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah.) 1Chro 7 25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 1Chro 7 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 1Chro 7 27 Nun his son, Joshua his son. 1Chro 7 28 And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, unto Ayyah and its towns: 1Chro 7 29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel. 1Chro 7 30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 1Chro 7 31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzaith. 1Chro 7 32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 1Chro 7 33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. 1Chro 7 34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 1Chro 7 35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 1Chro 7 36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 1Chro 7 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 1Chro 7 38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara. 1Chro 7 39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia. 1Chro 7 40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their fathers' house, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were fit to go to war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 8 1Chro 8 1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 1Chro 8 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 1Chro 8 3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 1Chro 8 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 1Chro 8 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. 1Chro 8 6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath: 1Chro 8 7 And Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive and begat Uzzah, and Ahihud. 1Chro 8 8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives. 1Chro 8 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam, 1Chro 8 10 And Jeuz, and Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of the fathers' houses. 1Chro 8 11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. 1Chro 8 12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono, and Lod, with its towns: 1Chro 8 13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath: 1Chro 8 14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 1Chro 8 15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder, 1Chro 8 16 And Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; 1Chro 8 17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber, 1Chro 8 18 Ishmerai also, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; 1Chro 8 19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 1Chro 8 20 And Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel, 1Chro 8 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei; 1Chro 8 22 And Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel, 1Chro 8 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 1Chro 8 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah, 1Chro 8 25 And Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 1Chro 8 26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 1Chro 8 27 And Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. 1Chro 8 28 These were heads of the fathers' houses, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. 1Chro 8 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah: 1Chro 8 30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 1Chro 8 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher. 1Chro 8 32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, opposite them. 1Chro 8 33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 1Chro 8 34 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. 1Chro 8 35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. 1Chro 8 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 1Chro 8 37 And Moza begat Binea: Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 1Chro 8 38 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. 1Chro 8 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 1Chro 8 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 9 1Chro 9 1 So all Israel were recorded 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. 1Chro 9 2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinim. 1Chro 9 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah, and some of the children of Benjamin, and some of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; 1Chro 9 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah. 1Chro 9 5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. 1Chro 9 6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 1Chro 9 7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah, 1Chro 9 8 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; 1Chro 9 9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the houses of their fathers. 1Chro 9 10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 1Chro 9 11 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; 1Chro 9 12 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; 1Chro 9 13 And their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. 1Chro 9 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 1Chro 9 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 1Chro 9 16 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. 1Chro 9 17 And the gatekeepers were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 1Chro 9 18 Who until then waited in the king's gate eastward: they were gatekeepers in the camp of the children of Levi. 1Chro 9 19 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 entrance. 1Chro 9 20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him. 1Chro 9 21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 1Chro 9 22 All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were recorded by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust. 1Chro 9 23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, as guards. 1Chro 9 24 In four quarters were the gatekeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south. 1Chro 9 25 And their brethren, who were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them. 1Chro 9 26 For these Levites, the four chief gatekeepers, were in their office of trust, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. 1Chro 9 27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the responsibility was upon them, and the opening of it every morning belonged to them. 1Chro 9 28 And certain of them had the charge of the serving vessels, that they should bring them in and out by count. 1Chro 9 29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the furnishings, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. 1Chro 9 30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. 1Chro 9 31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in the pans. 1Chro 9 32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath. 1Chro 9 33 And these are the singers, heads of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free from other service: for they were employed in that work day and night. 1Chro 9 34 These heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites were leaders throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem. 1Chro 9 35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maachah: 1Chro 9 36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, 1Chro 9 37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. 1Chro 9 38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, opposite their brethren. 1Chro 9 39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 1Chro 9 40 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah. 1Chro 9 41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. 1Chro 9 42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 1Chro 9 43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 1Chro 9 44 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, Chapter 10 1Chro 10 1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa. 1Chro 10 2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 1Chro 10 3 And the battle went fierce against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. 1Chro 10 4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 1Chro 10 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died. 1Chro 10 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. 1Chro 10 7 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. 1Chro 10 8 And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on mount Gilboa. 1Chro 10 9 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. 1Chro 10 10 And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. 1Chro 10 11 And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 1Chro 10 12 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. 1Chro 10 13 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 was a medium, to seek council; 1Chro 10 14 And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 11 1Chro 11 1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 1Chro 11 2 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 unto you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel. 1Chro 11 3 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. 1Chro 11 4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. 1Chro 11 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not come here. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David. 1Chro 11 6 And David said, Whosoever smites the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. 1Chro 11 7 And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David. 1Chro 11 8 And he built the city around it, even from Millo and around: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. 1Chro 11 9 So David grew greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him. 1Chro 11 10 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. 1Chro 11 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. 1Chro 11 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men. 1Chro 11 13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. 1Chro 11 14 And they set themselves in the midst of that plot, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. 1Chro 11 15 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. 1Chro 11 16 And David was then in the stronghold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem. 1Chro 11 17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me a drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! 1Chro 11 18 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, 1Chro 11 19 And said, My God forbid 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 mighty men. 1Chro 11 20 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. 1Chro 11 21 Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: however he attained not to the first three. 1Chro 11 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many great deeds; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion on a pit on a snowy day. 1Chro 11 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits tall; 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. 1Chro 11 24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name among the three mighty men. 1Chro 11 25 Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. 1Chro 11 26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 1Chro 11 27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 1Chro 11 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anthothite, 1Chro 11 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, 1Chro 11 30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, 1Chro 11 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that belonged to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 1Chro 11 32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 1Chro 11 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 1Chro 11 34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite, 1Chro 11 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 1Chro 11 36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 1Chro 11 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, 1Chro 11 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri, 1Chro 11 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 1Chro 11 40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 1Chro 11 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 1Chro 11 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, 1Chro 11 43 Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, 1Chro 11 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, 1Chro 11 45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, 1Chro 11 46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 1Chro 11 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 12 1Chro 12 1 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. 1Chro 12 2 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. 1Chro 12 3 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 Anthothite, 1Chro 12 4 And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite, 1Chro 12 5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 1Chro 12 6 Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites, 1Chro 12 7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. 1Chro 12 8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David at the stronghold in the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the gazelles upon the mountains; 1Chro 12 9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 1Chro 12 10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 1Chro 12 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 1Chro 12 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 1Chro 12 13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. 1Chro 12 14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the army: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 1Chro 12 15 These are they that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. 1Chro 12 16 And there came from the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David. 1Chro 12 17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If you are come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you: but if you are come to betray me to my enemies, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look on it, and rebuke it. 1Chro 12 18 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 unto you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you. Then David received them, and made them captains of his troop. 1Chro 12 19 And there deserted 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 after counsel sent him away, saying, He will desert to his master Saul to the peril of our heads. 1Chro 12 20 As he went to Ziklag, there deserted to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zellethai, captains of the thousands that were from Manasseh. 1Chro 12 21 And they helped David against the band of raiders: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the army. 1Chro 12 22 For at that time day by day there came more to David to help him, until it was a great army, like the army of God. 1Chro 12 23 And these are the numbers of the men that were ready armed for war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD. 1Chro 12 24 The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed for war. 1Chro 12 25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for war, seven thousand and one hundred. 1Chro 12 26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. 1Chro 12 27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; 1Chro 12 28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. 1Chro 12 29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for until now the greatest part of them had remained loyal to the house of Saul. 1Chro 12 30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men throughout the house of their fathers. 1Chro 12 31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were designated by name, to come and make David king. 1Chro 12 32 And of the children of Issachar, who 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 under their command. 1Chro 12 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, who could keep ranks: they had singleness of heart. 1Chro 12 34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. 1Chro 12 35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. 1Chro 12 36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. 1Chro 12 37 And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for battle, a hundred and twenty thousand. 1Chro 12 38 All these men of war, that could keep ranks, 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. 1Chro 12 39 And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. 1Chro 12 40 Moreover they that were near them, even from Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and supplies of 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, Chapter 13 1Chro 13 1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. 1Chro 13 2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seems good unto you, and that it is of the LORD our God, let us send out unto our brethren everywhere, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites who are in their cities and pasture lands, that they may gather themselves unto us: 1Chro 13 3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we have not inquired at it in the days of Saul. 1Chro 13 4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 1Chro 13 5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. 1Chro 13 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who dwells between the cherubim, whose name is proclaimed there. 1Chro 13 7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzzah and Ahio drove the cart. 1Chro 13 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with lyres, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 1Chro 13 9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzzah put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. 1Chro 13 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and he struck him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. 1Chro 13 11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzzah: therefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day. 1Chro 13 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 1Chro 13 13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 1Chro 13 14 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, Chapter 14 1Chro 14 1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house. 1Chro 14 2 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. 1Chro 14 3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters. 1Chro 14 4 Now these are the names of his children whom he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 1Chro 14 5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet, 1Chro 14 6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 1Chro 14 7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet. 1Chro 14 8 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. 1Chro 14 9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 1Chro 14 10 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 unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand. 1Chro 14 11 So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David defeated them there. Then David said, God has broken in upon my enemies by my hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim. 1Chro 14 12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire. 1Chro 14 13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley. 1Chro 14 14 Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them opposite the balsam trees. 1Chro 14 15 And it shall be, when you shall hear a sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, that then you shall go out to battle: for God has gone forth before you to smite the army of the Philistines. 1Chro 14 16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they struck the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer. 1Chro 14 17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 15 1Chro 15 1 And David made himself houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 1Chro 15 2 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 unto him forever. 1Chro 15 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto its place, which he had prepared for it. 1Chro 15 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 1Chro 15 5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty: 1Chro 15 6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: 1Chro 15 7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty: 1Chro 15 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: 1Chro 15 9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 1Chro 15 10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve. 1Chro 15 11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 1Chro 15 12 And said unto 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 God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it. 1Chro 15 13 For because you did it not at the first, the LORD our God broke forth upon us, for we sought him not about the proper order. 1Chro 15 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. 1Chro 15 15 And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God upon their shoulders with the its poles, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD. 1Chro 15 16 And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, lyres and harps and cymbals sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. 1Chro 15 17 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; 1Chro 15 18 And with them their brethren of the second order, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. 1Chro 15 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of bronze; 1Chro 15 20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with harps according to Alamoth; 1Chro 15 21 And Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with lyres according to the Sheminith, to lead. 1Chro 15 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, in music: he instructed about the music, because he was skillful. 1Chro 15 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 1Chro 15 24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. 1Chro 15 25 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 Obed-edom with joy. 1Chro 15 26 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. 1Chro 15 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the leader of the music with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen. 1Chro 15 28 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 music with lyres and harps. 1Chro 15 29 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, Chapter 16 1Chro 16 1 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. 1Chro 16 2 And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. 1Chro 16 3 And he gave to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. 1Chro 16 4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to invoke, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: 1Chro 16 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with lyres and with harps; but Asaph made music with cymbals; 1Chro 16 6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 1Chro 16 7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. 1Chro 16 8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. 1Chro 16 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk you of all his wondrous works. 1Chro 16 10 Glory you in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 1Chro 16 11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. 1Chro 16 12 Remember his marvellous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 1Chro 16 13 O you descendants of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 1Chro 16 14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 1Chro 16 15 Be you mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; 1Chro 16 16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; 1Chro 16 17 And has confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, 1Chro 16 18 Saying, Unto you will I give the land of Canaan, the portion of your inheritance; 1Chro 16 19 When you were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. 1Chro 16 20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people; 1Chro 16 21 He allowed no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 1Chro 16 22 Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 1Chro 16 23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; show forth from day to day his salvation. 1Chro 16 24 Declare his glory among the nations; his marvellous works among all peoples. 1Chro 16 25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods. 1Chro 16 26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. 1Chro 16 27 Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. 1Chro 16 28 Give unto the LORD, you families of the peoples, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 1Chro 16 29 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. 1Chro 16 30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. 1Chro 16 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigns. 1Chro 16 32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 1Chro 16 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he comes to judge the earth. 1Chro 16 34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endures forever. 1Chro 16 35 And say, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise. 1Chro 16 36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel forever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. 1Chro 16 37 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: 1Chro 16 38 And Obed-edom with his brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be gatekeepers: 1Chro 16 39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon, 1Chro 16 40 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; 1Chro 16 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endures forever; 1Chro 16 42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were gatekeepers. 1Chro 16 43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 17 1Chro 17 1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remains under curtains. 1Chro 17 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you. 1Chro 17 3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 1Chro 17 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house to dwell in: 1Chro 17 5 For I have not dwelt in a 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. 1Chro 17 6 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 a house of cedars? 1Chro 17 7 Now therefore thus shall you say unto my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel: 1Chro 17 8 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. 1Chro 17 9 Also I will appoint 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 oppress them any more, as at the beginning, 1Chro 17 10 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 a house. 1Chro 17 11 And it shall come to pass, when your days are ended that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 1Chro 17 12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 1Chro 17 13 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: 1Chro 17 14 But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established forevermore. 1Chro 17 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 1Chro 17 16 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 this far? 1Chro 17 17 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; for you have also 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. 1Chro 17 18 What can David speak more to you for the honor of your servant? for you know your servant. 1Chro 17 19 O LORD, for your servant's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. 1Chro 17 20 O LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 1Chro 17 21 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 awesomeness, by driving out nations from before your people, whom you have redeemed out of Egypt? 1Chro 17 22 For your people Israel did you make your own people forever; and you, LORD, became their God. 1Chro 17 23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as you have said. 1Chro 17 24 Let it even be established, that your name may be magnified forever, 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. 1Chro 17 25 For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will build him a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before you. 1Chro 17 26 And now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this goodness unto your servant: 1Chro 17 27 Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may be before you forever: for you bless, O LORD, and it shall be blessed forever. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 18 1Chro 18 1 Now after this it came to pass, that David defeated the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 1Chro 18 2 And he defeated Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought tribute. 1Chro 18 3 And David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to establish his rule by the river Euphrates. 1Chro 18 4 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 a hundred chariots. 1Chro 18 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 1Chro 18 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought tribute. Thus the LORD preserved David wherever he went. 1Chro 18 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 1Chro 18 8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, brought David very much bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of bronze. 1Chro 18 9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah; 1Chro 18 10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and defeated him; (for Hadadezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and bronze. 1Chro 18 11 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. 1Chro 18 12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. 1Chro 18 13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David wherever he went. 1Chro 18 14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. 1Chro 18 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. 1Chro 18 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 1Chro 18 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials at the king's side. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 19 1Chro 19 1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. 1Chro 19 2 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. 1Chro 19 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Think you that David does honor your father, that he has sent comforters unto you? are not his servants come unto you to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? 1Chro 19 4 Therefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away. 1Chro 19 5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were treated. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Remain at Jericho until your beards are grown, and then return. 1Chro 19 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire themselves chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Aram-maachah, and out of Zobah. 1Chro 19 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and encamped before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 1Chro 19 8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men. 1Chro 19 9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that had come were by themselves in the field. 1Chro 19 10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him in front and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. 1Chro 19 11 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. 1Chro 19 12 And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me: but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you. 1Chro 19 13 Be of good courage, and let us fight valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight. 1Chro 19 14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew near before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. 1Chro 19 15 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. 1Chro 19 16 And when the Syrians saw that they were defeated before Israel, they sent messengers, and brougnt forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer went before them. 1Chro 19 17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over the 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. 1Chro 19 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men who fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the army. 1Chro 19 19 And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 20 1Chro 20 1 And it came to pass, that after the year was ended, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the strength of the army, and ravaged the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab defeated Rabbah, and destroyed it. 1Chro 20 2 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 a great amount of spoil out of the city. 1Chro 20 3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and put them to work with saws, and with picks 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. 1Chro 20 4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. 1Chro 20 5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear's shaft was like a weaver's beam. 1Chro 20 6 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. 1Chro 20 7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. 1Chro 20 8 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, Chapter 21 1Chro 21 1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to number Israel. 1Chro 21 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 1Chro 21 3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people a hundred times so many more as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel? 1Chro 21 4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 1Chro 21 5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. 1Chro 21 6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's command was abominable to Joab. 1Chro 21 7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel. 1Chro 21 8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech you, take away the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly. 1Chro 21 9 And the LORD spoke unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 1Chro 21 10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus says the LORD, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it unto you. 1Chro 21 11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus says the LORD, Choose you 1Chro 21 12 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 territory of Israel. Now therefore decide what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. 1Chro 21 13 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. 1Chro 21 14 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 1Chro 21 15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, restrain now your hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 1Chro 21 16 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. 1Chro 21 17 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 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. 1Chro 21 18 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. 1Chro 21 19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the LORD. 1Chro 21 20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 1Chro 21 21 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. 1Chro 21 22 Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar on it unto the LORD: you shall give it to me for the full price: that the plague may be averted from the people. 1Chro 21 23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give you the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering; I give it all. 1Chro 21 24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will indeed buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is yours for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. 1Chro 21 25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 1Chro 21 26 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. 1Chro 21 27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into its sheath. 1Chro 21 28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. 1Chro 21 29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon. 1Chro 21 30 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, Chapter 22 1Chro 22 1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. 1Chro 22 2 And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God. 1Chro 22 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the fittings; and bronze in abundance without weight; 1Chro 22 4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. 1Chro 22 5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. 1Chro 22 6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel. 1Chro 22 7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God: 1Chro 22 8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build a house unto my name, because you have shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. 1Chro 22 9 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 unto Israel in his days. 1Chro 22 10 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. 1Chro 22 11 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. 1Chro 22 12 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. 1Chro 22 13 Then shall you prosper, if you take 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. 1Chro 22 14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of bronze and iron beyond weighting; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add to it. 1Chro 22 15 Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of skillful men for every manner of work. 1Chro 22 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the bronze, and the iron, there is no limit. Arise therefore, and begin working, and the LORD be with you. 1Chro 22 17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, 1Chro 22 18 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. 1Chro 22 19 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, Chapter 23 1Chro 23 1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 1Chro 23 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 1Chro 23 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 1Chro 23 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: 1Chro 23 5 Moreover four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, for praise. 1Chro 23 6 And David divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 1Chro 23 7 Of the Gershonites were, Ladan, and Shimei. 1Chro 23 8 The sons of Ladan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. 1Chro 23 9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan. 1Chro 23 10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. 1Chro 23 11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, as one father's house. 1Chro 23 12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 1Chro 23 13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to give the blessing in his name forever. 1Chro 23 14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. 1Chro 23 15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. 1Chro 23 16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. 1Chro 23 17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 1Chro 23 18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. 1Chro 23 19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 1Chro 23 20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, and Issiah the second. 1Chro 23 21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. 1Chro 23 22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. 1Chro 23 23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 1Chro 23 24 These were the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses; even the heads of their fathers' houses, as they were counted individually by the number of their names, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. 1Chro 23 25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever: 1Chro 23 26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. 1Chro 23 27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: 1Chro 23 28 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; 1Chro 23 29 Both for the showbread, and for the fine flour for meal offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is mixed with all kinds of measures and sizes; 1Chro 23 30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening; 1Chro 23 31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to that required of them, continually before the LORD: 1Chro 23 32 And that they should attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, and the needs of the holy place, and the needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 24 1Chro 24 1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 1Chro 24 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. 1Chro 24 3 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. 1Chro 24 4 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 heads of their fathers' houses, and eight heads of their fathers' houses among the sons of Ithamar. 1Chro 24 5 Thus were they divided by lot, one group as another; for the officials of the sanctuary, and officials of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 1Chro 24 6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, and the leaders, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and Levites: one father's house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. 1Chro 24 7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 1Chro 24 8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 1Chro 24 9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 1Chro 24 10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, 1Chro 24 11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, 1Chro 24 12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 1Chro 24 13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 1Chro 24 14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 1Chro 24 15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, 1Chro 24 16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, 1Chro 24 17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, 1Chro 24 18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. 1Chro 24 19 This was the schedule of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their procedure established under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. 1Chro 24 20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. 1Chro 24 21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. 1Chro 24 22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. 1Chro 24 23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 1Chro 24 24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah: of the sons of Micah; Shamir. 1Chro 24 25 The brother of Micah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah. 1Chro 24 26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. 1Chro 24 27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 1Chro 24 28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. 1Chro 24 29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. 1Chro 24 30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. 1Chro 24 31 These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and Levites; the principal fathers did even as their younger brethren. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 25 1Chro 25 1 Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with lyres, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: 1Chro 25 2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king. 1Chro 25 3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Shemei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. 1Chro 25 4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 1Chro 25 5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 1Chro 25 6 All these were under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, lyres, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. 1Chro 25 7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were skillful, was two hundred fourscore and eight. 1Chro 25 8 And they cast lots for their duties, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the student. 1Chro 25 9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: 1Chro 25 10 The third to Zaccur, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 11 The fourth to Izri, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 12 The fifth to Nethaniah, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 13 The sixth to Bukkiah, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 14 The seventh to Jesharelah, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 16 The ninth to Mattaniah, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 17 The tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 18 The eleventh to Azarel, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 20 The thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 27 The twentieth to Eliathah, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons, and his brethren, twelve: 1Chro 25 31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, his sons, and his brethren, twelve. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 26 1Chro 26 1 Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korahites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 1Chro 26 2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 1Chro 26 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 1Chro 26 4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth, 1Chro 26 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth: for God blessed him. 1Chro 26 6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valor. 1Chro 26 7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 1Chro 26 8 All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom. 1Chro 26 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. 1Chro 26 10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) 1Chro 26 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. 1Chro 26 12 Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, even among the chief men, having duties like one another, to minister in the house of the LORD. 1Chro 26 13 And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. 1Chro 26 14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. 1Chro 26 15 To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse. 1Chro 26 16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the road that goes up, watch opposite watch. 1Chro 26 17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two by two. 1Chro 26 18 At Parbar westward, four at the road, and two at Parbar. 1Chro 26 19 These are the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Korah, and among the sons of Merari. 1Chro 26 20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the dedicated things. 1Chro 26 21 As concerning the sons of Ladan; the sons of the Gershonite Ladan, the heads of their fathers' houses, even of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. 1Chro 26 22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, who were over the treasuries of the house of the LORD. 1Chro 26 23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: 1Chro 26 24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was overseer of the treasuries. 1Chro 26 25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. 1Chro 26 26 This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers' houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated. 1Chro 26 27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD. 1Chro 26 28 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 anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brethren. 1Chro 26 29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons performed the outside duties over Israel, as officers and judges. 1Chro 26 30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers over them of Israel on this side of the Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king. 1Chro 26 31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the geneology 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. 1Chro 26 32 And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred heads of the fathers' houses, whom king David made officials over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 27 1Chro 27 1 Now the children of Israel according to their number, the heads of the fathers' houses and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the divisions, who came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 2 Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month. 1Chro 27 4 And over the division of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his division was Mikloth also the leader: in his division likewise were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 5 The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the priest, as chief: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and was over the thirty: and in his division was Ammizabad his son. 1Chro 27 7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. 1Chro 27 16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the officer of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 1Chro 27 17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: 1Chro 27 18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: 1Chro 27 19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: 1Chro 27 20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 1Chro 27 21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 1Chro 27 22 Of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel. 1Chro 27 23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the heavens. 1Chro 27 24 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. 1Chro 27 25 And over the king's treasuries was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah: 1Chro 27 26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: 1Chro 27 27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite: 1Chro 27 28 And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowlands was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the stores of oil was Joash: 1Chro 27 29 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: 1Chro 27 30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: 1Chro 27 31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were the officials over the property of king David. 1Chro 27 32 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: 1Chro 27 33 And Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion: 1Chro 27 34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 28 1Chro 28 1 And David assembled all the leaders of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by division, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possessions of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. 1Chro 28 2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build a 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: 1Chro 28 3 But God said unto me, You shall not build a house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood. 1Chro 28 4 However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: 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 took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel: 1Chro 28 5 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. 1Chro 28 6 And he said unto 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. 1Chro 28 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he is steadfast to keep my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. 1Chro 28 8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the hearing 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 forever. 1Chro 28 9 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 forever. 1Chro 28 10 Take heed now; for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. 1Chro 28 11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the plans of the vestibule, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of its upper chambers, and of its inner chambers, and of the place for the mercy seat, 1Chro 28 12 And the plans for 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: 1Chro 28 13 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 vessels of service in the house of the LORD. 1Chro 28 14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all articles of all manner of service; silver also for all articles of silver by weight, for all articles of every kind of service: 1Chro 28 15 Even the weight for the lampstands of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every lampstand, and for the lamps thereof: and for the lampstands of silver by weight, both for the lampstand, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every lampstand. 1Chro 28 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of showbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 1Chro 28 17 Also pure gold for the forks, and the basins, and the cups: and for the golden bowls he gave gold by weight for every bowl; and likewise silver by weight for every bowl of silver: 1Chro 28 18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the plan of the chariot of the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 1Chro 28 19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this plan. 1Chro 28 20 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. 1Chro 28 21 And, behold, the divisions 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 skilful man, for any manner of service: also the leaders and all the people will be wholly at your command. ------------------------1 Chronicles, Chapter 29 1Chro 29 1 Furthermore David the king said unto 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. 1Chro 29 2 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 bronze for things of bronze, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistening stones, and of various colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. 1Chro 29 3 Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have of my own things, 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, 1Chro 29 4 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: 1Chro 29 5 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 craftsmen. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD? 1Chro 29 6 Then the heads of the fathers' houses and the leaders of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the officers over the king's work, offered willingly, 1Chro 29 7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of bronze eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. 1Chro 29 8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 1Chro 29 9 Then the people rejoiced, for they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. 1Chro 29 10 Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be you, LORD God of Israel our father, forever and ever. 1Chro 29 11 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; yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. 1Chro 29 12 Both riches and honor come from 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 unto all. 1Chro 29 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name. 1Chro 29 14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? for all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. 1Chro 29 15 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 no abiding. 1Chro 29 16 O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and is all your own. 1Chro 29 17 I know also, my God, that you test 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, who are present here, to offer willingly unto you. 1Chro 29 18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and direct their heart unto you: 1Chro 29 19 And give unto 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 which I have made provision. 1Chro 29 20 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 worshiped the LORD, and the king. 1Chro 29 21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the next day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: 1Chro 29 22 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 prince, and Zadok to be priest. 1Chro 29 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. 1Chro 29 24 And all the leaders, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. 1Chro 29 25 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. 1Chro 29 26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 1Chro 29 27 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. 1Chro 29 28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. 1Chro 29 29 Now the acts of David the king, from first to 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, 1Chro 29 30 With all his reign and his might, and the events that happened to him, and to Israel, and to all the kingdoms of the countries. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 1 2Chro 1 1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. 2Chro 1 2 Then Solomon spoke unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses. 2Chro 1 3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. 2Chro 1 4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. 2Chro 1 5 Moreover the bronze 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 the LORD there. 2Chro 1 6 And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. 2Chro 1 7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give you. 2Chro 1 8 And Solomon said unto God, You have shown great mercy unto David my father, and have made me to reign in his stead. 2Chro 1 9 Now, O LORD God, let your promise unto David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 2Chro 1 10 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 are so great? 2Chro 1 11 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: 2Chro 1 12 Wisdom and knowledge are granted unto 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. 2Chro 1 13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of meeting, and reigned over Israel. 2Chro 1 14 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. 2Chro 1 15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plentiful as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland for abundance. 2Chro 1 16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and Kue: the king's merchants received them from Kue at a price. 2Chro 1 17 And they acquired and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by the merchants. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 2 2Chro 2 1 And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom. 2Chro 2 2 And Solomon selected threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to quarry in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 2Chro 2 3 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 a house to dwell in, even so deal with me. 2Chro 2 4 Behold, I build a 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 showbread, 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 forever to Israel. 2Chro 2 5 And the house which I build will be great: for great is our God above all gods. 2Chro 2 6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, except only to burn sacrifices before him? 2Chro 2 7 Send me now therefore a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that has skill to engrave with the skillful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. 2Chro 2 8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with your servants, 2Chro 2 9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderfully great. 2Chro 2 10 And, behold, I will give to your servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand cors of ground wheat, and twenty thousand cors of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 2Chro 2 11 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. 2Chro 2 12 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 a house for the LORD, and a house for his kingdom. 2Chro 2 13 And now I have sent a skillful man, endued with understanding, Huramabi, 2Chro 2 14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in wood, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to execute every design which shall be given to him, with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father. 2Chro 2 15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord has spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 2Chro 2 16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need: and we will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem. 2Chro 2 17 And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, according to the census by which David his father had numbered them; and there were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. 2Chro 2 18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to quarry in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to make the people work. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 3 2Chro 3 1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2Chro 3 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 2Chro 3 3 Now these are the things in which Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits according to the old cubit was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 2Chro 3 4 And the vestibule 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 a hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it inside with pure gold. 2Chro 3 5 And the greater room he lined with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. 2Chro 3 6 And he adorned the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. 2Chro 3 7 He lined also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and carved cherubim on the walls. 2Chro 3 8 And he made the most holy place, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 2Chro 3 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. 2Chro 3 10 And in the most holy place he made two cherubim of wood, and overlaid them with gold. 2Chro 3 11 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. 2Chro 3 12 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. 2Chro 3 13 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and they faced inward. 2Chro 3 14 And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it. 2Chro 3 15 Also he made in front of 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. 2Chro 3 16 And he made chains, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 2Chro 3 17 And he raised up the pillars in front of 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, Chapter 4 2Chro 4 1 Moreover he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height. 2Chro 4 2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape, and five cubits its height; and a line of thirty cubits did measure its circumference. 2Chro 4 3 And under it was the likeness of oxen, which did circle it round about: ten to a cubit, circling the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. 2Chro 4 4 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 upon them, and all their hind parts were inward. 2Chro 4 5 And the thickness of it was a handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; and it received and held three thousand baths. 2Chro 4 6 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. 2Chro 4 7 And he made ten lampstands of gold according to their design, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. 2Chro 4 8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold. 2Chro 4 9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with bronze. 2Chro 4 10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, toward the south. 2Chro 4 11 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; 2Chro 4 12 The two pillars, and the bowls, and 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; 2Chro 4 13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two networks; two rows of pomegranates on each net, to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were upon the pillars. 2Chro 4 14 He made also stands, and lavers made he upon the stands; 2Chro 4 15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it. 2Chro 4 16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their articles, did Huram his father make for king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright bronze. 2Chro 4 17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredath. 2Chro 4 18 Thus Solomon made all these articles in great abundance: for the weight of the bronze could not be measured. 2Chro 4 19 And Solomon made all the articles that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables on which the showbread was set; 2Chro 4 20 Moreover the lampstands with their lamps, that they should burn in the prescribed manner before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; 2Chro 4 21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, the purest gold; 2Chro 4 22 And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entrance of the house, the inner doors for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 5 2Chro 5 1 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 furnishings, put he in the treasuries of the house of God. 2Chro 5 2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief 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. 2Chro 5 3 Therefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. 2Chro 5 4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. 2Chro 5 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 2Chro 5 6 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 counted nor numbered for multitude. 2Chro 5 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto its place, to the inner sanctuary of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim: 2Chro 5 8 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles. 2Chro 5 9 And the poles of the ark extended out, so that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark in front of the inner sanctuary; but they were not seen outside. And there it is unto this day. 2Chro 5 10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 2Chro 5 11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, without regard to their divisions. 2Chro 5 12 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 lyres and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 2Chro 5 13 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 forever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; 2Chro 5 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 6 2Chro 6 1 Then said Solomon, The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2Chro 6 2 But I have built a house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling forever. 2Chro 6 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. 2Chro 6 4 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, 2Chro 6 5 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 a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: 2Chro 6 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 2Chro 6 7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 2Chro 6 8 But the LORD said to David my father, Since it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart: 2Chro 6 9 Nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name. 2Chro 6 10 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 God of Israel. 2Chro 6 11 And in it have I put the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. 2Chro 6 12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 2Chro 6 13 For Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, and five cubits wide, 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, 2Chro 6 14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you in the heaven, nor in the earth; who keeps covenant, and shows mercy unto your servants, that walk before you with all their hearts: 2Chro 6 15 You who 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. 2Chro 6 16 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 upon the throne of Israel; if only your children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as you have walked before me. 2Chro 6 17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you have spoken unto your servant David. 2Chro 6 18 But will God indeed 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! 2Chro 6 19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which your servant prays before you: 2Chro 6 20 That your eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place of which you have said that you would put your name there; to hearken unto the prayer which your servant prays toward this place. 2Chro 6 21 Hearken therefore unto 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. 2Chro 6 22 If a man sins against his neighbor, and is made to take an oath, and the oath is made before your altar in this house; 2Chro 6 23 Then hear from heaven, and act, and judge your servants, by requiting the wicked, by bringing his conduct upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving to him according to his righteousness. 2Chro 6 24 And if your people Israel are defeated 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; 2Chro 6 25 Then hear from the heavens, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which you gave to them and to their fathers. 2Chro 6 26 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; 2Chro 6 27 Then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and 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 unto your people for an inheritance. 2Chro 6 28 If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there is: 2Chro 6 29 Then whatsoever prayer or whatsoever supplication shall be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, when each one shall know his own affliction and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: 2Chro 6 30 Then hear from heaven your dwellingplace, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you alone know the hearts of the children of men:) 2Chro 6 31 That they may fear you, to walk in your ways, as long as they live in the land which you gave unto our fathers. 2Chro 6 32 Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, but has come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; if they come and pray in this house; 2Chro 6 33 Then hear from the heavens, even from your dwellingplace, and do according to all that the foreigner 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. 2Chro 6 34 If your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that you shall send them, and they pray unto you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name; 2Chro 6 35 Then hear from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 2Chro 6 36 If they sin against you, (for there is no man who sins not,) and you are angry with them, and deliver them over to their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far or near; 2Chro 6 37 Yet if they come to themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have dealt wickedly; 2Chro 6 38 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 unto their fathers, and toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name: 2Chro 6 39 Then hear from the heavens, even from your dwellingplace, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you. 2Chro 6 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive unto the prayer that is made in this place. 2Chro 6 41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, to 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. 2Chro 6 42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of your anointed: remember the mercies of David your servant. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 7 2Chro 7 1 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. 2Chro 7 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house. 2Chro 7 3 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 worshiped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures forever. 2Chro 7 4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. 2Chro 7 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 2Chro 7 6 And the priests stood at their posts: the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endures forever, whenever David offered praise by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets opposite them, and all Israel stood. 2Chro 7 7 Moreover Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the grain offerings, and the fat. 2Chro 7 8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entrance of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. 2Chro 7 9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. 2Chro 7 10 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 shown unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. 2Chro 7 11 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 successfully accomplished. 2Chro 7 12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for myself for a house of sacrifice. 2Chro 7 13 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; 2Chro 7 14 If my people, who 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. 2Chro 7 15 Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive unto the prayer that is made in this place. 2Chro 7 16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there forever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. 2Chro 7 17 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; 2Chro 7 18 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. 2Chro 7 19 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; 2Chro 7 20 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. 2Chro 7 21 And this house, which is exalted, shall be an astonishment to everyone that passes by it; so that he shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 2Chro 7 22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has he brought all this evil upon them. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 8 2Chro 8 1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, 2Chro 8 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon rebuilt them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 2Chro 8 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. 2Chro 8 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath. 2Chro 8 5 Also he built upper Beth-horon, and lower Beth-horon , fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 2Chro 8 6 And Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities for the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion. 2Chro 8 7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel, 2Chro 8 8 But of their descendants, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon put to forced labor until this day. 2Chro 8 9 But of the children of Israel Solomon made no slaves for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. 2Chro 8 10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bore rule over the people. 2Chro 8 11 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, to which the ark of the LORD has come. 2Chro 8 12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the vestibule, 2Chro 8 13 Even according to a certain duty 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. 2Chro 8 14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the gatekeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. 2Chro 8 15 And they departed not from the command of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasuries. 2Chro 8 16 Now all the work of Solomon was accomplished unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed. 2Chro 8 17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. 2Chro 8 18 And Huram sent him ships by the hands of his servants, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 9 2Chro 9 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to test 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 had come to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was in her heart. 2Chro 9 2 And Solomon answered her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he answered her not. 2Chro 9 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 2Chro 9 4 And the food of his table, and the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his entryway by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. 2Chro 9 5 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: 2Chro 9 6 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. 2Chro 9 7 Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom. 2Chro 9 8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who 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 forever, therefore he made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness. 2Chro 9 9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither were there any such spices as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. 2Chro 9 10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones. 2Chro 9 11 And the king made of the algum wood steps to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and lyres for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. 2Chro 9 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, more than that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. 2Chro 9 13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 2Chro 9 14 Besides that which traders and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 2Chro 9 15 And king Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold: six hundred shekels of hammered gold went to each large shield. 2Chro 9 16 And three hundred shields made he of hammered gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 2Chro 9 17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 2Chro 9 18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and arm rests on each side of the seat, and two lions standing by the arm rests: 2Chro 9 19 And twelve lions stood there, one on each side upon the six steps. There was not the like of which made in any kingdom. 2Chro 9 20 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; for it was not counted as anything in the days of Solomon. 2Chro 9 21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: once every three years came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 2Chro 9 22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 2Chro 9 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. 2Chro 9 24 And they brought every man his present, articles of silver, and articles of gold, and raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a set rate year by year. 2Chro 9 25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 2Chro 9 26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 2Chro 9 27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. 2Chro 9 28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. 2Chro 9 29 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 concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 2Chro 9 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 2Chro 9 31 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, Chapter 10 2Chro 10 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem had all Israel come to make him king. 2Chro 10 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 2Chro 10 3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 2Chro 10 4 Your father made our yoke heavy: now therefore ease you somewhat the heavy service of your father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve you. 2Chro 10 5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. 2Chro 10 6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel do you give me to return an answer to this people? 2Chro 10 7 And they spoke unto him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever. 2Chro 10 8 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. 2Chro 10 9 And he said unto them, What advice do you give that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that your father did put upon us? 2Chro 10 10 And the young men that were brought up with him spoke unto him, saying, Thus shall you answer the people that spoke unto you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it somewhat lighter for us; thus shall you say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's waist. 2Chro 10 11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will add more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 2Chro 10 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had asked, saying, Come again to me on the third day. 2Chro 10 13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, 2Chro 10 14 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. 2Chro 10 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the turn of events was from God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 2Chro 10 16 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? we have no 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. 2Chro 10 17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 2Chro 10 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram who was over the forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, so that he died. But king Rehoboam made haste to get himself up into his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 2Chro 10 19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 11 2Chro 11 1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 2Chro 11 2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 2Chro 11 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 2Chro 11 4 Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is from me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. 2Chro 11 5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 2Chro 11 6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 2Chro 11 7 And Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam, 2Chro 11 8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 2Chro 11 9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 2Chro 11 10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities. 2Chro 11 11 And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and store of food, and of oil and wine. 2Chro 11 12 And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them very strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. 2Chro 11 13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their territories. 2Chro 11 14 For the Levites left their pastures lands and their possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: 2Chro 11 15 And he ordained himself priests for the high places, and for the goat idols, and for the calf idols which he had made. 2Chro 11 16 And after that, 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. 2Chro 11 17 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. 2Chro 11 18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David as his wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; 2Chro 11 19 Who bore him children; Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham. 2Chro 11 20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; who bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 2Chro 11 21 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.) 2Chro 11 22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. 2Chro 11 23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them provisions in abundance. And he procured many wives for them. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 12 2Chro 12 1 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. 2Chro 12 2 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, 2Chro 12 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Libyans, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. 2Chro 12 4 And he took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 2Chro 12 5 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 says the LORD, You have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 2Chro 12 6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. 2Chro 12 7 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. 2Chro 12 8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. 2Chro 12 9 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. 2Chro 12 10 In place of them king Rehoboam made shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house. 2Chro 12 11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bore them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. 2Chro 12 12 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. 2Chro 12 13 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. 2Chro 12 14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. 2Chro 12 15 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. 2Chro 12 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 13 2Chro 13 1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. 2Chro 13 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 2Chro 13 3 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. 2Chro 13 4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in the mountains of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, you Jeroboam, and all Israel; 2Chro 13 5 Ought you not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? 2Chro 13 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, has risen up, and has rebelled against his lord. 2Chro 13 7 And there are gathered unto him worthless 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. 2Chro 13 8 And now do you think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. 2Chro 13 9 Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made yourselves priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. 2Chro 13 10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, who minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their service: 2Chro 13 11 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the showbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the lampstand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but you have forsaken him. 2Chro 13 12 And, behold, God himself is with us as our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to sound the alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight not against the LORD God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper. 2Chro 13 13 But Jeroboam sent an ambush to come around behind them: so they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them. 2Chro 13 14 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. 2Chro 13 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 2Chro 13 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. 2Chro 13 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 2Chro 13 18 Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. 2Chro 13 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages, and Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages. 2Chro 13 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. 2Chro 13 21 But Abijah grew mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begot twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 2Chro 13 22 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, Chapter 14 2Chro 14 1 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. 2Chro 14 2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: 2Chro 14 3 For he took away the altars of the foreign gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the idol poles: 2Chro 14 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 2Chro 14 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars: and the kingdom was quiet under him. 2Chro 14 6 And he built fortified cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. 2Chro 14 7 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 has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. 2Chro 14 8 And Asa had an army of men that bore large shields 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. 2Chro 14 9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. 2Chro 14 10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 2Chro 14 11 And Asa cried unto 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 not man prevail against you. 2Chro 14 12 So the LORD defeated the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 2Chro 14 13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, so that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his army; and they carried away very much plunder. 2Chro 14 14 And they defeated all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they plundered all the cities; for there was very much plunder in them. 2Chro 14 15 They struck also the enclosures of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 15 2Chro 15 1 And the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2Chro 15 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 2Chro 15 3 Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. 2Chro 15 4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. 2Chro 15 5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great turmoil was upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 2Chro 15 6 And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city: for God did trouble them with all adversity. 2Chro 15 7 Be you strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. 2Chro 15 8 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 in the mountains of Ephraim, and repaired the altar of the LORD, that was before the vestibule of the LORD. 2Chro 15 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they came over to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. 2Chro 15 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 2Chro 15 11 And they offered unto the LORD on that day some of the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 2Chro 15 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 2Chro 15 13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 2Chro 15 14 And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns. 2Chro 15 15 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. 2Chro 15 16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an abominable image on an idol pole: and Asa cut down her idol, and crushed it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 2Chro 15 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 2Chro 15 18 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. 2Chro 15 19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 16 2Chro 16 1 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. 2Chro 16 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 2Chro 16 3 Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father: behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 2Chro 16 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali. 2Chro 16 5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease. 2Chro 16 6 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 with them Geba and Mizpah. 2Chro 16 7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD your God, therefore has the army of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand. 2Chro 16 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because you did rely on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. 2Chro 16 9 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. In this you have done foolishly: therefore from now on you shall have wars. 2Chro 16 10 Then Asa was angry 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. 2Chro 16 11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 2Chro 16 12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease became severe: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. 2Chro 16 13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 2Chro 16 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet ointments and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art: and they made a very great fire in honor of him. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 17 2Chro 17 1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. 2Chro 17 2 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. 2Chro 17 3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; 2Chro 17 4 But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. 2Chro 17 5 Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance. 2Chro 17 6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and idol poles out of Judah. 2Chro 17 7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his leaders, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethanel, and to Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. 2Chro 17 8 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. 2Chro 17 9 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. 2Chro 17 10 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. 2Chro 17 11 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 male goats. 2Chro 17 12 And Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Judah fortresses, and storage cities. 2Chro 17 13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem. 2Chro 17 14 And these are the numbers of them according to their father's houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand. 2Chro 17 15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. 2Chro 17 16 And next to him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. 2Chro 17 17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. 2Chro 17 18 And next to him was Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and fourscore thousand prepared for war. 2Chro 17 19 These served the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortifed cities throughout all Judah. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 18 2Chro 18 1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and made a marriage alliance with Ahab. 2Chro 18 2 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 Ramoth-gilead. 2Chro 18 3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as you are, and my people as your people; and we will be with you in the war. 2Chro 18 4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray you, for the word of the LORD today. 2Chro 18 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto 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. 2Chro 18 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him? 2Chro 18 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire 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. 2Chro 18 8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 2Chro 18 9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat each of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 2Chro 18 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made himself horns of iron, and said, Thus says the LORD, With these you shall push Syria until they are consumed. 2Chro 18 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 2Chro 18 12 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 theirs, and speak you good. 2Chro 18 13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD lives, even what my God says, that will I speak. 2Chro 18 14 And when he had come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go you up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. 2Chro 18 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I make you swear that you say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? 2Chro 18 16 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. 2Chro 18 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? 2Chro 18 18 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. 2Chro 18 19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 2Chro 18 20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, By what means? 2Chro 18 21 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. 2Chro 18 22 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. 2Chro 18 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto you? 2Chro 18 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself. 2Chro 18 25 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's son; 2Chro 18 26 And say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with little bread and with little water, until I return in peace. 2Chro 18 27 And Micaiah said, If you ever return in peace, then has not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all you people. 2Chro 18 28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 2Chro 18 29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put you on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. 2Chro 18 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight you not with small or great, except only with the king of Israel. 2Chro 18 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they surrounded him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God led them to depart from him. 2Chro 18 32 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. 2Chro 18 33 And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn your hand, that you may carry me out of the battle; for I am wounded. 2Chro 18 34 And the battle increased that day: and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening: and about the time of the sun going down he died. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 19 2Chro 19 1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. 2Chro 19 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help the wicked, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath came upon you from the LORD. 2Chro 19 3 Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the idol poles out of the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God. 2Chro 19 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. 2Chro 19 5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 2Chro 19 6 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. 2Chro 19 7 Therefore 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 bribes. 2Chro 19 8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat appoint some of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the heads of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. 2Chro 19 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 2Chro 19 10 And whatsoever cause shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their 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 bring wrath upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and you shall not trespass. 2Chro 19 11 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, Chapter 20 2Chro 20 1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them others besides the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2Chro 20 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea on this side of Edom; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. 2Chro 20 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set his face to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 2Chro 20 4 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. 2Chro 20 5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 2Chro 20 6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, are not you God in heaven? and rule you not over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand you? 2Chro 20 7 Are not you our God, who did drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham your friend forever? 2Chro 20 8 And they dwelt in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying, 2Chro 20 9 If, when evil comes upon 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 unto you in our affliction, then you will hear and help. 2Chro 20 10 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; 2Chro 20 11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. 2Chro 20 12 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 upon you. 2Chro 20 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 2Chro 20 14 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; 2Chro 20 15 And he said, Hearken you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat, Thus says the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. 2Chro 20 16 Tomorrow go you down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 2Chro 20 17 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; tomorrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. 2Chro 20 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshiping the LORD. 2Chro 20 19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. 2Chro 20 20 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. 2Chro 20 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endures forever. 2Chro 20 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who were come against Judah; and they were defeated. 2Chro 20 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to slay and destroy them utterly: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy one another. 2Chro 20 24 And when Judah came to the watchtower in the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 2Chro 20 25 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 the gathering of the spoil, it was so much. 2Chro 20 26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Beracah, unto this day. 2Chro 20 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 2Chro 20 28 And they came to Jerusalem with lyres and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. 2Chro 20 29 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. 2Chro 20 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about. 2Chro 20 31 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. 2Chro 20 32 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. 2Chro 20 33 However the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 2Chro 20 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from first to last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. 2Chro 20 35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 2Chro 20 36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. 2Chro 20 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu 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, Chapter 21 2Chro 21 1 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. 2Chro 21 2 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. 2Chro 21 3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. 2Chro 21 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and also some of the princes of Israel. 2Chro 21 5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 2Chro 21 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab as his wife: and he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. 2Chro 21 7 Yet 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 forever. 2Chro 21 8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. 2Chro 21 9 Then Jehoram went forth with his officers, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots. 2Chro 21 10 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. 2Chro 21 11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit harlotries, and led Judah astray. 2Chro 21 12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says 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, 2Chro 21 13 But have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, like the harlotries of the house of Ahab, and also have slain your brothers of your father's house, who were better than yourself: 2Chro 21 14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD strike your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your goods: 2Chro 21 15 And you shall have great sickness by disease of your intestines, until your intestines come out because of the sickness day by day. 2Chro 21 16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 2Chro 21 17 And they came up into Judah, and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was not a son left him, except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. 2Chro 21 18 And after all this the LORD struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease. 2Chro 21 19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his intestines fell out because of his sickness: so he died in great pain. And his people made no fire in his honor, like the fires made for his fathers. 2Chro 21 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without anyone's regret. However they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 22 2Chro 22 1 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 older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2Chro 22 2 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 granddaughter of Omri. 2Chro 22 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. 2Chro 22 4 Therefore 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. 2Chro 22 5 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 Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram. 2Chro 22 6 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. 2Chro 22 7 And the downfall of Ahaziah was of God by his coming to Joram: for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 2Chro 22 8 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 brothers of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he killed them. 2Chro 22 9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he had hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, they said, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no one able to rule the kingdom. 2Chro 22 10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal descendants of the house of Judah. 2Chro 22 11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were being 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. 2Chro 22 12 And he was hid with them in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 23 2Chro 23 1 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 himself. 2Chro 23 2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 2Chro 23 3 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 has said of the sons of David. 2Chro 23 4 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 gatekeepers of the doors; 2Chro 23 5 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. 2Chro 23 6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, except 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. 2Chro 23 7 And the Levites shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else comes into the house, he shall be put to death: but you be with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out. 2Chro 23 8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took everyone his men that were to come on duty on the sabbath, with them that were to go off duty on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the divisions. 2Chro 23 9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and large, and small shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God. 2Chro 23 10 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, all around the king. 2Chro 23 11 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, Long live the king. 2Chro 23 12 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: 2Chro 23 13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entrance, and the leaders and the trumpeters 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 tore her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. 2Chro 23 14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the army, and said unto them, Bring her forth between the ranks: and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD. 2Chro 23 15 So they laid hands on her; and when she had come to the entrance of the horse gate by the king's house, they killed her there. 2Chro 23 16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD'S people. 2Chro 23 17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke its altars and its images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 2Chro 23 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the oversight of the house of the LORD to the hands of the priests, the Levites, whom David had assigned 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. 2Chro 23 19 And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in anything should enter in. 2Chro 23 20 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. 2Chro 23 21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after they had slain Athaliah with the sword. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 24 2Chro 24 1 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 Beer-sheba. 2Chro 24 2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 2Chro 24 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. 2Chro 24 4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash had a mind to repair the house of the LORD. 2Chro 24 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto 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 hastened it not. 2Chro 24 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto 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? 2Chro 24 7 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 dedicate to Baalim. 2Chro 24 8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of the LORD. 2Chro 24 9 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. 2Chro 24 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had finished. 2Chro 24 11 Now it came to pass, that at whatsoever 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 its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. 2Chro 24 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who 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 in iron and bronze to restore the house of the LORD. 2Chro 24 13 So the workmen labored, and the work was completed by them, and they put the house of God in order, and strengthened it. 2Chro 24 14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made articles for the house of the LORD, even articles for ministering, and for offering, 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. 2Chro 24 15 But Jehoiada grew old, and was full of days when he died; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 2Chro 24 16 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. 2Chro 24 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and bowed before the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. 2Chro 24 18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served idol poles and other idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. 2Chro 24 19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. 2Chro 24 20 And the spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus says God, Why transgress you the commandments of the LORD, that you cannot prosper? because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you. 2Chro 24 21 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. 2Chro 24 22 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 repay it. 2Chro 24 23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army 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. 2Chro 24 24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. 2Chro 24 25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him severely wounded,) 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. 2Chro 24 26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. 2Chro 24 27 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, Chapter 25 2Chro 25 1 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. 2Chro 25 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. 2Chro 25 3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 2Chro 25 4 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. 2Chro 25 5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to their fathers' houses, 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. 2Chro 25 6 He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver. 2Chro 25 7 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, not with all the children of Ephraim. 2Chro 25 8 But if you will go, do it, be strong for the battle: but God shall make you fall before the enemy: for God has power to help, and to cast down. 2Chro 25 9 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. 2Chro 25 10 Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. 2Chro 25 11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and killed of the children of Seir ten thousand. 2Chro 25 12 And another 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 dashed to pieces. 2Chro 25 13 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 Beth-horon, and killed three thousand of them, and took much spoil. 2Chro 25 14 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. 2Chro 25 15 Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, who could not deliver their own people out of your hand? 2Chro 25 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Are you made the king's counselor? stop; why should you be killed? Then the prophet stopped, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not hearkened unto my counsel. 2Chro 25 17 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 look one another in the face. 2Chro 25 18 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 as a wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle. 2Chro 25 19 You say, Lo, 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? 2Chro 25 20 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. 2Chro 25 21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they looked one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 2Chro 25 22 And Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. 2Chro 25 23 And Joash the 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 gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 2Chro 25 24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that 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. 2Chro 25 25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 2Chro 25 26 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? 2Chro 25 27 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. 2Chro 25 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 26 2Chro 26 1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. 2Chro 26 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. 2Chro 26 3 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. 2Chro 26 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. 2Chro 26 5 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. 2Chro 26 6 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 around Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 2Chro 26 7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunites. 2Chro 26 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly. 2Chro 26 9 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. 2Chro 26 10 Also he built towers in the desert, and dug many wells: for he had many cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: farmers also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved the soil. 2Chro 26 11 Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by divisions, according to the number on their roll by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. 2Chro 26 12 The whole number of the heads of the fathers' houses of the mighty men of valor were two thousand and six hundred. 2Chro 26 13 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. 2Chro 26 14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and body armor, and bows, and slings to cast stones. 2Chro 26 15 And he made in Jerusalem devices, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and upon the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 2Chro 26 16 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. 2Chro 26 17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: 2Chro 26 18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It belongs not unto you, 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 you have trespassed; neither shall it be for your honor from the LORD God. 2Chro 26 19 Then Uzziah was angry, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was angry with the priests, leprosy even broke out in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. 2Chro 26 20 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 there; yea, he himself hastened also to go out, because the LORD had struck him. 2Chro 26 21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt 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. 2Chro 26 22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 2Chro 26 23 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, Chapter 27 2Chro 27 1 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. 2Chro 27 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: although he entered not into the temple of the LORD. But the people acted yet corruptly. 2Chro 27 3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. 2Chro 27 4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built forts and towers. 2Chro 27 5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a 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. 2Chro 27 6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. 2Chro 27 7 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. 2Chro 27 8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 2Chro 27 9 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, Chapter 28 2Chro 28 1 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: 2Chro 28 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. 2Chro 28 3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the nations which the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 2Chro 28 4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 2Chro 28 5 Therefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they defeated 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 defeated him with a great slaughter. 2Chro 28 6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, who were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. 2Chro 28 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the officer over the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. 2Chro 28 8 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. 2Chro 28 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage that reaches up unto heaven. 2Chro 28 10 And now you purpose to subjugate 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? 2Chro 28 11 Now hear me therefore, and return the captives, whom you have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. 2Chro 28 12 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, 2Chro 28 13 And said unto them, You shall not bring in the captives here: for since 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. 2Chro 28 14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. 2Chro 28 15 And the men who were mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and dressed them, and gave them sandals, and gave them food and drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria. 2Chro 28 16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. 2Chro 28 17 For again the Edomites had come and attacked Judah, and carried away captives. 2Chro 28 18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with its villages, and Timnah with its villages, Gimzo also and its villages: and they dwelt there. 2Chro 28 19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed greatly against the LORD. 2Chro 28 20 And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, and strengthened him not. 2Chro 28 21 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. 2Chro 28 22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. 2Chro 28 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which had defeated 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. 2Chro 28 24 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 himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 2Chro 28 25 And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. 2Chro 28 26 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. 2Chro 28 27 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, Chapter 29 2Chro 29 1 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. 2Chro 29 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. 2Chro 29 3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. 2Chro 29 4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, 2Chro 29 5 And said unto them, Hear me, you Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filth out of the holy place. 2Chro 29 6 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. 2Chro 29 7 Also they have shut up the doors of the vestibule, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel. 2Chro 29 8 Therefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes. 2Chro 29 9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 2Chro 29 10 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. 2Chro 29 11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that you should minister unto him, and burn incense. 2Chro 29 12 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: 2Chro 29 13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeuel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: 2Chro 29 14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehuel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. 2Chro 29 15 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. 2Chro 29 16 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 to the brook Kidron. 2Chro 29 17 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 vestibule of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they finished. 2Chro 29 18 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 its utensils, and the showbread table, with all its utensils. 2Chro 29 19 Moreover all the utensils, 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. 2Chro 29 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. 2Chro 29 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male 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. 2Chro 29 22 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. 2Chro 29 23 And they brought forth the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: 2Chro 29 24 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. 2Chro 29 25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with lyres, 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. 2Chro 29 26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. 2Chro 29 27 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. 2Chro 29 28 And all the congregation worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. 2Chro 29 29 And when they had finished offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshiped. 2Chro 29 30 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 worshiped. 2Chro 29 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now you 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. 2Chro 29 32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. 2Chro 29 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. 2Chro 29 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings: therefore 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. 2Chro 29 35 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. 2Chro 29 36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 30 2Chro 30 1 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. 2Chro 30 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. 2Chro 30 3 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. 2Chro 30 4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. 2Chro 30 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba 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 for a long time in the way in which it was written. 2Chro 30 6 So the runners 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 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. 2Chro 30 7 And be not like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as you see. 2Chro 30 8 Now be you not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. 2Chro 30 9 For if you 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 you return unto him. 2Chro 30 10 So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. 2Chro 30 11 Nevertheless some from Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. 2Chro 30 12 Also the hand of God was upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD. 2Chro 30 13 And there assembled at Jerusalem many people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. 2Chro 30 14 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. 2Chro 30 15 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. 2Chro 30 16 And they stood in their place according to 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. 2Chro 30 17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had charge of the killing of the passover lambs for everyone that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. 2Chro 30 18 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 contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon everyone 2Chro 30 19 That prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. 2Chro 30 20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. 2Chro 30 21 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. 2Chro 30 22 And Hezekiah spoke encouragingly 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. 2Chro 30 23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days: and they kept another seven days with gladness. 2Chro 30 24 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. 2Chro 30 25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the sojourners that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 2Chro 30 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was nothing like this in Jerusalem. 2Chro 30 27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwellingplace, even unto heaven. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 31 2Chro 31 1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the sacred pillars in pieces, and cut down the idol poles, 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. 2Chro 31 2 And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, 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 camp of the LORD. 2Chro 31 3 He appointed also the king's portion of his possessions for the burnt offerings, 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. 2Chro 31 4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. 2Chro 31 5 And as soon as the commandment was spread abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of grain, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. 2Chro 31 6 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 in heaps. 2Chro 31 7 In the third month they began laying them in heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. 2Chro 31 8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. 2Chro 31 9 Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. 2Chro 31 10 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 plenty left: for the LORD has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great abundance. 2Chro 31 11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them, 2Chro 31 12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was in charge, and Shimei his brother was next. 2Chro 31 13 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. 2Chro 31 14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the offerings to the LORD, and the most holy things. 2Chro 31 15 And under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, asisting him to give the portions to their brethren by divisions, to the old as well as to the young: 2Chro 31 16 Besides their males enrolled by genealogy, from three years old and upward, even unto everyone that enters into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their work according to their divisions; 2Chro 31 17 And to the priests enrolled by genealogy according to their fathers' house, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their work by their divisions; 2Chro 31 18 And to all enrolled by genealogy, their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their faithfulness they sanctified themselves in holiness: 2Chro 31 19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the pasture lands of their cities, in every city, men were designated by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were listed by genealogies among the Levites. 2Chro 31 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and did that which was good and right and true before the LORD his God. 2Chro 31 21 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, Chapter 32 2Chro 32 1 After these things, and the establishment of them, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself. 2Chro 32 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 2Chro 32 3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were outside the city: and they did help him. 2Chro 32 4 So there were gathered many 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? 2Chro 32 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall outside, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance. 2Chro 32 6 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, 2Chro 32 7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed by the king of Assyria, nor by all the multitude that is with him: for there are more with us than with him: 2Chro 32 8 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 encouraged themselves by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 2Chro 32 9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his forces with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, 2Chro 32 10 Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, On what do you trust, that you remain in the siege in Jerusalem? 2Chro 32 11 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? 2Chro 32 12 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 upon it? 2Chro 32 13 Know you not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hand? 2Chro 32 14 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? 2Chro 32 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way, 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? 2Chro 32 16 And his servants spoke yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah. 2Chro 32 17 He wrote also letters to revile 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. 2Chro 32 18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the language of Judah unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to frighten them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. 2Chro 32 19 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. 2Chro 32 20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. 2Chro 32 21 And the LORD sent an angel, who 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 had come into the house of his god, sons that came forth of his own body struck him down there with the sword. 2Chro 32 22 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 others, and guided them on every side. 2Chro 32 23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and precious gifts to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from that time on. 2Chro 32 24 In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spoke unto him, and he gave him a sign. 2Chro 32 25 But Hezekiah returned 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. 2Chro 32 26 Then 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. 2Chro 32 27 And Hezekiah had exceedingly great 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 costly articles; 2Chro 32 28 Storehouses also for the increase of grain, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of animals, and folds for flocks. 2Chro 32 29 Moreover he provided himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him very great possessions. 2Chro 32 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water outlet of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. 2Chro 32 31 However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent unto 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. 2Chro 32 32 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. 2Chro 32 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper 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, Chapter 33 2Chro 33 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 2Chro 33 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the nations, which the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 2Chro 33 3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he raised up altars for Baalim, and made idol poles, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them. 2Chro 33 4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever. 2Chro 33 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 2Chro 33 6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he practiced soothsaying, and used sorcery, and used witchcraft, and dealt with mediums, and with wizards: he did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 2Chro 33 7 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 forever: 2Chro 33 8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; if only 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. 2Chro 33 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the nations, which the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. 2Chro 33 10 And the LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken. 2Chro 33 11 Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, and bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 2Chro 33 12 And when he was in affliction, he sought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 2Chro 33 13 And prayed unto him: and he received his entreaty, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God. 2Chro 33 14 Now after this he built a wall outside the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the fish gate, and enclosed Ophel, and raised it up to a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Judah. 2Chro 33 15 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 in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. 2Chro 33 16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed on it peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. 2Chro 33 17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only. 2Chro 33 18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto 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. 2Chro 33 19 His prayer also, and how God received his entreaty, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up idol poles and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. 2Chro 33 20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 2Chro 33 21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. 2Chro 33 22 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; 2Chro 33 23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. 2Chro 33 24 And his servants conspired against him, and killed him in his own house. 2Chro 33 25 But the people of the land killed all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 34 2Chro 34 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 2Chro 34 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 2Chro 34 3 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 idol poles, and the carved images, and the molten images. 2Chro 34 4 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 idol poles, and the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and scattered it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. 2Chro 34 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 2Chro 34 6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about. 2Chro 34 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the idol poles, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. 2Chro 34 8 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. 2Chro 34 9 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. 2Chro 34 10 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 restore the house: 2Chro 34 11 Even to the craftsmen and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for beams, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 2Chro 34 12 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 have oversight; and other of the Levites, all that were skillful with instruments of music. 2Chro 34 13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that did the work in any kind of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers. 2Chro 34 14 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. 2Chro 34 15 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. 2Chro 34 16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to your servants, they are doing. 2Chro 34 17 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. 2Chro 34 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 2Chro 34 19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes. 2Chro 34 20 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, 2Chro 34 21 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 upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book. 2Chro 34 22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter:) and they spoke to her to that effect. 2Chro 34 23 And she answered them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, 2Chro 34 24 Thus says 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: 2Chro 34 25 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. 2Chro 34 26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall you say unto him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which you have heard; 2Chro 34 27 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 tear your clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard you also, says the LORD. 2Chro 34 28 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 upon this place, and upon its inhabitants. So they brought the king word again. 2Chro 34 29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2Chro 34 30 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 hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. 2Chro 34 31 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. 2Chro 34 32 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. 2Chro 34 33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the country that belonged 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, Chapter 35 2Chro 35 1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2Chro 35 2 And he set the priests in their duties, and encouraged them for the service of the house of the LORD, 2Chro 35 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, who 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 no longer be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, 2Chro 35 4 And prepare yourselves according to your fathers' houses, according to your divisions, according to the writings of David king of Israel, and according to the writings of Solomon his son. 2Chro 35 5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brethren the lay people, and according to the division of the families of the Levites. 2Chro 35 6 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. 2Chro 35 7 And Josiah gave to the people, from 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 possessions. 2Chro 35 8 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. 2Chro 35 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chiefs of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for the passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 2Chro 35 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their places, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king's commandment. 2Chro 35 11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites skinned them. 2Chro 35 12 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. 2Chro 35 13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings boiled they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them quickly among all the lay people. 2Chro 35 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busy in the offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 2Chro 35 15 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 gatekeepers waited at every gate; they did not need to depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. 2Chro 35 16 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. 2Chro 35 17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. 2Chro 35 18 And there was no passover like 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. 2Chro 35 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. 2Chro 35 20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. 2Chro 35 21 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 am at war: for God commanded me to make haste: cease from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroys you not. 2Chro 35 22 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. 2Chro 35 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Take me away; for I am badly wounded. 2Chro 35 24 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. 2Chro 35 25 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. 2Chro 35 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD, 2Chro 35 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. ------------------------2 Chronicles, Chapter 36 2Chro 36 1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 2Chro 36 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 2Chro 36 3 And the king of Egypt dethroned him at Jerusalem, and imposed on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 2Chro 36 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. 2Chro 36 5 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. 2Chro 36 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. 2Chro 36 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried part of the articles of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 2Chro 36 8 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. 2Chro 36 9 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. 2Chro 36 10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. 2Chro 36 11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 2Chro 36 12 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. 2Chro 36 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning unto the LORD God of Israel. 2Chro 36 14 Moreover all the leaders of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much according to all the abominations of the nations; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 2Chro 36 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent word to them by his messengers, sending them time and again; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: 2Chro 36 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. 2Chro 36 17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed 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 was stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. 2Chro 36 18 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. 2Chro 36 19 And they burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its costly possessions. 2Chro 36 20 And those that had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia: 2Chro 36 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 2Chro 36 22 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, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2Chro 36 23 Thus says 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 a 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. ------------------------Ezra, Chapter 1 Ezra 1 1 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 2 Thus says 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 a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Ezra 1 3 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 4 And whosoever remains in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with animals, besides the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. Ezra 1 5 Then rose up the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had stirred, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. Ezra 1 6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered. Ezra 1 7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the articles 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 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. Ezra 1 9 And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives, Ezra 1 10 Thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a similar sort four hundred and ten, and other articles a thousand. Ezra 1 11 All the articles of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with those of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. ------------------------Ezra, Chapter 2 Ezra 2 1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those who 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 2 Who 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 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy and two. Ezra 2 4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. Ezra 2 5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. Ezra 2 6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. Ezra 2 7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. Ezra 2 8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. Ezra 2 9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. Ezra 2 10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two. Ezra 2 11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. Ezra 2 12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. Ezra 2 13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. Ezra 2 14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. Ezra 2 15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. Ezra 2 16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. Ezra 2 17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. Ezra 2 18 The children of Jorah, a hundred and twelve. Ezra 2 19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. Ezra 2 20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. Ezra 2 21 The children of Bethlehem, a hundred twenty and three. Ezra 2 22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. Ezra 2 23 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight. Ezra 2 24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. Ezra 2 25 The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. Ezra 2 26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. Ezra 2 27 The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two. Ezra 2 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. Ezra 2 29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. Ezra 2 30 The children of Magbish, a hundred fifty and six. Ezra 2 31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. Ezra 2 32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. Ezra 2 33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. Ezra 2 34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. Ezra 2 35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. Ezra 2 36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. Ezra 2 37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. Ezra 2 38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. Ezra 2 39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. Ezra 2 40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. Ezra 2 41 The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight. Ezra 2 42 The children of the gatekeepers: 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 a hundred thirty and nine. Ezra 2 43 The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, Ezra 2 44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon, Ezra 2 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, Ezra 2 46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan, Ezra 2 47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, Ezra 2 48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, Ezra 2 49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, Ezra 2 50 The children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim, Ezra 2 51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, Ezra 2 52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, Ezra 2 53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah, Ezra 2 54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. Ezra 2 55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda, Ezra 2 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, Ezra 2 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Ami. Ezra 2 58 All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. Ezra 2 59 And these were they who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harhsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not prove their father's house, and their descent, whether they were of Israel: Ezra 2 60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. Ezra 2 61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai; who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: Ezra 2 62 These sought their listing among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as defiled, excluded from the priesthood. Ezra 2 63 And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till a priest could consult with Urim and with Thummim. Ezra 2 64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, Ezra 2 65 Beside their male and female servants, 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 66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; Ezra 2 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. Ezra 2 68 And some of the heads of the fathers' houses, 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 its place: Ezra 2 69 They gave according to their ability to the treasury of the work threescore and one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. Ezra 2 70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their towns, and all Israel in their towns. ------------------------Ezra, Chapter 3 Ezra 3 1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. Ezra 3 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, 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 3 And they set the altar upon its 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 4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required; Ezra 3 5 And afterward offered the continual burnt offerings, 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 6 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 7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia. Ezra 3 8 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 oversee the work of the house of the LORD. Ezra 3 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to oversee the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. Ezra 3 10 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, according to the ordinance of David king of Israel. Ezra 3 11 And they sang together responsively in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endures 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 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of the fathers' houses, who were old men, who 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 13 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, Chapter 4 Ezra 4 1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity built the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; Ezra 4 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of the fathers' houses, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as you do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here. Ezra 4 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, said unto them, You have nothing to do with us to build a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us. Ezra 4 4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, Ezra 4 5 And hired counselors 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 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. Ezra 4 7 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 Aramaic, and set forth in the Aramaic language. Ezra 4 8 Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this fashion: Ezra 4 9 Then wrote Rehum the commander, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the judges, the governors , the officials, the Persians, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, and the Elamites, Ezra 4 10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and settled in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and so forth . Ezra 4 11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Your servants the men on this side the river, send greetings. Ezra 4 12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews who came up from you to us have come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and wicked city, and are finishing its walls, and repairing the foundations. Ezra 4 13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city is built, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so you shall impair the revenue of the kings. Ezra 4 14 Now because we receive support from the king's palace, and it was not proper for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and informed the king; Ezra 4 15 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 harmful unto kings and provinces, and that they have incited sedition within the city from of old: for which cause was this city destroyed. Ezra 4 16 We inform the king that, if this city is built again, and its walls finished, by this means you shall have no dominion on this side of the river. Ezra 4 17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the commander, 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 so forth. Ezra 4 18 The letter which you sent unto us has been plainly read before me. Ezra 4 19 And I commanded, and search has been made, and it is found that this city from of old has made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it. Ezra 4 20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. Ezra 4 21 Give you now command to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until another command shall be given from me. Ezra 4 22 Take heed now that you fail not to do this: why should damage increase to the hurt of the kings? Ezra 4 23 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 24 Then ceased the work on the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. ------------------------Ezra, Chapter 5 Ezra 5 1 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 2 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 3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, governor on this side of the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who has commanded you to build this house, and to restore this wall? Ezra 5 4 Then said we unto them after this manner, These are the names of the men that make this building. Ezra 5 5 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 an answer by letter concerning this matter. Ezra 5 6 The copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor on this side of the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and his companions the governors, who were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: Ezra 5 7 They sent a letter unto him, in which was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. Ezra 5 8 Be it known unto 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 on diligently , and prospers in their hands. Ezra 5 9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them, Who commanded you to build this house, and to complete these walls? Ezra 5 10 We asked their names also, to inform you, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. Ezra 5 11 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 finished. Ezra 5 12 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 13 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 14 And the articles 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 15 And said unto him, Take these articles, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place. Ezra 5 16 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 17 Now therefore, if it seems 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, Chapter 6 Ezra 6 1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the scrolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. Ezra 6 2 And there was found at Ecbatana, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a scroll, and in it was a record thus written: Ezra 6 3 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 its foundations be strongly laid; its height threescore cubits, and its breadth threescore cubits; Ezra 6 4 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 5 And also let the golden and silver articles 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 its place, and place them in the house of God. Ezra 6 6 Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions the governors, who are beyond the river, keep yourselves far from there: Ezra 6 7 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 its place. Ezra 6 8 Moreover I make a decree of what you shall do for 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, without delay expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. Ezra 6 9 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 requirement of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: Ezra 6 10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet aroma unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. Ezra 6 11 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 impaled thereon; and let his house be made a a pile of rubble because of this. Ezra 6 12 And the God that has caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put their hand to alter it and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done diligently. Ezra 6 13 Then Tattenai, governor on this side of the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. Ezra 6 14 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 15 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 16 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 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. Ezra 6 18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. Ezra 6 19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. Ezra 6 20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were purified, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. Ezra 6 21 And the children of Israel, who had come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, Ezra 6 22 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, Chapter 7 Ezra 7 1 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 2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, Ezra 7 3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, Ezra 7 4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, Ezra 7 5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: Ezra 7 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a skilled 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 7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. Ezra 7 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. Ezra 7 9 For upon the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. Ezra 7 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances. Ezra 7 11 Now this is the copy of the letter that 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 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and so forth. Ezra 7 13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, who are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you. Ezra 7 14 For as you are sent by the king, and by his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand; Ezra 7 15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, Ezra 7 16 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, offered willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem: Ezra 7 17 That you may buy promptly with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. Ezra 7 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to you, and to your brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do according to the will of your God. Ezra 7 19 The articles also that are given you for the service of the house of your God, those you shall deliver before the God of Jerusalem. Ezra 7 20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of your God, which you shall have occasion to provide, provide it out of the king's treasure house. Ezra 7 21 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 promptly, Ezra 7 22 Unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred cors of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. Ezra 7 23 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 24 Also we inform you, that concerning any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. Ezra 7 25 And you, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God, that is in your hand, set magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach them that know them not. Ezra 7 26 And whosoever will not do the law of your 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 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: Ezra 7 28 And has extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counselors, 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 leading men to go up with me. ------------------------Ezra, Chapter 8 Ezra 8 1 These are now the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. Ezra 8 2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. Ezra 8 3 Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh; Zechariah: and with him were registered by genealogy of the men a hundred and fifty. Ezra 8 4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred men. Ezra 8 5 Of the sons of Shecaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred men. Ezra 8 6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty men. Ezra 8 7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy men. Ezra 8 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore men. Ezra 8 9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen men. Ezra 8 10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and threescore men. Ezra 8 11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight men. Ezra 8 12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten men. Ezra 8 13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore men. Ezra 8 14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zaccur, and with them seventy men. Ezra 8 15 And I gathered them together to the river that runs 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 16 Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, leading men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. Ezra 8 17 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 Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. Ezra 8 18 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 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; Ezra 8 20 Also of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were registered by name. Ezra 8 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our possessions. Ezra 8 22 For I was ashamed to ask 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 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he answered our prayer. Ezra 8 24 Then I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, Ezra 8 25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the articles, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: Ezra 8 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver articles worth a hundred talents, and of gold a hundred talents; Ezra 8 27 Also twenty bowls of gold, worth a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold. Ezra 8 28 And I said unto them, You are holy unto the LORD; the articles are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. Ezra 8 29 Watch, and keep them, until you weigh them before the leaders of the priests and the Levites, and heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. Ezra 8 30 So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the articles, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. Ezra 8 31 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 32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. Ezra 8 33 Now on the fourth day were the silver and the gold and the articles 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 34 With the number and weight of everything: and all the weight was recorded at that time. Ezra 8 35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, who had 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 male goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD. Ezra 8 36 And they delivered the king's orders unto the king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river: and they aided the people, and the house of God. ------------------------Ezra, Chapter 9 Ezra 9 1 Now when these things were done, the leaders came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, in regard to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. Ezra 9 2 For they have taken of their daughters as wives for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy race has mixed itself with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the leaders and rulers has been foremost in this trespass. Ezra 9 3 And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down appalled. Ezra 9 4 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 appalled until the evening sacrifice. Ezra 9 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having torn my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God, Ezra 9 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God: for our iniquities have risen higher than our head, and our trespass has grown up unto the heavens. Ezra 9 7 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 plunder, and to humiliation, as it is this day. Ezra 9 8 And now for a little while grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us security in his holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. Ezra 9 9 For we were slaves; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to rebuild the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. Ezra 9 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments, Ezra 9 11 Which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto 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 12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth forever: that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever. Ezra 9 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that you our God has punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and has given us such deliverance as this; Ezra 9 14 Should we again break your commandments, and join in marriage 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 15 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, Chapter 10 Ezra 10 1 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 bitterly. Ezra 10 2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. Ezra 10 3 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 4 Arise; for this matter belongs unto you: we also will be with you: be of good courage, and do it. Ezra 10 5 Then arose Ezra, and made the leading priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they swore. Ezra 10 6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came there, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. Ezra 10 7 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 8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the order of the leaders and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and he himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. Ezra 10 9 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 open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and because of the heavy rain. Ezra 10 10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, You have transgressed, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel. Ezra 10 11 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 foreign wives. Ezra 10 12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As you has said, so must we do. Ezra 10 13 But the people are many, and it is a time of heavy rain, and we are not able to stand outside, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. Ezra 10 14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them who have taken foreign 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 is turned from us. Ezra 10 15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them. Ezra 10 16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of the fathers' houses, according to their fathers' houses, and each of them by name, were set apart, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. Ezra 10 17 And they finished with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month. Ezra 10 18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken foreign wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. Ezra 10 19 And they gave their promise that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass. Ezra 10 20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. Ezra 10 21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. Ezra 10 22 And of the sons of Pashhur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. Ezra 10 23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. Ezra 10 24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the gatekeepers; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. Ezra 10 25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. Ezra 10 26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah. Ezra 10 27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. Ezra 10 28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. Ezra 10 29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Jeremoth. Ezra 10 30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. Ezra 10 31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, Ezra 10 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. Ezra 10 33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. Ezra 10 34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, Ezra 10 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, Ezra 10 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, Ezra 10 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu, Ezra 10 38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, Ezra 10 39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, Ezra 10 40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, Ezra 10 41 Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, Ezra 10 42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. Ezra 10 43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah. Ezra 10 44 All these had taken foreign wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 1 Neh 1 1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel, Neh 1 2 That Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. Neh 1 3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great distress and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. Neh 1 4 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, Neh 1 5 And said, I beseech you, O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God, that keeps covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: Neh 1 6 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's house have sinned. Neh 1 7 We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses. Neh 1 8 Remember, I beseech you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, If you transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: Neh 1 9 But if you turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though some of you were cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. Neh 1 10 Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand. Neh 1 11 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's cupbearer. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 2 Neh 2 1 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 never been sad before in his presence. Neh 2 2 Therefore the king said unto me, Why is your countenance sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid, Neh 2 3 And said unto the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? Neh 2 4 Then the king said unto me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. Neh 2 5 And I said unto the king, If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may rebuild it. Neh 2 6 And the king said unto 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. Neh 2 7 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 let me pass over till I come into Judah; Neh 2 8 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 fortress which pertains to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the temple that I shall enter into. And the king so granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. Neh 2 9 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. Neh 2 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. Neh 2 11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. Neh 2 12 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 animal with me, except the animal that I rode upon. Neh 2 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even to the jackal's well, and to the refuse gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down; and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. Neh 2 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass. Neh 2 15 Then went I up in the night by the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. Neh 2 16 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. Neh 2 17 Then said I unto them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we are no more a reproach. Neh 2 18 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. Neh 2 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed at us, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do? will you rebel against the king? Neh 2 20 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 you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 3 Neh 3 1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel. Neh 3 2 And next unto him built the men of Jericho. And next to them built Zaccur the son of Imri. Neh 3 3 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. Neh 3 4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. Neh 3 5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. Neh 3 6 Moreover the old gate repaired Joiada 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. Neh 3 7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor on this side of the river. Neh 3 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the perfumers, and they restored Jerusalem unto the broad wall. Neh 3 9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. Neh 3 10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, opposite his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah. Neh 3 11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired another section, and the tower of the ovens. Neh 3 12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. Neh 3 13 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 refuse gate. Neh 3 14 But the refuse gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. Neh 3 15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the district 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 Shelah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. Neh 3 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half district of Beth-zur, unto the place opposite the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was man made, and unto the house of the mighty men. Neh 3 17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half district of Keilah, in his district. Neh 3 18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half district of Keilah. Neh 3 19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall. Neh 3 20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another section, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. Neh 3 21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib. Neh 3 22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. Neh 3 23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hasshub opposite their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house. Neh 3 24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another section, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner. Neh 3 25 Palal the son of Uzai, made repairs opposite the turning of the wall, and the tower which projects out from the king's upper house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs. Neh 3 26 Moreover the Nethinim dwelling in Ophel, repaired unto the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that projects out. Neh 3 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great tower that lies out, even unto the wall of Ophel. Neh 3 28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one opposite his house. Neh 3 29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer opposite his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate. Neh 3 30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another section. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah opposite his chamber. Neh 3 31 After him repaired Malchijah the goldsmith's son unto the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, opposite the gate Hammiphkad, and to the upper chamber of the corner. Neh 3 32 And between the upper chamber of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 4 Neh 4 1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry, and felt great indignation, and mocked the Jews. Neh 4 2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they finish in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? Neh 4 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox goes up, he shall even break down their stone wall. Neh 4 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity: Neh 4 5 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. Neh 4 6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. Neh 4 7 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 being repaired, and that the breaks began to be closed, then they were very angry, Neh 4 8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. Neh 4 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. Neh 4 10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is failing, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. Neh 4 11 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. Neh 4 12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews who dwelt near them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places where you shall return unto us they will be upon you. Neh 4 13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people according to their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. Neh 4 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. Neh 4 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone unto his work. Neh 4 16 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 the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the armor; and the rulers supported all the house of Judah. Neh 4 17 They who built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, so burdened themselves, everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. Neh 4 18 For the builders, everyone had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. Neh 4 19 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. Neh 4 20 In whatever place therefore you hear the sound of the trumpet, come you there unto us: our God shall fight for us. Neh 4 21 So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. Neh 4 22 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 labor during the day. Neh 4 23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 5 Neh 5 1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. Neh 5 2 For there were those that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore let us get grain for them, that we may eat, and live. Neh 5 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy grain, because of the famine. Neh 5 4 There were also those that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tax, and that upon our lands and vineyards. Neh 5 5 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. Neh 5 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. Neh 5 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, you exact interest, every one from his brother. And I held a great assembly against them. Neh 5 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold unto the nations; and will you even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. Neh 5 9 Also I said, It is not good what you do: ought you not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations our enemies? Neh 5 10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, are lending them money and grain: I pray you, let us stop this charging interest. Neh 5 11 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 grain, the wine, and the oil, that you exact of them. Neh 5 12 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. Neh 5 13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performs 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. Neh 5 14 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 food allowance of the governor. Neh 5 15 But the former governors that had been before me laid burdens upon the people, and had taken of them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. Neh 5 16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there unto the work. Neh 5 17 Moreover there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that are about us. Neh 5 18 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 abundant stores of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the food allowance of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. Neh 5 19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 6 Neh 6 1 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 break left in it; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) Neh 6 2 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 harm. Neh 6 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you? Neh 6 4 Yet they sent unto me four times in this way; and I answered them after the same manner. Neh 6 5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; Neh 6 6 In it was written, It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says 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. Neh 6 7 And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning 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. Neh 6 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you invent them out of your own heart. Neh 6 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it will not be done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. Neh 6 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, 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; yea, in the night will they come to slay you. Neh 6 11 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. Neh 6 12 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. Neh 6 13 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. Neh 6 14 My God, think you 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. Neh 6 15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. Neh 6 16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was done by our God. Neh 6 17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. Neh 6 18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto 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. Neh 6 19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 7 Neh 7 1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed, Neh 7 2 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 more than many. Neh 7 3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one at his station, and every one to be opposite his house. Neh 7 4 Now the city was large and great: but the people in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt. Neh 7 5 And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them who came up at the first, and found written in it, Neh 7 6 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; Neh 7 7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahemani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; Neh 7 8 The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy and two. Neh 7 9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. Neh 7 10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. Neh 7 11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. Neh 7 12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. Neh 7 13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. Neh 7 14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. Neh 7 15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. Neh 7 16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. Neh 7 17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. Neh 7 18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. Neh 7 19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. Neh 7 20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. Neh 7 21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. Neh 7 22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. Neh 7 23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. Neh 7 24 The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve. Neh 7 25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. Neh 7 26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight. Neh 7 27 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight. Neh 7 28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two. Neh 7 29 The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. Neh 7 30 The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one. Neh 7 31 The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two. Neh 7 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three. Neh 7 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. Neh 7 34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. Neh 7 35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. Neh 7 36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. Neh 7 37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. Neh 7 38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. Neh 7 39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. Neh 7 40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. Neh 7 41 The children of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. Neh 7 42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. Neh 7 43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four. Neh 7 44 The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight. Neh 7 45 The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight. Neh 7 46 The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, Neh 7 47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, Neh 7 48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, Neh 7 49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, Neh 7 50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, Neh 7 51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, Neh 7 52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim, Neh 7 53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, Neh 7 54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, Neh 7 55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah, Neh 7 56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. Neh 7 57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, Neh 7 58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, Neh 7 59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. Neh 7 60 All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. Neh 7 61 And these were they who went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not prove their father's house, nor their descendants, whether they were of Israel. Neh 7 62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. Neh 7 63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite as his wife, and was called after their name. Neh 7 64 These sought their registration among those that were enrolled by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as defiled, put from the priesthood. Neh 7 65 And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till a priest could consult with Urim and Thummim. Neh 7 66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, Neh 7 67 Besides 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. Neh 7 68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five: Neh 7 69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty donkeys. Neh 7 70 And some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. Neh 7 71 And some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred minas of silver. Neh 7 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. Neh 7 73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 8 Neh 8 1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spoke unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. Neh 8 2 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. Neh 8 3 And he read in it facing the square 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. Neh 8 4 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 Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. Neh 8 5 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: Neh 8 6 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 their faces to the ground. Neh 8 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. Neh 8 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. Neh 8 9 And Nehemiah, who is the governor, 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. Neh 8 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet wine, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be you grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. Neh 8 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be you grieved. Neh 8 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. Neh 8 13 And on the second day were gathered together the heads of the fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. Neh 8 14 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: Neh 8 15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mountain, and bring olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written. Neh 8 16 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 square at the water gate, and in the square at the gate of Ephraim. Neh 8 17 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 Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. Neh 8 18 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 to the ordinance. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 9 Neh 9 1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and in sackcloth, and earth upon their heads. Neh 9 2 And the descendants of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. Neh 9 3 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 worshiped the LORD their God. Neh 9 4 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. Neh 9 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God forever and ever: and blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. Neh 9 6 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. Neh 9 7 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; Neh 9 8 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 descendants, and have performed your words; for you are righteous: Neh 9 9 And did see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red sea; Neh 9 10 And showed signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for you knew that they dealt arrogantly against them. So did you get you a name, as it is this day. Neh 9 11 And you did divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors you threw into the deep, as a stone into the mighty waters. Neh 9 12 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 in which they should go. Neh 9 13 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: Neh 9 14 And made known unto them your holy sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses your servant: Neh 9 15 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. Neh 9 16 But they and our fathers acted presumptuously, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to your commandments, Neh 9 17 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 leader 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. Neh 9 18 Yea, 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; Neh 9 19 Yet you in your manifold mercies forsook them not in the wilderness: the pillar of 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 in which they should go. Neh 9 20 You gave also your good spirit to instruct them, and withheld not your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst. Neh 9 21 Yea, forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not. Neh 9 22 Moreover you gave them kingdoms and nations, and did distribute them even into the corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. Neh 9 23 Their children also you multiplied 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. Neh 9 24 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. Neh 9 25 And they took strong cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all goods, cisterns hewed out, 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. Neh 9 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their backs, and slew your prophets who testified against them to turn them to you, and they worked great provocations. Neh 9 27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who oppressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto 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. Neh 9 28 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 the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto you, you heard them from heaven; and many times did you deliver them according to your mercies; Neh 9 29 And testified against them, that you might bring them again unto your law: yet they acted presumptuously, and hearkened not unto your commandments, but sinned against your judgments, (which if a man does, he shall live in them;) and turned the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. Neh 9 30 Yet many years did you bear with them, and testified against them by your spirit in your prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore you gave them into the hand of the people of the lands. Neh 9 31 Nevertheless for your great mercies' sake you did not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God. Neh 9 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before you, that has come upon 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 unto this day. Neh 9 33 Yet you are just in all that is brought upon us; for you have done right, but we have done wickedly: Neh 9 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor hearkened unto your commandments and your testimonies, with which you did testify against them. Neh 9 35 For they have not served you in their kingdom, or in your great goodness that you gave them, or in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. Neh 9 36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that you gave unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: Neh 9 37 And it yields much increase unto 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. Neh 9 38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our leaders, Levites, and priests, seal it. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 10 Neh 10 1 Now those that sealed it were, Nehemiah, the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, Neh 10 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, Neh 10 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, Neh 10 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, Neh 10 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, Neh 10 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, Neh 10 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, Neh 10 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. Neh 10 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; Neh 10 10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, Neh 10 11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, Neh 10 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, Neh 10 13 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu. Neh 10 14 The leaders of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, Neh 10 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, Neh 10 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, Neh 10 17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, Neh 10 18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, Neh 10 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, Neh 10 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, Neh 10 21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, Neh 10 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, Neh 10 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, Neh 10 24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, Neh 10 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, Neh 10 26 And Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, Neh 10 27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. Neh 10 28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, 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; Neh 10 29 They joined with 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 ordinances and his statutes; Neh 10 30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: Neh 10 31 And if the people of the land bring in wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it from them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would forego the crops of the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. Neh 10 32 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; Neh 10 33 For the showbread, and for the continual grain 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. Neh 10 34 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, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: Neh 10 35 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: Neh 10 36 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: Neh 10 37 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 work. Neh 10 38 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 storehouse. Neh 10 39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the gatekeepers, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 11 Neh 11 1 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 tenths to dwell in other cities. Neh 11 2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. Neh 11 3 Now these are the leaders of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt everyone in his own possession in their cities; Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants. Neh 11 4 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 Mahalalel, of the children of Perez; Neh 11 5 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 Shilonite. Neh 11 6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. Neh 11 7 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 Jeshaiah. Neh 11 8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. Neh 11 9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city. Neh 11 10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. Neh 11 11 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. Neh 11 12 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 Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, Neh 11 13 And his brethren, heads of the fathers' houses, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer. Neh 11 14 And their brethren, mighty men of valor, a hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim. Neh 11 15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; Neh 11 16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, had the oversight of the outside business of the house of God. Neh 11 17 And Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the leader 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. Neh 11 18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. Neh 11 19 Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were a hundred seventy and two. Neh 11 20 And the rest of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. Neh 11 21 But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinim. Neh 11 22 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 Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, were over the business of the house of God. Neh 11 23 For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, as required every day. Neh 11 24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. Neh 11 25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kiriath-arba, and in its villages, and at Dibon, and in its villages, and at Jekabzeel, and in its villages, Neh 11 26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-pelet, Neh 11 27 And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in its villages, Neh 11 28 And at Ziklag, and at Meconah, and in its villages, Neh 11 29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zorah, and at Jarmuth, Neh 11 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and its fields, at Azekah, and in its villages. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. Neh 11 31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages, Neh 11 32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, Neh 11 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, Neh 11 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, Neh 11 35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. Neh 11 36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 12 Neh 12 1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Neh 12 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, Neh 12 3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Neh 12 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, Neh 12 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, Neh 12 6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, Neh 12 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. Neh 12 8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. Neh 12 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren, stood opposite them in the service. Neh 12 10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, Neh 12 11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. Neh 12 12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the heads of the fathers' houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; Neh 12 13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; Neh 12 14 Of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; Neh 12 15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; Neh 12 16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; Neh 12 17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; Neh 12 18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; Neh 12 19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; Neh 12 20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; Neh 12 21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel. Neh 12 22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded heads of the fathers' houses: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. Neh 12 23 The sons of Levi, the heads of the fathers' houses, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. Neh 12 24 And the heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch corresponding with watch. Neh 12 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates. Neh 12 26 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. Neh 12 27 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, lyres, and harps. Neh 12 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the countryside round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites; Neh 12 29 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. Neh 12 30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. Neh 12 31 Then I brought up the leaders of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, of which one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the refuse gate: Neh 12 32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the leaders of Judah, Neh 12 33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, Neh 12 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, Neh 12 35 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 Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: Neh 12 36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe went before them. Neh 12 37 And at the fountain gate, which was opposite them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. Neh 12 38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went the opposite of them, and I followed them, with half of the people upon the wall, going past the tower of the ovens even unto the broad wall; Neh 12 39 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 the hundred, even unto the sheep gate: and they stopped at the gate of the guard. Neh 12 40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and half of the rulers with me: Neh 12 41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; Neh 12 42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loudly, with Jezrahiah as their leader. Neh 12 43 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. Neh 12 44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the stores, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who ministered. Neh 12 45 And both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. Neh 12 46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a leader of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. Neh 12 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions for the singers and the gatekeepers, every day their portion: and they set apart holy things for the Levites; and the Levites set them apart for the children of Aaron. ------------------------Nehemiah, Chapter 13 Neh 13 1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and in it was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God forever; Neh 13 2 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. Neh 13 3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. Neh 13 4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: Neh 13 5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where previously they stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the offerings of the priests. Neh 13 6 But in all this time I was not 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: Neh 13 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and discovered the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. Neh 13 8 And it grieved me greatly: therefore I cast forth all the household goods of Tobiah out of the chamber. Neh 13 9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and there I brought again the articles of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense. Neh 13 10 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. Neh 13 11 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. Neh 13 12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil unto the storehouse. Neh 13 13 And I made treasurers over the storehouse, 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 duty was to distribute unto their brethren. Neh 13 14 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 its service. Neh 13 15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys; and also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them about the day in which they sold provisions. Neh 13 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also there, who brought fish, and all manner of wares, and sold on the sabbath unto the people of Judah, and in Jerusalem. Neh 13 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the sabbath day? Neh 13 18 Did not your fathers 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. Neh 13 19 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. Neh 13 20 So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice. Neh 13 21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge you before the wall? if you do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. Neh 13 22 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. Neh 13 23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: Neh 13 24 And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the language of Judah, but according to the language of each people. Neh 13 25 And I contended with them, and promounced them cursed, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. Neh 13 26 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 foreign women cause to sin. Neh 13 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign wives? Neh 13 28 And one of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. Neh 13 29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. Neh 13 30 Thus cleansed I them from everything foreign, and assigned the duties of the priests and the Levites, each one to his service; Neh 13 31 And provided for the wood offering, at appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. ------------------------Esther, Chapter 1 Est 1 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) Est 1 2 That in those days, when king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the citadel, Est 1 3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the powers of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: Est 1 4 When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days. Est 1 5 And when these days were completed, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the citadel, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; Est 1 6 Where there were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white and black marble. Est 1 7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being different one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king. Est 1 8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had ordered all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. Est 1 9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. Est 1 10 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, Est 1 11 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 upon. Est 1 12 But queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his eunuchs: therefore was the king very angry, and his anger burned within him. Est 1 13 Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: Est 1 14 And next to him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and who sat first in the kingdom;) Est 1 15 What shall we do unto queen Vashti according to law, because she has not obeyed the commandment of king Ahasuerus by the eunuchs? Est 1 16 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 king Ahasuerus. Est 1 17 For this deed of the queen shall become known to all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be said, King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. Est 1 18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, who have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. Est 1 19 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. Est 1 20 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 honor, both to great and small. Est 1 21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: Est 1 22 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, Chapter 2 Est 2 1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was abated, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. Est 2 2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be beautiful young virgins sought out for the king: Est 2 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins unto Shushan the citadel, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's eunuch, keeper of the women; and let their beautifying ointments be given them: Est 2 4 And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. Est 2 5 Now in Shushan the citadel there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; Est 2 6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. Est 2 7 And he had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took as his own daughter. Est 2 8 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 citadel, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. Est 2 9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her beautifying ointments, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, who were suitable to be given her, out of the king's house: and he moved her and her maidens unto the best place of the house of the women. Est 2 10 Esther had not revealed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it. Est 2 11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. Est 2 12 Now when every maiden's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after she had been there twelve months, according to the regulations for the women, (for so were the days of their beautification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes, and with other preparations for beautifying women;) Est 2 13 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. Est 2 14 In the evening she went, and the next day she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. Est 2 15 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 eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her. Est 2 16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. Est 2 17 And the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained grace and favor 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. Est 2 18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a holiday in all the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the liberality of the king. Est 2 19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. Est 2 20 Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai, just as when she was brought up with him. Est 2 21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the door, were angry, and sought to lay hands on king Ahasuerus. Est 2 22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king of it in Mordecai's name. Est 2 23 And when inquiry was made into the matter, it was confirmed; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king. ------------------------Esther, Chapter 3 Est 3 1 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. Est 3 2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and paid homage to Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor paid him homage. Est 3 3 Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgress you the king's commandment? Est 3 4 Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's words would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. Est 3 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor paid him homage, then was Haman full of wrath. Est 3 6 And he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. Est 3 7 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. Est 3 8 And Haman said unto 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 different from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to tolerate them. Est 3 9 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. Est 3 10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. Est 3 11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you. Est 3 12 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 satraps, 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 according to their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. Est 3 13 And the letters were sent by couriers 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. Est 3 14 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. Est 3 15 The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed. ------------------------Esther, Chapter 4 Est 4 1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai tore 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; Est 4 2 And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. Est 4 3 And in every province, wherever 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. Est 4 4 So Esther's maids and her eunuchs came and told it to her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent garments to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not. Est 4 5 Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend to her, and gave him a command concerning Mordecai, to learn what it was, and why it was. Est 4 6 So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate. Est 4 7 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. Est 4 8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to show 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. Est 4 9 And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. Est 4 10 Again Esther spoke unto Hathach, and gave him command concerning Mordecai; Est 4 11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, 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. Est 4 12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. Est 4 13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not to yourself that you shall escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. Est 4 14 For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but you and your father's house shall be destroyed: and who knows whether you are come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Est 4 15 Then Esther told them to return Mordecai this answer, Est 4 16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast 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. Est 4 17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. ------------------------Esther, Chapter 5 Est 5 1 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, opposite the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, opposite the entrance of the house. Est 5 2 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 sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. Est 5 3 Then said the king unto her, What do you wish, queen Esther? and what is your request? it shall be even given you to the half of the kingdom. Est 5 4 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. Est 5 5 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. Est 5 6 And the king said unto 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. Est 5 7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; Est 5 8 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 tomorrow as the king has said. Est 5 9 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 trembled before him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. Est 5 10 Nevertheless Haman restrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. Est 5 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. Est 5 12 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 tomorrow I am invited unto her also with the king. Est 5 13 Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. Est 5 14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak you unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go you in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. ------------------------Esther, Chapter 6 Est 6 1 On that night the king could not sleep, and he commanded to be brought the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. Est 6 2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on king Ahasuerus. Est 6 3 And the king said, What honor and dignity has been bestowed upon Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. Est 6 4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house, to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. Est 6 5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. Est 6 6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto 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? Est 6 7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor, Est 6 8 Let the royal robes be brought which the king has worn, and the horse that the king rides upon, and the royal crown which is set upon his head: Est 6 9 And let the robes and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's 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. Est 6 10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken. Est 6 11 Then took Haman the robes 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 delights to honor. Est 6 12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hastened to his house mourning, and having his head covered. Est 6 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the descendants of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him. Est 6 14 And while they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared. ------------------------Esther, Chapter 7 Est 7 1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. Est 7 2 And the king said again unto 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. Est 7 3 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: Est 7 4 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 would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king's loss. Est 7 5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that dares presume in his heart to do so? Est 7 6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. Est 7 7 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. Est 7 8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed on which Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. Est 7 9 And Harbona, one of the eunuchs, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. Est 7 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath abated. ------------------------Esther, Chapter 8 Est 8 1 On that day did 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. Est 8 2 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. Est 8 3 And Esther spoke 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 plot that he had devised against the Jews. Est 8 4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, Est 8 5 And said, If it please 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 the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces: Est 8 6 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? Est 8 7 Then 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. Est 8 8 Write you also for the Jews, as it pleases 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. Est 8 9 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 satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to its own writing, and unto every people according to their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. Est 8 10 And he wrote in king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, and riding on royal horses bred from swift horses: Est 8 11 By these the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their lives, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the forces of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to take their possessions for a spoil, Est 8 12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. Est 8 13 The copy of the writing for a command to be given in every province was published unto all people, so that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. Est 8 14 So the couriers that rode upon royal horses went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's command. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace. Est 8 15 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. Est 8 16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honor. Est 8 17 And in every province, and in every city, wherever the king's command 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, Chapter 9 Est 9 1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and his decree drew near to be executed, 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;) Est 9 2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their harm: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people. Est 9 3 And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and officials of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. Est 9 4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai grew greater and greater. Est 9 5 Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them. Est 9 6 And in Shushan the citadel the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. Est 9 7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, Est 9 8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, Est 9 9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha, Est 9 10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, they killed; but on the spoil they laid not their hand. Est 9 11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the citadel was brought before the king. Est 9 12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the citadel, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is your petition? and it shall be granted you: or what is your request further? and it shall be done. Est 9 13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. Est 9 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. Est 9 15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men at Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand. Est 9 16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and defended their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the spoil, Est 9 17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. Est 9 18 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. Est 9 19 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 presents one to another. Est 9 20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, both near and far, Est 9 21 To establish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, Est 9 22 As the days on which 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 feas Est 9 23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; Est 9 24 Because Haman the 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 consume them, and to destroy them; Est 9 25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked plot, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. Est 9 26 Therefore 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, Est 9 27 The Jews ordained, and took upon themselves, and upon their descendants, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to what was written, and according to their appointed time every year; Est 9 28 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 fall into disuse among the Jews, nor the memory of them perish from their descendants. Est 9 29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter about Purim. Est 9 30 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, Est 9 31 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 descendants, concerning the matters of the fastings and their lamentations. Est 9 32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book. ------------------------Esther, Chapter 10 Est 10 1 And king Ahasuerus imposed tribute upon the land, and upon the coastlands of the sea. Est 10 2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration 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? Est 10 3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the welfare of his people, and speaking peace to all his countrymen. ------------------------Job, Chapter 1 Job 1 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil. Job 1 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. Job 1 3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. Job 1 4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one on his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. Job 1 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were finished, 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 6 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 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, From where come you? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it. Job 1 8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from evil? Job 1 9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing? Job 1 10 Have not you made a 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 possessions are increased in the land. Job 1 11 But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face. Job 1 12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself put not forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. Job 1 13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: Job 1 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them: Job 1 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone am escaped to tell you. Job 1 16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God has fallen from heaven, and has burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone am escaped to tell you. Job 1 17 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 alone am escaped to tell you. Job 1 18 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 19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I alone am escaped to tell you. Job 1 20 Then Job arose, and tore his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped, Job 1 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. Job 1 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God with wrong. ------------------------Job, Chapter 2 Job 2 1 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 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From where come you? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it. Job 2 3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from evil? and still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause. Job 2 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he give for his life. Job 2 5 But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face. Job 2 6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but spare his life. Job 2 7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot unto the crown of his head. Job 2 8 And he took himself a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes. Job 2 9 Then said his wife unto him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse God, and die. Job 2 10 But he said unto 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 11 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 12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they tore every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. Job 2 13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. ------------------------Job, Chapter 3 Job 3 1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. Job 3 2 And Job spoke, and said, Job 3 3 Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a male child conceived. Job 3 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. Job 3 5 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 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. Job 3 7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come into it. Job 3 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to arouse leviathan. Job 3 9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: Job 3 10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from my eyes. Job 3 11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not expire when I came out of the womb? Job 3 12 Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should nurse? Job 3 13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then would I have been at rest, Job 3 14 With kings and counselors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves; Job 3 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: Job 3 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth, I had not been; as infants who never saw light. Job 3 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest. Job 3 18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. Job 3 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. Job 3 20 Therefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Job 3 21 Who long for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures; Job 3 22 Who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? Job 3 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in? Job 3 24 For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like the waters. Job 3 25 For the thing which I greatly feared has come upon me, and that which I was afraid of has come unto me. Job 3 26 I was not at ease, neither had I quiet, neither was I at rest; yet trouble came. ------------------------Job, Chapter 4 Job 4 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, Job 4 2 If we venture to converse with you, will you be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? Job 4 3 Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. Job 4 4 Your words have upheld him that was falling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees. Job 4 5 But now it is come upon you, and you faint; it touches you, and you are troubled. Job 4 6 Is not this your fear, your confidence, your hope, and the uprightness of your ways? Job 4 7 Remember, I pray you, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? Job 4 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. Job 4 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. Job 4 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. Job 4 11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the strong lion's whelps are scattered abroad. Job 4 12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it. Job 4 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, Job 4 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Job 4 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: Job 4 16 It stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Job 4 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? Job 4 18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: Job 4 19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth? Job 4 20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish forever without any regarding it. Job 4 21 Does not their excellence which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom. ------------------------Job, Chapter 5 Job 5 1 Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the holy ones will you turn? Job 5 2 For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one. Job 5 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. Job 5 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. Job 5 5 Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their wealth. Job 5 6 For affliction comes not forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground; Job 5 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Job 5 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: Job 5 9 Who does great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: Job 5 10 Who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields: Job 5 11 To set up on high those that are low; that those who mourn may be lifted to safety. Job 5 12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their plans. Job 5 13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the cunning is quickly ended. Job 5 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. Job 5 15 But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. Job 5 16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. Job 5 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty: Job 5 18 For he bruises, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole. Job 5 19 He shall deliver you in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch you. Job 5 20 In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword. Job 5 21 You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes. Job 5 22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth. Job 5 23 For you shall be in convenant with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. Job 5 24 And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall find nothing amiss. Job 5 25 You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth. Job 5 26 You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in in its season. Job 5 27 Lo this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good. ------------------------Job, Chapter 6 Job 6 1 But Job answered and said, Job 6 2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! Job 6 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. Job 6 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison thereof drinks up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Job 6 5 Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? or the ox lows over its fodder? Job 6 6 Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? Job 6 7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as loathsome food to me. Job 6 8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! Job 6 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! Job 6 10 Then should I still have comfort; yea, I would exult myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. Job 6 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life? Job 6 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of bronze? Job 6 13 Is not my help within me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? Job 6 14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shown from his friend; even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. Job 6 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks that pass away; Job 6 16 Which are black by reason of the ice, and in which the snow is hid: Job 6 17 At what time they become warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they vanish out of their place. Job 6 18 The paths of their way turn aside; they go nowhere, and perish. Job 6 19 The caravans of Tema looked, the travelers of Sheba waited for them. Job 6 20 They were disappointed because they had confidence; they came there, and were confused. Job 6 21 For now you are nothing; you see my terror, and are afraid. Job 6 22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? Job 6 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? Job 6 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand how I have erred. Job 6 25 How forceful are right words! but what does your arguing prove? Job 6 26 Do you intend to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? Job 6 27 Yea, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend. Job 6 28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. Job 6 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be injustice; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. Job 6 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? ------------------------Job, Chapter 7 Job 7 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling? Job 7 2 As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling looks for the reward of his work: Job 7 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. Job 7 4 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 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. Job 7 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. Job 7 7 O remember that my life is a breath: my eye shall no more see good. Job 7 8 The eye of him that has seen me shall see me no more: your eyes are upon me, and I am not. Job 7 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away: so he that goes down to the grave shall come up no more. Job 7 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. Job 7 11 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 12 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you set a watch over me? Job 7 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; Job 7 14 Then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions: Job 7 15 So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life. Job 7 16 I loathe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity. Job 7 17 What is man, that you should magnify him? and that you should set your heart upon him? Job 7 18 And that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment? Job 7 19 How long will you not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? Job 7 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto 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 21 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, Chapter 8 Job 8 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, Job 8 2 How long will you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? Job 8 3 Does God pervert judgment? or does the Almighty pervert justice? Job 8 4 If your children have sinned against him, and he has cast them away for their transgression; Job 8 5 If you would seek unto God early, and make your supplication to the Almighty; Job 8 6 If you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous. Job 8 7 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase. Job 8 8 For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the findings of their fathers: Job 8 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) Job 8 10 Shall not they teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their heart? Job 8 11 Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? can the reeds grow without water? Job 8 12 While it is yet green, and not cut down, it withers before any other plant. Job 8 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: Job 8 14 Whose confidence shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. Job 8 15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. Job 8 16 He grows green in the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden. Job 8 17 His roots are wrapped about the stone heap, and looks for a place in the stones. Job 8 18 If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, I have not seen you. Job 8 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. Job 8 20 Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he help the evil doers: Job 8 21 Till he fills your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing. Job 8 22 They that hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the dwellingplace of the wicked will come to nothing. ------------------------Job, Chapter 9 Job 9 1 Then Job answered and said, Job 9 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just before God? Job 9 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. Job 9 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and has prospered? Job 9 5 Who removes the mountains, and they know not: who overturns them in his anger. Job 9 6 Who shakes the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble. Job 9 7 Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars. Job 9 8 Who alone spreads out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea. Job 9 9 Who makes the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. Job 9 10 Who does great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. Job 9 11 Lo, he goes by me, and I see him not: he passes on also, but I perceive him not. Job 9 12 Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What do you? Job 9 13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do bow before him. Job 9 14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? Job 9 15 For, though I were righteous, yet could I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. Job 9 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. Job 9 17 For he breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause. Job 9 18 He will not permit me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness. Job 9 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of justice, who shall set me a time to plead? Job 9 20 If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am blameless, it shall also prove me perverse. Job 9 21 Though I were blameless, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. Job 9 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroys the blameless and the wicked. Job 9 23 If the scourge slays suddenly, he will laugh at the plight of the innocent. Job 9 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covers the faces of its judges; if not he, who then is it? Job 9 25 Now my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good. Job 9 26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hastens to the prey. Job 9 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: Job 9 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent. Job 9 29 If I am wicked, why then labor I in vain? Job 9 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands ever so clean; Job 9 31 Yet shall you plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me. Job 9 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in trial. Job 9 33 Neither is there any mediator between us, that might lay his hand upon us both. Job 9 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: Job 9 35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. ------------------------Job, Chapter 10 Job 10 1 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 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me. Job 10 3 Is it good unto you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile upon the counsel of the wicked? Job 10 4 Have you eyes of flesh? or see you as man sees? Job 10 5 Are your days as the days of man? are your years as man's days, Job 10 6 That you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin? Job 10 7 You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of your hand. Job 10 8 Your hands have made me and fashioned me together totally; yet you do destroy me. Job 10 9 Remember, I beseech you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again? Job 10 10 Have you not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? Job 10 11 You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have knit me together with bones and sinews. Job 10 12 You have granted me life and favor, and your care has preserved my spirit. Job 10 13 And these things have you hid in your heart: I know that this is with you. Job 10 14 If I sin, then you mark me, and you will not acquit me from my iniquity. Job 10 15 If I am wicked, woe unto me; and if I am righteous, yet can I not lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; therefore see my affliction; Job 10 16 For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again you show yourself awesome against me. Job 10 17 You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation upon me; changes and war are ever with me. Job 10 18 Why then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had died, and no eye had seen me! Job 10 19 I would have been as though I had not been; I would have been carried from the womb to the grave. Job 10 20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Job 10 21 Before I go where I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; Job 10 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. ------------------------Job, Chapter 11 Job 11 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, Job 11 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? Job 11 3 Should your lies make men hold their peace? and when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed? Job 11 4 For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes. Job 11 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you; Job 11 6 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 7 Can you by searching find out God? can you find out the limits of the Almighty? Job 11 8 It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than Sheol; what can you know? Job 11 9 The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. Job 11 10 If he cuts off, and shuts up, or gathers together, then who can hinder him? Job 11 11 For he knows vain men: he sees wickedness also; will he not then consider it? Job 11 12 For a vain man will be wise, when a man is born a wild donkey's colt. Job 11 13 If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him; Job 11 14 If iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tents. Job 11 15 For then shall you lift up your face without spot; yea, you shall be stedfast, and shall not fear: Job 11 16 Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: Job 11 17 And your life shall be brighter than the noonday; you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning. Job 11 18 And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig about you, and take your rest in safety. Job 11 19 Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yea, many shall entreat your favor. Job 11 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as one dying. ------------------------Job, Chapter 12 Job 12 1 And Job answered and said, Job 12 2 No doubt you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. Job 12 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knows not such things as these? Job 12 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls upon God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. Job 12 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is like a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. Job 12 6 The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly. Job 12 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you: Job 12 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fish of the sea shall declare unto you. Job 12 9 Who knows not among all these that the hand of the LORD has done this? Job 12 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Job 12 11 Does not the ear test words? and the mouth taste its food? Job 12 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. Job 12 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding. Job 12 14 Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening. Job 12 15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. Job 12 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. Job 12 17 He leads counselors away plundered, and makes the judges fools. Job 12 18 He looses the bonds of kings, and girds their loins with a waistband. Job 12 19 He leads princes away plundered, and overthrows the mighty. Job 12 20 He takes away the speech of the trustworthy, and takes away the understanding of the aged. Job 12 21 He pours contempt upon princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty. Job 12 22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death. Job 12 23 He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and leads them away. Job 12 24 He takes away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. Job 12 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man. ------------------------Job, Chapter 13 Job 13 1 Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it. Job 13 2 What you know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. Job 13 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. Job 13 4 But you are forgers of lies, you are all physicians of no value. Job 13 5 O that you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. Job 13 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. Job 13 7 Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? Job 13 8 Will you accept his person? will you contend for God? Job 13 9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocks another, do you so mock him? Job 13 10 He will surely reprove you, if you do secretly show partiality. Job 13 11 Shall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? Job 13 12 Your proverbs are like unto ashes, your defenses are defenses of clay. Job 13 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. Job 13 14 Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand? Job 13 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will defend my own ways before him. Job 13 16 He also shall be my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him. Job 13 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. Job 13 18 Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be justified. Job 13 19 Who is he that will contend with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall die. Job 13 20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from you. Job 13 21 Withdraw your hand far from me: and let not your dread make me afraid. Job 13 22 Then call, and I will answer: or let me speak, and you answer me. Job 13 23 How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my transgression and my sin. Job 13 24 Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy? Job 13 25 Will you break a leaf driven to and fro? and will you pursue the dry stubble? Job 13 26 For you write bitter things against me, and make me possess the iniquities of my youth. Job 13 27 You put my feet also in the stocks, and watch closely all my paths; you set a bound to the soles of my feet. Job 13 28 And he, like a rotten thing, consumes, as a garment that is moth-eaten. ------------------------Job, Chapter 14 Job 14 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. Job 14 2 He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not. Job 14 3 And do you open your eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with you? Job 14 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? no one. Job 14 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with you, you have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Job 14 6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. Job 14 7 For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender shoots thereof will not cease. Job 14 8 Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground; Job 14 9 Yet at the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth branches like a plant. Job 14 10 But man dies, and wastes away: yea, man expires, and where is he? Job 14 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the river decays and dries up: Job 14 12 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 13 O that you would hide me in the grave, that you would conceal me, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! Job 14 14 If a man dies, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change comes. Job 14 15 You shall call, and I will answer you: you will have a desire to the work of your hands. Job 14 16 For now you number my steps: do not watch over my sin. Job 14 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and you sew up my iniquity. Job 14 18 And surely the mountain falling, comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place. Job 14 19 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 20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes: you change his countenance, and send him away. Job 14 21 His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; and they are brought low, but he perceives it not of them. Job 14 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. ------------------------Job, Chapter 15 Job 15 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Job 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? Job 15 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good? Job 15 4 Yea, you cast off fear, and restrain prayer before God. Job 15 5 For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty. Job 15 6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I: yea, your own lips testify against you. Job 15 7 Are you the first man that was born? or were you made before the hills? Job 15 8 Have you heard the council of God? and do you limit wisdom to yourself? Job 15 9 What know you, that we know not? what understand you, which is not in us? Job 15 10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much older than your father. Job 15 11 Are the consolations of God too small for you? on the word that deals gently with you? Job 15 12 Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes wink at, Job 15 13 That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth? Job 15 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? Job 15 15 Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. Job 15 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water? Job 15 17 I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: Job 15 19 Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them. Job 15 20 The wicked man travails with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden for the oppressor. Job 15 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. Job 15 22 He believes not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword. Job 15 23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Job 15 24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready for battle. Job 15 25 For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty. Job 15 26 He runs stubbornly against him, with his heavily embossed shield. Job 15 27 Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes heavy fat on his waist. Job 15 28 And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are ready to become heaps. Job 15 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his wealth continue, neither shall he overspread the earth with it. Job 15 30 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 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for futility shall be his reward. Job 15 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. Job 15 33 He shall shake off his unripe grapes like the vine, and shall cast off his blossom like the olive. Job 15 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. Job 15 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their heart prepares deceit. ------------------------Job, Chapter 16 Job 16 1 Then Job answered and said, Job 16 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are you all. Job 16 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldens you that you answer? Job 16 4 I also could speak as you do: if your soul were in my soul's place, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you. Job 16 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would relieve your grief. Job 16 6 Though I speak, my grief is not relieved: and though I forbear, how am I eased? Job 16 7 But now he has made me weary: you have made desolate all my company. Job 16 8 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 9 He tears me in his wrath, who hates me: he gnashes upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes upon me. Job 16 10 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 11 God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. Job 16 12 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 13 His archers surround me, he slashes my kidneys asunder, and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground. Job 16 14 He breaks me with breach upon breach, he runs upon me like a warrior. Job 16 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and laid my strength in the dust. Job 16 16 My face is foul from weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; Job 16 17 Not for any violence in my hands: also my prayer is pure. Job 16 18 O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no place. Job 16 19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. Job 16 20 My friends scorn me: but my eye pours out tears unto God. Job 16 21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor! Job 16 22 When a few years have come, then I shall go the way where I shall not return. ------------------------Job, Chapter 17 Job 17 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me. Job 17 2 Are there not mockers with me? and does not my eye continue in their provocation? Job 17 3 Lay down a surety for me with you; who is he that will give surety for me? Job 17 4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them. Job 17 5 He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. Job 17 6 He has made me also a byword of the people; and I was as one before whom men spit. Job 17 7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are like a shadow. Job 17 8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. Job 17 9 The righteous also shall hold to his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. Job 17 10 But as for you all, do you return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. Job 17 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. Job 17 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. Job 17 13 If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness. Job 17 14 I have said to corruption, You are my father: to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister. Job 17 15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? Job 17 16 They shall go down to the gates of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. ------------------------Job, Chapter 18 Job 18 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, Job 18 2 How long will it be before you make an end of words? consider, and afterwards we will speak. Job 18 3 Why are we counted as beasts, and regarded as vile in your sight? Job 18 4 He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of its place? Job 18 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine. Job 18 6 The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp shall be put out with him. Job 18 7 The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. Job 18 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare. Job 18 9 The trap shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold of him. Job 18 10 The noose is laid for him on the ground, and a trap for him in the way. Job 18 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. Job 18 12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. Job 18 13 It shall devour patches of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. Job 18 14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. Job 18 15 They shall dwell in his tent, who are none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. Job 18 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. Job 18 17 His memory shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. Job 18 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. Job 18 19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. Job 18 20 They that come after him shall be astounded at his day, as they that went before were frightened. Job 18 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knows not God. ------------------------Job, Chapter 19 Job 19 1 Then Job answered and said, Job 19 2 How long will you torment my soul, and break me in pieces with words? Job 19 3 These ten times have you reproached me: you are not ashamed that you have wronged me. Job 19 4 And if indeed I have erred, my error remains with myself. Job 19 5 If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: Job 19 6 Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net. Job 19 7 Behold, I cry out concerning wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no justice. Job 19 8 He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my paths. Job 19 9 He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. Job 19 10 He has destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope has he removed like a tree. Job 19 11 He has also kindled his wrath against me, and he counts me unto him as one of his enemies. Job 19 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent. Job 19 13 He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me. Job 19 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me. Job 19 15 They that dwell in my house, and my maidservants, count me as a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. Job 19 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth. Job 19 17 My breath is respulsive to my wife, though I make supplication for the children of my own body. Job 19 18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me. Job 19 19 All my close friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved have turned against me. Job 19 20 My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. Job 19 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me. Job 19 22 Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? Job 19 23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! Job 19 24 That they were engraved with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever! Job 19 25 For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: Job 19 26 And though after my skin is thus destroyed, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Job 19 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another; though my heart be consumed within me. Job 19 28 But you should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? Job 19 29 Be yourselves afraid of the sword: for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment. ------------------------Job, Chapter 20 Job 20 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, Job 20 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. Job 20 3 I have heard the rebuke of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer. Job 20 4 Know you not this of old, since man was placed upon the earth, Job 20 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Job 20 6 Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches unto the clouds; Job 20 7 Yet he shall perish forever like his own refuse: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he? Job 20 8 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 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. Job 20 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. Job 20 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. Job 20 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Job 20 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: Job 20 14 Yet his food in his body is soured, it is the gall of asps within him. Job 20 15 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. Job 20 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. Job 20 17 He shall not see the rivers, the brooks flowing with honey and butter. Job 20 18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: from the proceeds of business he shall not rejoice. Job 20 19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he built not; Job 20 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his heart, he shall not save of that which he desired. Job 20 21 There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. Job 20 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. Job 20 23 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 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through. Job 20 25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yea, the glittering sword comes out of his gall: terrors are upon him. Job 20 26 All darkness shall be laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown upon shall consume him; it shall go ill with him who is left in his tent. Job 20 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. Job 20 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. Job 20 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. ------------------------Job, Chapter 21 Job 21 1 But Job answered and said, Job 21 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolation. Job 21 3 Bear with me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. Job 21 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? Job 21 5 Look at me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. Job 21 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh. Job 21 7 Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Job 21 8 Their descendants are established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Job 21 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Job 21 10 Their bull breeds, and fails not; their cow calves, and casts not her calf. Job 21 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. Job 21 12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the flute. Job 21 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Job 21 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways. Job 21 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Job 21 16 Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. Job 21 17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! and how often comes their destruction upon them! God distributes sorrows in his anger. Job 21 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away. Job 21 19 God lays up his iniquity for his children: he recompenses him, and he shall know it. Job 21 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. Job 21 21 For what pleasure has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? Job 21 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judges those that are on high. Job 21 23 One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. Job 21 24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. Job 21 25 And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, and never eats with pleasure. Job 21 26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. Job 21 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which you wrongfully imagine against me. Job 21 28 For you say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? Job 21 29 Have you not asked them that go by the way? and do you not know their evidences, Job 21 30 That the wicked are reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. Job 21 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he has done? Job 21 32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. Job 21 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall follow after him, as there are innumerable gone before him. Job 21 34 How then do you comfort me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood? ------------------------Job, Chapter 22 Job 22 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, Job 22 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? Job 22 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways blameless? Job 22 4 Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment? Job 22 5 Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities without end? Job 22 6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Job 22 7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. Job 22 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it. Job 22 9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. Job 22 10 Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you; Job 22 11 Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you. Job 22 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! Job 22 13 And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? Job 22 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circle of heaven. Job 22 15 Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? Job 22 16 Who were cut down before their time, whose foundation was swept away with a flood: Job 22 17 Who said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do to us? Job 22 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. Job 22 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. Job 22 20 Surely our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes. Job 22 21 Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto you. Job 22 22 Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. Job 22 23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tents. Job 22 24 Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. Job 22 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be your defence, and you shall have plenty of silver. Job 22 26 For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face unto God. Job 22 27 You shall make your prayer unto him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows. Job 22 28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you: and the light shall shine upon your ways. Job 22 29 When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. Job 22 30 He shall deliver the innocent man: and he is delivered by the pureness of your hands. ------------------------Job, Chapter 23 Job 23 1 Then Job answered and said, Job 23 2 Even today is my complaint bitter: my hand is heavy in spite of my groaning. Job 23 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! Job 23 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. Job 23 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. Job 23 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. Job 23 7 There the righteous might reason with him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge. Job 23 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: Job 23 9 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 10 But he knows the way that I take: when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23 11 My foot has held fast to his steps, his way have I kept, and not turned aside. Job 23 12 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 13 But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does. Job 23 14 For he performs the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. Job 23 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. Job 23 16 For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me: Job 23 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face. ------------------------Job, Chapter 24 Job 24 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? Job 24 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed on them. Job 24 3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. Job 24 4 They drive the needy off the road: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. Job 24 5 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising early for a prey: the wilderness yields food for them and for their children. Job 24 6 They reap every one his grain in the field: and they gather the vineyard of the wicked. Job 24 7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job 24 8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. Job 24 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor. Job 24 10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry; Job 24 11 Who make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, yet suffer thirst. Job 24 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God charges not folly to them. Job 24 13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths. Job 24 14 The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. Job 24 15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face. Job 24 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. Job 24 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one recognizes them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. Job 24 18 They are swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: no one turns into the way of the vineyards. Job 24 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so does the grave those who have sinned. Job 24 20 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 21 He evil treats the barren that bears not: and does not good to the widow. Job 24 22 He draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, but no man is sure of life. Job 24 23 Though it be given him to be in safety, he rests; yet his eyes are upon their ways. Job 24 24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the ears of grain. Job 24 25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing? ------------------------Job, Chapter 25 Job 25 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, Job 25 2 Dominion and fear are with him, he makes peace in his high places. Job 25 3 Is there any number to his armies? and upon whom does not his light arise? Job 25 4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? Job 25 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shines not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. Job 25 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, who is a worm? ------------------------Job, Chapter 26 Job 26 1 But Job answered and said, Job 26 2 How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength? Job 26 3 How have you counseled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is? Job 26 4 To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you? Job 26 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. Job 26 6 Sheol is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. Job 26 7 He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing. Job 26 8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not torn under them. Job 26 9 He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it. Job 26 10 He has drawn a circle on the waters at the boundary where the day and night come together. Job 26 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke. Job 26 12 He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through the storm. Job 26 13 By his spirit he has adorned the heavens; his hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. Job 26 14 Lo, these are only parts of his ways: and how little a whisper is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? ------------------------Job, Chapter 27 Job 27 1 Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said, Job 27 2 As God lives, who has taken away my right; and the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul; Job 27 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; Job 27 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. Job 27 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me. Job 27 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. Job 27 7 Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous. Job 27 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul? Job 27 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him? Job 27 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? Job 27 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. Job 27 12 Behold, all you yourselves have seen it; why then are you thus altogether vain? Job 27 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. Job 27 14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. Job 27 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. Job 27 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and pile up clothing as the clay; Job 27 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. Job 27 18 He builds his house like a moth, and like a booth that the keeper makes. Job 27 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not. Job 27 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night. Job 27 21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone: and as a storm hurls him out of his place. Job 27 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would scarcely flee out of his hand. Job 27 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. ------------------------Job, Chapter 28 Job 28 1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they refine it. Job 28 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore. Job 28 3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out all recesses for ore in darkness, and the shadow of death. Job 28 4 He breaks open a shaft away from the inhabitants; even in places forgotten of the foot: they are gone away from men, they swing to and fro. Job 28 5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread: but under it is turned up as it were fire. Job 28 6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it has dust of gold. Job 28 7 There is a path which no fowl knows, and which the falcon's eye has not seen: Job 28 8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. Job 28 9 He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots. Job 28 10 He cuts out rivers in the rocks; and his eye sees every precious thing. Job 28 11 He binds the streams from overflowing; and the thing that is hid brings he forth to light. Job 28 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Job 28 13 Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. Job 28 14 The deep says, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me. Job 28 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. Job 28 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. Job 28 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. Job 28 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of crystal: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. Job 28 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. Job 28 20 From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? Job 28 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowls of the air. Job 28 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears. Job 28 23 God understands its way, and he knows its place. Job 28 24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven; Job 28 25 To make the weight for the wind; and he apportions the waters by measure. Job 28 26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: Job 28 27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. Job 28 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. ------------------------Job, Chapter 29 Job 29 1 Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said, Job 29 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; Job 29 3 When his lamp shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; Job 29 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tent; Job 29 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; Job 29 6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; Job 29 7 When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the open square! Job 29 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. Job 29 9 The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. Job 29 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. Job 29 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Job 29 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. Job 29 13 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 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my justice was as a robe and a turban. Job 29 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. Job 29 16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. Job 29 17 And I broke the fangs of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. Job 29 18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. Job 29 19 My root was spread out to the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. Job 29 20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. Job 29 21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. Job 29 22 After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them. Job 29 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. Job 29 24 If I mocked them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. Job 29 25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt like a king in the army, as one that comforts the mourners. ------------------------Job, Chapter 30 Job 30 1 But now they that are younger than I hold me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. Job 30 2 Yea, how might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom vigor has perished? Job 30 3 From want and famine they are gaunt; fleeing of late into the wilderness, desolate and waste. Job 30 4 Who pick mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food. Job 30 5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) Job 30 6 To dwell in the clefts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. Job 30 7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. Job 30 8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. Job 30 9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. Job 30 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and hesitate not to spit in my face. Job 30 11 Because he has loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also cast off restraint before me. Job 30 12 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 13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. Job 30 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. Job 30 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my honor as the wind: and my welfare passes away as a cloud. Job 30 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. Job 30 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. Job 30 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it binds me about as the collar of my coat. Job 30 19 He has cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. Job 30 20 I cry unto you, and you do not hear me: I stand up, and you regard me not. Job 30 21 You have become cruel to me: with your strong hand you oppose yourself against me. Job 30 22 You lift me up to the wind; you cause me to ride upon it, and spoil my substance. Job 30 23 For I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. Job 30 24 Yet he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry out in his destruction. Job 30 25 Did I not weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? Job 30 26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. Job 30 27 My heart is in turmoil, and rests not: the days of affliction confront me. Job 30 28 I went mourning but not in the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. Job 30 29 I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches. Job 30 30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. Job 30 31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my flute into the voice of them that weep. ------------------------Job, Chapter 31 Job 31 1 I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maiden? Job 31 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? Job 31 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a disaster to the workers of iniquity? Job 31 4 Does not he see my ways, and count all my steps? Job 31 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hastened to deceit; Job 31 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity. Job 31 7 If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any spot has cleaved to my hands; Job 31 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. Job 31 9 If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door; Job 31 10 Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her. Job 31 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. Job 31 12 For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase. Job 31 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; Job 31 14 What then shall I do when God rises up? and when he comes, what shall I answer him? Job 31 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? Job 31 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Job 31 17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it; Job 31 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided him from my mother's womb;) Job 31 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; Job 31 20 If his heart has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; Job 31 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw I had help in the gate: Job 31 22 Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from its socket. Job 31 23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I could not endure. Job 31 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence; Job 31 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; Job 31 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in brightness; Job 31 27 And my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand: Job 31 28 This also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. Job 31 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: Job 31 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. Job 31 31 If the men of my tent have not, Oh that we had of his meat! we cannot be satisfied. Job 31 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveler. Job 31 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom: Job 31 34 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 35 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 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. Job 31 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. Job 31 38 If my land cries against me, and its furrows likewise complain; Job 31 39 If I have eaten its fruit without payment, or have caused its owners to lose their life: Job 31 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. ------------------------Job, Chapter 32 Job 32 1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Job 32 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath aroused, because he justified himself rather than God. Job 32 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. Job 32 4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were older than he. Job 32 5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was aroused. Job 32 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and you are very old; therefore I was afraid, and dared not show you my opinion. Job 32 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. Job 32 8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty gives him understanding. Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand justice. Job 32 10 Therefore I say, Hearken to me; I also will show my opinion. Job 32 11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, while you searched out what to say. Job 32 12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words: Job 32 13 Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God vanquishes him, not man. Job 32 14 Now he has not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. Job 32 15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. Job 32 16 When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;) Job 32 17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will show my opinion. Job 32 18 For I am full of words, the spirit within me constrains me. Job 32 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which has no vent; it is ready to burst like new wineskins. Job 32 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. Job 32 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattery unto man. Job 32 22 For I know not how to give flattery; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. ------------------------Job, Chapter 33 Job 33 1 Therefore, Job, I pray you, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. Job 33 2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue has spoken in my mouth. Job 33 3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. Job 33 4 The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life. Job 33 5 If you can answer me, set your words in order before me, stand up. Job 33 6 Behold, I am according to your wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. Job 33 7 Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon you. Job 33 8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying, Job 33 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. Job 33 10 Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me for his enemy, Job 33 11 He puts my feet in the stocks, he marks all my paths. Job 33 12 Behold, in this you are not just: I will answer you, for God is greater than man. Job 33 13 Why do you strive against him? for he gives not account of any of his matters. Job 33 14 For God speaks once, yea twice, yet man perceives it not. Job 33 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Job 33 16 Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction, Job 33 17 That he may turn man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. Job 33 18 He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. Job 33 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: Job 33 20 So that his life abhors bread, and his soul the choicest food. Job 33 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen now stick out. Job 33 22 Yea, his soul draws near unto the grave, and his life to those who bring death. Job 33 23 If there be a messenger with him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: Job 33 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. Job 33 25 His flesh shall be younger than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: Job 33 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. Job 33 27 He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; Job 33 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. Job 33 29 Lo, all these things works God twice, three times, with man, Job 33 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of life. Job 33 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold your peace, and I will speak. Job 33 32 If you have any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify you. Job 33 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold your peace, and I shall teach you wisdom. ------------------------Job, Chapter 34 Job 34 1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, Job 34 2 Hear my words, O you wise men; and give ear unto me, you that have knowledge. Job 34 3 For the ear tests words, as the mouth tastes food. Job 34 4 Let us choose for us justice: let us know among ourselves what is good. Job 34 5 For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my justice. Job 34 6 Should I lie concerning my right? my wound is incurable though I am without transgression. Job 34 7 What man is like Job, who drinks up scorn like water? Job 34 8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men. Job 34 9 For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. Job 34 10 Therefore hearken unto 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 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. Job 34 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice. Job 34 13 Who has given him charge over the earth? or who has laid on him the whole world? Job 34 14 If he should set his heart upon man, if he should gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; Job 34 15 All flesh would perish together, and man would turn again unto dust. Job 34 16 If now you have understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. Job 34 17 Shall even he that hates right govern? and will you condemn him that is most just? Job 34 18 Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly? Job 34 19 How much less to him that regards not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. Job 34 20 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 a hand. Job 34 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he sees all his steps. Job 34 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. Job 34 23 For he will not lay upon man more than what is right; that he should enter into judgment with God. Job 34 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their place. Job 34 25 Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed. Job 34 26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others; Job 34 27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: Job 34 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted. Job 34 29 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 30 That the hypocrite reigns not, lest the people be ensnared. Job 34 31 Surely it is fitting to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: Job 34 32 That which I see not you teach me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. Job 34 33 Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore declare what you know. Job 34 34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. Job 34 35 Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. Job 34 36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because he answers like wicked men. Job 34 37 For he adds rebellion unto his sin, he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God. ------------------------Job, Chapter 35 Job 35 1 Elihu spoke moreover, and said, Job 35 2 Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's? Job 35 3 For you said, What advantage will it be unto you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? Job 35 4 I will answer you, and your companions with you. Job 35 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you. Job 35 6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against him? or if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do unto him? Job 35 7 If you are righteous, what give you to him? or what receives he of your hand? Job 35 8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; and your righteousness may profit the son of man. Job 35 9 Because of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out because of the arm of the mighty. Job 35 10 But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night; Job 35 11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven? Job 35 12 There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men. Job 35 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. Job 35 14 Although you say you shall not see him, yet justice is before him; therefore you must trust in him. Job 35 15 But now, because it is not so, he has visited in his anger; yet he knows it not in a great extreme: Job 35 16 Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge. ------------------------Job, Chapter 36 Job 36 1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, Job 36 2 Bear with me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. Job 36 3 I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. Job 36 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is blameless in knowledge is with you. Job 36 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despises no one: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. Job 36 6 He preserves not the life of the wicked: but gives justice to the poor. Job 36 7 He withdraws not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings they are on the throne; yea, he does establish them forever, and they are exalted. Job 36 8 And if they are bound in fetters, and are held in cords of affliction; Job 36 9 Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have exceeded. Job 36 10 He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity. Job 36 11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. Job 36 12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. Job 36 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he binds them. Job 36 14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. Job 36 15 He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression. Job 36 16 Even so would he have removed you out of the distress into a broad place, where there is no restraint; and that which should be set on your table should be full of richness. Job 36 17 But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you. Job 36 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with one blow: then a great ransom cannot deliver you. Job 36 19 Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. Job 36 20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. Job 36 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this have you chosen rather than affliction. Job 36 22 Behold, God exalts by his power: who teaches like him? Job 36 23 Who has prescribed him his way? or who can say, You have worked iniquity? Job 36 24 Remember that you magnify his work, which men behold. Job 36 25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. Job 36 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. Job 36 27 For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to its vapor: Job 36 28 Which the clouds do drop and pour upon man abundantly. Job 36 29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the thunder of his tabernacle? Job 36 30 Behold, he spreads his lightning upon it, and covers the depths of the sea. Job 36 31 For by them judges he the people; he gives food in abundance. Job 36 32 With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between. Job 36 33 The thunder thereof declares it, the cattle also, concerning the vapor. ------------------------Job, Chapter 37 Job 37 1 At this also my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place. Job 37 2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goes out of his mouth. Job 37 3 He directs it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. Job 37 4 After it a voice roars: he thunders with the voice of his excellency; and he will not restrain them when his voice is heard. Job 37 5 God thunders marvellously with his voice; great things does he, which we cannot comprehend. Job 37 6 For he says to the snow, Be on the earth; likewise to the gentle rain, and to the heavy rain of his strength. Job 37 7 He seals up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. Job 37 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. Job 37 9 Out of the south comes the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. Job 37 10 By the breath of God ice is given: and the broad waters are frozen. Job 37 11 Also with moisture he loads the thick cloud: he scatters his bright cloud: Job 37 12 And it is turned around by his guidance: that they may do whatsoever he commands them upon the face of the whole earth. Job 37 13 He causes it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. Job 37 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. Job 37 15 Do you know when God dispatched them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? Job 37 16 Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is blameless in knowledge? Job 37 17 How your garments are warm, when he quiets the earth by the south wind? Job 37 18 Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten mirror? Job 37 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech because of darkness. Job 37 20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speaks, surely he shall be swallowed up. Job 37 21 And now men can not look on the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passes, and clears them. Job 37 22 Fair weather comes out of the north: with God is awesome majesty. Job 37 23 As for the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundant justice: he will not afflict. Job 37 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respects not any that are wise of heart. ------------------------Job, Chapter 38 Job 38 1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Job 38 2 Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Job 38 3 Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you answer me. Job 38 4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding. Job 38 5 Who has determined the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it? Job 38 6 On what are its foundations fastened? or who laid its cornerstone; Job 38 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Job 38 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? Job 38 9 When I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, Job 38 10 And prescribed bounds for it, and set bars and doors, Job 38 11 And said, Thus far shall you come, but no farther: and here shall your proud waves be stopped? Job 38 12 Have you commanded the morning since your days began; and caused the dawn to know its place; Job 38 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? Job 38 14 It is turned as clay under the seal; and they stand out as a garment. Job 38 15 And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the uplifted arm shall be broken. Job 38 16 Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in search of the depths? Job 38 17 Have the gates of death been revealed unto you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death? Job 38 18 Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all. Job 38 19 Where is the way where light dwells? and as for darkness, where is its place, Job 38 20 That you should take it to its domain, and that you should know the paths to its home? Job 38 21 Do you know it, because you were born then? or because the number of your days is great? Job 38 22 Have you entered into the treasury of the snow? or have you seen the treasury of the hail, Job 38 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? Job 38 24 By what way is the light distributed, which scatters the east wind upon the earth? Job 38 25 Who has divided a channel for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; Job 38 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man; Job 38 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender grass to spring forth? Job 38 28 Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew? Job 38 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven, who has given it birth? Job 38 30 The waters harden like a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. Job 38 31 Can you bind the cluster of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Job 38 32 Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or can you guide Arcturus with its children? Job 38 33 Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set their dominion in the earth? Job 38 34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you? Job 38 35 Can you send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto you, Here we are? Job 38 36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart? Job 38 37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the waterskins of heaven, Job 38 38 When the dust grows into clumps, and the clods cleave fast together? Job 38 39 Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, Job 38 40 When they crouch in their dens, and abide in their lairs to lie in wait? Job 38 41 Who provides for the raven its food? when its young ones cry unto God, they wander about for lack of food. ------------------------Job, Chapter 39 Job 39 1 Know you the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or can you mark when the hinds do calve? Job 39 2 Can you number the months that they fulfil? or know you the time when they bring forth? Job 39 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their offspring. Job 39 4 Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open; they go forth, and return not unto them. Job 39 5 Who has let the wild donkey go free? or who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey? Job 39 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. Job 39 7 He scorns the multitude of the city, neither regards he the shouts of the driver. Job 39 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. Job 39 9 Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or abide by your crib? Job 39 10 Can you bind the wild ox with ropes in the furrow? or will he plow the valleys behind you? Job 39 11 Will you trust him, because his strength is great? or will you leave your labor to him? Job 39 12 Will you believe him, that he will bring home your grain, and gather it into your barn? Job 39 13 Gave you the proud wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Job 39 14 Which leaves her eggs in the earth, and warms them in dust, Job 39 15 And forgets that the foot may crush them, or that a wild beast may break them. Job 39 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without concern; Job 39 17 Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding. Job 39 18 When she lifts up herself high, she scorns the horse and his rider. Job 39 19 Have you given the horse strength? have you clothed his neck with thunder? Job 39 20 Can you make him afraid like a grasshopper? the majesty of his snorting is terrible. Job 39 21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: he goes out to meet the armed men. Job 39 22 He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; neither turns he back from the sword. Job 39 23 The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the javelin. Job 39 24 He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage: neither does he halt at the sound of the trumpet. Job 39 25 He says among the trumpets, Aha; and he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. Job 39 26 Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? Job 39 27 Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high? Job 39 28 She dwells and abides on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the stronghold. Job 39 29 From there she seeks the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Job 39 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. ------------------------Job, Chapter 40 Job 40 1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, Job 40 2 Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it. Job 40 3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, Job 40 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Job 40 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Job 40 6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Job 40 7 Gird up your loins now like a man: I will demand of you, and declare you unto me. Job 40 8 Will you also annul my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous? Job 40 9 Have you an arm like God? or can you thunder with a voice like him? Job 40 10 Deck yourself now with majesty and splendor; and array yourself with glory and beauty. Job 40 11 Put forth the rage of your wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. Job 40 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. Job 40 13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. Job 40 14 Then will I also confess unto you that your own right hand can save you. Job 40 15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass as an ox. Job 40 16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly. Job 40 17 He moves his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his thighs are knit together. Job 40 18 His bones are as strong pieces of bronze; his bones are like bars of iron. Job 40 19 He is the first of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. Job 40 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. Job 40 21 He lies under the shady trees, in the hiding of the reeds, and marsh. Job 40 22 The shady trees cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him. Job 40 23 Behold, though a river rages, he fears not: he is confident though the Jordan rushes into his mouth. Job 40 24 He takes it with his eyes: his nose pierces through snares. ------------------------Job, Chapter 41 Job 41 1 Can you draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which you let down? Job 41 2 Can you put a rope in his nose? or pierce his jaw through with a hook? Job 41 3 Will he make many supplications unto you? will he speak soft words unto you? Job 41 4 Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant forever? Job 41 5 Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you leash him for your maidens? Job 41 6 Shall your companions make a banquet of him? shall they aportion him among the merchants? Job 41 7 Can you fill his skin with harpoons? or his head with fish spears? Job 41 8 Lay your hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. Job 41 9 Behold, the hope of subduing him is in vain: shall one not be cast down even at the sight of him? Job 41 10 None is so fierce that would dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? Job 41 11 Who has given to me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. Job 41 12 I will not conceal his limbs, nor his power, nor his graceful proportion. Job 41 13 Who can remove the face of his garment? or who can approach him with a double bridle? Job 41 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible all around. Job 41 15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. Job 41 16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. Job 41 17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be parted. Job 41 18 By his sneezings a light flashes, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. Job 41 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. Job 41 20 Out of his nostrils goes smoke, as out of a boiling pot or caldron. Job 41 21 His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. Job 41 22 In his neck remains strength, and sorrow is turned into dancing before him. Job 41 23 The folds of his flesh are joined together: they are firm on him; they cannot be moved. Job 41 24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the lower millstone. Job 41 25 When he raises up himself, the mighty are afraid: because of his crashings they are beside themselves. Job 41 26 The sword of him that reaches him cannot avail: neigher the spear, the dart, nor the javelin. Job 41 27 He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. Job 41 28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones with him are turned into stubble. Job 41 29 Darts are counted as straw: he laughs at the threat of a javelin. Job 41 30 His undersides are like sharp stones: he spreads sharp pointed marks upon the mire. Job 41 31 He makes the deep boil like a pot: he makes the sea like a pot of ointment. Job 41 32 He leaves a path shning after him; one would think the deep to have white hair. Job 41 33 Upon earth there is not his like, which is made without fear. Job 41 34 He beholds every high thing: he is a king over all the children of pride. ------------------------Job, Chapter 42 Job 42 1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, Job 42 2 I know that you can do everything, and that no thought can be withheld from you. Job 42 3 Who is he that hides counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Job 42 4 Hear, I ask you, and I will speak: I will question you, and you declare unto me. Job 42 5 I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye sees you. Job 42 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. Job 42 7 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 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 8 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 you have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. Job 42 9 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 10 And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Job 42 11 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 consoled him, and comforted him over all the trouble that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold. Job 42 12 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 female donkeys. Job 42 13 He had also seven sons and three daughters. Job 42 14 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 15 And in all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. Job 42 16 After this lived Job a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. Job 42 17 So Job died, being old and full of days. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 1 Psa 1 1 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. Psa 1 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night. Psa 1 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper. Psa 1 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Psa 1 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. Psa 1 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 2 Psa 2 1 Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? Psa 2 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Psa 2 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. Psa 2 4 He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Psa 2 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and distress them in his great displeasure. Psa 2 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. Psa 2 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD has said unto me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you. Psa 2 8 Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. Psa 2 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Psa 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth. Psa 2 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Psa 2 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 3 Psa 3 1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Psa 3 2 Many there be who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. Psa 3 3 But you, O LORD, are a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head. Psa 3 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. Psa 3 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. Psa 3 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. Psa 3 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for you have smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone; you have broken the teeth of the ungodly. Psa 3 8 Salvation belongs unto the LORD: your blessing is upon your people. Selah. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 4 Psa 4 1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you have delivered me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. Psa 4 2 O you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? how long will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah. Psa 4 3 But know that the LORD has set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. Psa 4 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. Psa 4 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. Psa 4 6 There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us. Psa 4 7 You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased. Psa 4 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for you, LORD, only make me dwell in safety. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 5 Psa 5 1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Psa 5 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto you will I pray. Psa 5 3 My voice shall you hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto you, and will look up. Psa 5 4 For you are not a God that has pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with you. Psa 5 5 The foolish shall not stand in your sight: you hate all workers of iniquity. Psa 5 6 You shall destroy them that speak falsehood: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. Psa 5 7 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. Psa 5 8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before my face. Psa 5 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. Psa 5 10 Destroy 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. Psa 5 11 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. Psa 5 12 For you, LORD, will bless the righteous; with favor will you surround him with a shield.. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 6 Psa 6 1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. Psa 6 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are troubled. Psa 6 3 My soul is also greatly troubled: but you, O LORD, how long? Psa 6 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for your mercies' sake. Psa 6 5 For in death there is no remembrance of you: in the grave who shall give you thanks? Psa 6 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed wet with tears; I water my couch with my tears. Psa 6 7 My eye is consumed because of grief; it grows old because of all my enemies. Psa 6 8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping. Psa 6 9 The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. Psa 6 10 Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 7 Psa 7 1 O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: Psa 7 2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. Psa 7 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; Psa 7 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is my enemy:) Psa 7 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah. Psa 7 6 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. Psa 7 7 So shall the congregation of the people surround you: for their sakes therefore return you on high. Psa 7 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity that is in me. Psa 7 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts. Psa 7 10 My defence is with God, who saves the upright in heart. Psa 7 11 God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. Psa 7 12 If he turns not, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready. Psa 7 13 He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death; he makes ready his arrows against the persecutors. Psa 7 14 Behold, he brought forth iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. Psa 7 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made. Psa 7 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown. Psa 7 17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 8 Psa 8 1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! who have set your glory above the heavens. Psa 8 2 Out of the mouth of babes and infants have you ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger. Psa 8 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; Psa 8 4 What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him? Psa 8 5 For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor. Psa 8 6 You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet: Psa 8 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; Psa 8 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passes through the paths of the seas. Psa 8 9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 9 Psa 9 1 I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvellous works. Psa 9 2 I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing praise to your name, O most High. Psa 9 3 When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence. Psa 9 4 For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right. Psa 9 5 You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name forever and ever. Psa 9 6 O you enemy, destructions are come to an everlasting end: and you have destroyed cities; their memory is perished with them. Psa 9 7 But the LORD shall endure forever: he has prepared his throne for judgment. Psa 9 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. Psa 9 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Psa 9 10 And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you. Psa 9 11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings. Psa 9 12 When he avenges blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble. Psa 9 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from them that hate me, you that lift me up from the gates of death: Psa 9 14 That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation. Psa 9 15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. Psa 9 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. Psa 9 17 The wicked shall be turned into sheol, and all the nations that forget God. Psa 9 18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever. Psa 9 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in your sight. Psa 9 20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 10 Psa 10 1 Why stand you afar off, O LORD? why hide you yourself in times of trouble? Psa 10 2 The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. Psa 10 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors. Psa 10 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in any of his thoughts. Psa 10 5 His ways are always prosperous; your judgments are far above, out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he sneers at them. Psa 10 6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. Psa 10 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. Psa 10 8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor. Psa 10 9 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. Psa 10 10 He crouches, and lies low, that the poor may fall by his strength. Psa 10 11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he will never see it. Psa 10 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand: forget not the humble. Psa 10 13 Why does the wicked renounce God? he has said in his heart, You will not require it. Psa 10 14 You have seen it: for you behold mischief and spite, to repay it with your hand: the poor commits himself unto you; you are the helper of the fatherless. Psa 10 15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till you find none. Psa 10 16 The LORD is King forever and ever: the nations are perished out of his land. Psa 10 17 LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear: Psa 10 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 11 Psa 11 1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say you to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? Psa 11 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart. Psa 11 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Psa 11 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids test, the children of men. Psa 11 5 The LORD tests the righteous: but the wicked and him that loves violence his soul hates. Psa 11 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. Psa 11 7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does behold the upright. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 12 Psa 12 1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. Psa 12 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. Psa 12 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things: Psa 12 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? Psa 12 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that sneers at him. Psa 12 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tested in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Psa 12 7 You shall keep them, O LORD, you shall preserve them from this generation forever. Psa 12 8 The wicked prowl on every side, when vile men are exalted. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 13 Psa 13 1 How long will you forget me, O LORD? forever? how long will you hide your face from me? Psa 13 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Psa 13 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Psa 13 4 Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. Psa 13 5 But I have trusted in your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. Psa 13 6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 14 Psa 14 1 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. Psa 14 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. Psa 14 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that does good, no, not one. Psa 14 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. Psa 14 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. Psa 14 6 You have shamed the counsel of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge. Psa 14 7 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, Chapter 15 Psa 15 1 LORD, who shall abide in your tabernacle? who shall dwell in your holy hill? Psa 15 2 He that walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. Psa 15 3 He that backbites not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor. Psa 15 4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised; but he honors them that fear the LORD. He that swears to his own hurt, and changes not. Psa 15 5 He that puts not out his money at interest, nor takes reward against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 16 Psa 16 1 Preserve me, O God: for in you do I put my trust. Psa 16 2 O my soul, you have said unto the LORD, You are my Lord: my goodness reaches not to you; Psa 16 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the noble, in whom is all my delight. Psa 16 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names upon my lips. Psa 16 5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot. Psa 16 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. Psa 16 7 I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel: my heart also instructs me in the night seasons. Psa 16 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Psa 16 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also shall rest in hope. Psa 16 10 For you will not leave my soul in sheol; neither will you allow your Holy One to see corruption. Psa 16 11 You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fulness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 17 Psa 17 1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips. Psa 17 2 Let my vendication come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are right. Psa 17 3 You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tested me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Psa 17 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the paths of the destroyer. Psa 17 5 Hold up my steps in your paths, that my feet slip not. Psa 17 6 I have called upon you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear unto me, and hear my speech. Psa 17 7 Show your marvellous lovingkindness, O you that save by your right hand them who put their trust in you from those that rise up against them. Psa 17 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings, Psa 17 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who surround me. Psa 17 10 They are enclosed in their own fat hearts: with their mouth they speak proudly. Psa 17 11 They have now surrounded us in our steps: they have set their eyes, crouching down to the earth; Psa 17 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Psa 17 13 Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, by your sword: Psa 17 14 From men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who 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. Psa 17 15 As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 18 Psa 18 1 I will love you, O LORD, my strength. Psa 18 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. Psa 18 3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies. Psa 18 4 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. Psa 18 5 The sorrows of sheol surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me. Psa 18 6 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. Psa 18 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was angry. Psa 18 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. Psa 18 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. Psa 18 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. Psa 18 11 He made darkness his secret place; his canopy round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. Psa 18 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, with hailstones and coals of fire. Psa 18 13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. Psa 18 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and vanquished them. Psa 18 15 Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. Psa 18 16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. Psa 18 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them who hated me: for they were too strong for me. Psa 18 18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. Psa 18 19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. Psa 18 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. Psa 18 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. Psa 18 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. Psa 18 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. Psa 18 24 Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. Psa 18 25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright; Psa 18 26 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the devious you will show yourself shrewd. Psa 18 27 For you will save the humble people; but will bring down haughty looks. Psa 18 28 For you will light my lamp: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. Psa 18 29 For by you I have advanced against a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. Psa 18 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is proven: he is a shield to all those that trust in him. Psa 18 31 For who is God except the LORD? or who is a rock except our God? Psa 18 32 It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect. Psa 18 33 He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places. Psa 18 34 He teaches my hands to make war, so that a bow of bronze is bent by my arms. Psa 18 35 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. Psa 18 36 You have enlarged my path under me, that my feet did not slip. Psa 18 37 I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. Psa 18 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. Psa 18 39 For you have girded me with strength unto the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me. Psa 18 40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. Psa 18 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. Psa 18 42 Then did I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. Psa 18 43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. Psa 18 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the foreigners shall submit themselves unto me. Psa 18 45 The foreigners shall fade away, and be frightened out of their fortresses. Psa 18 46 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. Psa 18 47 It is God that avenges me, and subdues the people under me. Psa 18 48 He delivers me from my enemies: yea, you lift me up above those that rise up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man. Psa 18 49 Therefore will I give thanks unto you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises unto your name. Psa 18 50 Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his descendants forevermore. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 19 Psa 19 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his handiwork. Psa 19 2 Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night shows knowledge. Psa 19 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Psa 19 4 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, Psa 19 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race. Psa 19 6 Its going forth is from the end of the heaven, and its circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. Psa 19 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. Psa 19 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. Psa 19 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. Psa 19 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Psa 19 11 Moreover by them is your servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. Psa 19 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse me from secret faults. Psa 19 13 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 of great transgression. Psa 19 14 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, Chapter 20 Psa 20 1 The LORD hear you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you; Psa 20 2 Send you help from the sanctuary, and strengthen you out of Zion; Psa 20 3 Remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice; Selah. Psa 20 4 Grant you according to your own heart, and fulfil all your plans. Psa 20 5 We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all your petitions. Psa 20 6 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. Psa 20 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. Psa 20 8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. Psa 20 9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 21 Psa 21 1 The king shall joy in your strength, O LORD; and in your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Psa 21 2 You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. Psa 21 3 For you meet him with the blessings of goodness: you set a crown of pure gold on his head. Psa 21 4 He asked life of you, and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever. Psa 21 5 His glory is great in your salvation: honor and majesty have you laid upon him. Psa 21 6 For you have made him most blessed forever: you have made him exceedingly glad with your presence. Psa 21 7 For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. Psa 21 8 Your hand shall find out all your enemies: your right hand shall find out those that hate you. Psa 21 9 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. Psa 21 10 Their offspring shall you destroy from the earth, and their descendants from among the children of men. Psa 21 11 For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous act, which they are not able to perform. Psa 21 12 Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows upon your strings toward their face. Psa 21 13 Be exalted, LORD, in your own strength: so will we sing and praise your power. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 22 Psa 22 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? Psa 22 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you hear not; and in the night season, and am not silent. Psa 22 3 But you are holy, O you that inhabit the praises of Israel. Psa 22 4 Our fathers trusted in you: they trusted, and you did deliver them. Psa 22 5 They cried unto you, and were delivered: they trusted in you, and were not disappointed. Psa 22 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. Psa 22 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, Psa 22 8 He trusted in the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. Psa 22 9 But you are he that took me out of the womb: you did make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. Psa 22 10 I was cast upon you from birth: you are my God from my mother's womb. Psa 22 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. Psa 22 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round about. Psa 22 13 They gaped on me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. Psa 22 14 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 body. Psa 22 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue clings to my jaws; and you have brought me to the dust of death. Psa 22 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. Psa 22 17 I can count all my bones: they look and stare upon me. Psa 22 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots for my clothing. Psa 22 19 But be not far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste you to help me. Psa 22 20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my life from the power of the dog. Psa 22 21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for you have heard me from the horns of the wild oxen. Psa 22 22 I will declare your name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise you. Psa 22 23 You that fear the LORD, praise him; all you descendants of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all you descendants of Israel. Psa 22 24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. Psa 22 25 My praise shall be of you in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. Psa 22 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live forever. Psa 22 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before you. Psa 22 28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations. Psa 22 29 All the prosperous of 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. Psa 22 30 A posterity shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. Psa 22 31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he has done this. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 23 Psa 23 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not lack. Psa 23 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters. Psa 23 3 He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Psa 23 4 Yea, 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. Psa 23 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Psa 23 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 24 Psa 24 1 The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Psa 24 2 For he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Psa 24 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? Psa 24 4 He that has clean hands, and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. Psa 24 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Psa 24 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek your face, O Jacob. Selah. Psa 24 7 Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be you lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Psa 24 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psa 24 9 Lift up your heads, O you gates; even lift them up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Psa 24 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 25 Psa 25 1 Unto you, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. Psa 25 2 O my God, I trust in you: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me. Psa 25 3 Yea, let none that wait on you be ashamed: let them be ashamed who transgress without cause. Psa 25 4 Show me your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. Psa 25 5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for you are the God of my salvation; on you do I wait all the day. Psa 25 6 Remember, O LORD, your tender mercies and your lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. Psa 25 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to your mercy remember me for your goodness' sake, O LORD. Psa 25 8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. Psa 25 9 The meek will he guide in justice: and the meek will he teach his way. Psa 25 10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. Psa 25 11 For your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great. Psa 25 12 What man is he that fears the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. Psa 25 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his descendants shall inherit the earth. Psa 25 14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant. Psa 25 15 My eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. Psa 25 16 Turn you unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. Psa 25 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring me out of my distresses. Psa 25 18 Look upon my affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. Psa 25 19 Consider my enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. Psa 25 20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in you. Psa 25 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on you. Psa 25 22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 26 Psa 26 1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. Psa 26 2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my heart and my mind. Psa 26 3 For your lovingkindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in your truth. Psa 26 4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with hypocrites. Psa 26 5 I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not sit with the wicked. Psa 26 6 I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I go about your altar, O LORD: Psa 26 7 That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all your wondrous works. Psa 26 8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of your house, and the place where your honor dwells. Psa 26 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: Psa 26 10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. Psa 26 11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. Psa 26 12 My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 27 Psa 27 1 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? Psa 27 2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Psa 27 3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. Psa 27 4 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. Psa 27 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret place of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. Psa 27 6 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, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. Psa 27 7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. Psa 27 8 When you said, Seek my face; my heart said unto you, your face, LORD, will I seek. Psa 27 9 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. Psa 27 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. Psa 27 11 Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me in a level path, because of my enemies. Psa 27 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. Psa 27 13 I would have fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Psa 27 14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 28 Psa 28 1 Unto 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. Psa 28 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy sanctuary. Psa 28 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. Psa 28 4 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 what they deserve. Psa 28 5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. Psa 28 6 Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplications. Psa 28 7 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. Psa 28 8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. Psa 28 9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up forever. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 29 Psa 29 1 Give unto the LORD, O you mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. Psa 29 2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. Psa 29 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is upon many waters. Psa 29 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. Psa 29 5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; yea, the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon. Psa 29 6 He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox. Psa 29 7 The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire. Psa 29 8 The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. Psa 29 9 The voice of the LORD makes the hinds to calve, and strips bare the forests: and in his temple does every one speak of his glory. Psa 29 10 The LORD sits upon the flood; yea, the LORD sits as King forever. Psa 29 11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 30 Psa 30 1 I will extol you, O LORD; for you have lifted me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. Psa 30 2 O LORD my God, I cried unto you, and you have healed me. Psa 30 3 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. Psa 30 4 Sing unto the LORD, O you saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. Psa 30 5 For his anger endures but for a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Psa 30 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. Psa 30 7 LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain to stand strong: you did hide your face, and I was troubled. Psa 30 8 I cried to you, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. Psa 30 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth? Psa 30 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be my helper. Psa 30 11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; Psa 30 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to you, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto you forever. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 31 Psa 31 1 In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness. Psa 31 2 Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me. Psa 31 3 For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name's sake lead me, and guide me. Psa 31 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me: for you are my strength. Psa 31 5 Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. Psa 31 6 I have hated them that regard vain idols: but I trust in the LORD. Psa 31 7 I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities; Psa 31 8 And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: you have set my feet in a wide place. Psa 31 9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my body. Psa 31 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed. Psa 31 11 I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a horror to my acquaintance: they that did see me outside fled from me. Psa 31 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. Psa 31 13 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. Psa 31 14 But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, you are my God. Psa 31 15 My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me. Psa 31 16 Make your face to shine upon your servant: save me for your mercies' sake. Psa 31 17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. Psa 31 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; who speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. Psa 31 19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have wrought for them that trust in you before the sons of men! Psa 31 20 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. Psa 31 21 Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. Psa 31 22 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 unto you. Psa 31 23 O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully repays the proud doer. Psa 31 24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 32 Psa 32 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Psa 32 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputes not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. Psa 32 3 When I kept silence, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long. Psa 32 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: my strength is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. Psa 32 5 I acknowledged my sin unto you, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Psa 32 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto you in a time when you may be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near unto him. Psa 32 7 You are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall surround me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. Psa 32 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with my eye. Psa 32 9 Be you not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, else they come not near unto you. Psa 32 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him. Psa 32 11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 33 Psa 33 1 Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous: for praise is fitting for the upright. Psa 33 2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Psa 33 3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. Psa 33 4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth. Psa 33 5 He loves righteousness and justice: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. Psa 33 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. Psa 33 7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap: he lays up the depth in storehouses. Psa 33 8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. Psa 33 9 For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. Psa 33 10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing: he makes the devices of the people of none effect. Psa 33 11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Psa 33 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. Psa 33 13 The LORD looks from heaven; he beholds all the sons of men. Psa 33 14 From the place of his habitation he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth. Psa 33 15 He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works. Psa 33 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. Psa 33 17 A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. Psa 33 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; Psa 33 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Psa 33 20 Our soul waits for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. Psa 33 21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. Psa 33 22 Let your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in you. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 34 Psa 34 1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psa 34 2 My soul shall make its boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. Psa 34 3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. Psa 34 4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. Psa 34 5 They looked unto him, and were radiant: and their faces were not ashamed. Psa 34 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. Psa 34 7 The angel of the LORD encamps round about them that fear him, and delivers them. Psa 34 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him. Psa 34 9 O fear the LORD, you his saints: for there is no lack to them that fear him. Psa 34 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing. Psa 34 11 Come, you children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Psa 34 12 What man is he that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? Psa 34 13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. Psa 34 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. Psa 34 15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. Psa 34 16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Psa 34 17 The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. Psa 34 18 The LORD is near unto them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit. Psa 34 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all. Psa 34 20 He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken. Psa 34 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. Psa 34 22 The LORD redeems the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 35 Psa 35 1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Psa 35 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help. Psa 35 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am your salvation. Psa 35 4 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. Psa 35 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. Psa 35 6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. Psa 35 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have dug for my soul. Psa 35 8 Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he has hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. Psa 35 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. Psa 35 10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto you, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that plunders him? Psa 35 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. Psa 35 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the sorrow of my soul. Psa 35 13 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. Psa 35 14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother. Psa 35 15 But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: Psa 35 16 With hypocritical mockers at feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. Psa 35 17 Lord, how long will you look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my precious life from the lions. Psa 35 18 I will give you thanks in the great congregation: I will praise you among many people. Psa 35 19 Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. Psa 35 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. Psa 35 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it. Psa 35 22 This you have seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD, be not far from me. Psa 35 23 Stir up yourself, and awake to my defense, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. Psa 35 24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. Psa 35 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. Psa 35 26 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. Psa 35 27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. Psa 35 28 And my tongue shall speak of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 36 Psa 36 1 The transgression of the wicked says within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. Psa 36 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity is found to be hateful. Psa 36 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good. Psa 36 4 He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil. Psa 36 5 Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and your faithfulness reaches unto the clouds. Psa 36 6 Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O LORD, you preserve man and beast. Psa 36 7 How excellent is your lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings. Psa 36 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fullness of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures. Psa 36 9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light. Psa 36 10 O continue your lovingkindness unto them that know you; and your righteousness to the upright in heart. Psa 36 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. Psa 36 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 37 Psa 37 1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you envious of the workers of iniquity. Psa 37 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Psa 37 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and verily you shall be fed. Psa 37 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart. Psa 37 5 Commit your way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psa 37 6 And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Psa 37 7 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. Psa 37 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any way to do evil. Psa 37 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. Psa 37 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, you shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. Psa 37 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. Psa 37 12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes upon him with his teeth. Psa 37 13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming. Psa 37 14 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 behavior. Psa 37 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. Psa 37 16 A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked. Psa 37 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholds the righteous. Psa 37 18 The LORD knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be forever. Psa 37 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. Psa 37 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall vanish; into smoke shall they vanish away. Psa 37 21 The wicked borrows, and pays not again: but the righteous shows mercy, and gives. Psa 37 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. Psa 37 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way. Psa 37 24 Though he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholds him with his hand. Psa 37 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his offspring begging bread. Psa 37 26 He is ever merciful, and lends; and his descendants are blessed. Psa 37 27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell forevermore. Psa 37 28 For the LORD loves justice, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved forever: but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off. Psa 37 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever. Psa 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice. Psa 37 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. Psa 37 32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him. Psa 37 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Psa 37 34 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. Psa 37 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Psa 37 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Psa 37 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. Psa 37 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. Psa 37 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. Psa 37 40 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, Chapter 38 Psa 38 1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. Psa 38 2 For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me down. Psa 38 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. Psa 38 4 For my iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Psa 38 5 My wounds are foul and are corrupt because of my foolishness. Psa 38 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. Psa 38 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. Psa 38 8 I am feeble and utterly broken: I have groaned by reason of the turmoil of my heart. Psa 38 9 Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you. Psa 38 10 My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me. Psa 38 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off. Psa 38 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and plan deceit all the day long. Psa 38 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth. Psa 38 14 Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. Psa 38 15 For in you, O LORD, do I hope: you will hear, O Lord my God. Psa 38 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me. Psa 38 17 For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me. Psa 38 18 For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. Psa 38 19 But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. Psa 38 20 They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good. Psa 38 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. Psa 38 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 39 Psa 39 1 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 are before me. Psa 39 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. Psa 39 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was meditating the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue, Psa 39 4 LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Psa 39 5 Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. Psa 39 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are in turmoil in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them. Psa 39 7 And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you. Psa 39 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. Psa 39 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because you did it. Psa 39 10 Remove your scourge away from me: I am consumed by the blow of your hand. Psa 39 11 When you with rebukes do correct man for iniquity, you make his beauty melt away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. Psa 39 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. Psa 39 13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and be no more. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 40 Psa 40 1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. Psa 40 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. Psa 40 3 And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Psa 40 4 Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. Psa 40 5 Many, O LORD my God, are your wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us: they cannot be recounted in order unto you: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Psa 40 6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required. Psa 40 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, Psa 40 8 I delight to do your will, O my God: yea, your law is within my heart. Psa 40 9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not restrained my lips, O LORD, you know. Psa 40 10 I have not hid your righteousness within my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation: I have not concealed your lovingkindness and your truth from the great congregation. Psa 40 11 Withhold not your tender mercies from me, O LORD: let your lovingkindness and your truth continually preserve me. Psa 40 12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me: my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me. Psa 40 13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. Psa 40 14 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. Psa 40 15 Let them be desolate as a reward for their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. Psa 40 16 Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you: let such as love your salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. Psa 40 17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks upon me: you are my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 41 Psa 41 1 Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. Psa 41 2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and you will not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. Psa 41 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: you will restore his bed in his sickness. Psa 41 4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against you. Psa 41 5 My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? Psa 41 6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it. Psa 41 7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. Psa 41 8 An evil disease, say they, clings close unto him: and now that he lies down he shall rise up no more. Psa 41 9 Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. Psa 41 10 But you, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may repay them. Psa 41 11 By this I know that you favor me, because my enemy does not triumph over me. Psa 41 12 And as for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me before your face forever. Psa 41 13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 42 Psa 42 1 As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O God. Psa 42 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? Psa 42 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is your God? Psa 42 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within 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. Psa 42 5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disturbed within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. Psa 42 6 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. Psa 42 7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of your waterfalls: all your waves and your billows are gone over me. Psa 42 8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. Psa 42 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why have you forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Psa 42 10 As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is your God? Psa 42 11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disturbed within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 43 Psa 43 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. Psa 43 2 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? Psa 43 3 O send out your light and your truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto your holy hill, and to your tabernacles. Psa 43 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise you, O God my God. Psa 43 5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disturbed within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 44 Psa 44 1 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. Psa 44 2 How you did drive out the nations with your hand, and planted them; how you did afflict the people, and cast them out. Psa 44 3 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 favor unto them. Psa 44 4 You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. Psa 44 5 Through you will we push down our enemies: through your name will we tread them under that rise up against us. Psa 44 6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. Psa 44 7 But you have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us. Psa 44 8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise your name forever. Selah. Psa 44 9 But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies. Psa 44 10 You make us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us take spoil for themselves. Psa 44 11 You have given us like sheep appointed for food; and have scattered us among the nations. Psa 44 12 You sell your people for nothing, and do not increase your wealth by their price. Psa 44 13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Psa 44 14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people. Psa 44 15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me, Psa 44 16 For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; because of the enemy and avenger. Psa 44 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten you, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant. Psa 44 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from your way; Psa 44 19 Though you have severly broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death. Psa 44 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; Psa 44 21 Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart. Psa 44 22 Yea, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Psa 44 23 Awake, why sleep you, O Lord? arise, cast us not off forever. Psa 44 24 Why hide you your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? Psa 44 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our body cleaves unto the earth. Psa 44 26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for your mercies' sake. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 45 Psa 45 1 My heart is overflowing with a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made concerning the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready scribe. Psa 45 2 You are fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into your lips: therefore God has blessed you forever. Psa 45 3 Gird your sword upon your thigh, O most mighty, with your glory and your majesty. Psa 45 4 And in your majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and your right hand shall teach you awesome things. Psa 45 5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; by which the people fall under you. Psa 45 6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: the sceptre of your kingdom is a righteous sceptre. Psa 45 7 You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. Psa 45 8 All your garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made you glad. Psa 45 9 Kings' daughters were among your honorable women: at your right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. Psa 45 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also your own people, and your father's house; Psa 45 11 So shall the king greatly desire your beauty: since he is your Lord, worship him. Psa 45 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat your favor. Psa 45 13 The king's daughter is all glorious within the palace: her clothing is of woven gold. Psa 45 14 She shall be brought unto the king in robes of needlework: the virgins, her companions that follow her, shall be brought unto you. Psa 45 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. Psa 45 16 Instead of your fathers shall be your children, whom you may make princes in all the earth. Psa 45 17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise you forever and ever. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 46 Psa 46 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psa 46 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Psa 46 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. Psa 46 4 There is a river, the streams of which shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the most High. Psa 46 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. Psa 46 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. Psa 46 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Psa 46 8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth. Psa 46 9 He makes wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in two; he burns the chariot in the fire. Psa 46 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. Psa 46 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 47 Psa 47 1 O clap your hands, all you people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. Psa 47 2 For the LORD most high is awesome; he is a great King over all the earth. Psa 47 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. Psa 47 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. Psa 47 5 God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. Psa 47 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. Psa 47 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing you praises with understanding. Psa 47 8 God reigns over the nations: God sits upon the throne of his holiness. Psa 47 9 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, Chapter 48 Psa 48 1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Psa 48 2 Beautiful for elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. Psa 48 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. Psa 48 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. Psa 48 5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hastened away. Psa 48 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. Psa 48 7 You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. Psa 48 8 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. Psa 48 9 We have thought of your lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of your temple. Psa 48 10 According to your name, O God, so is your praise unto the ends of the earth: your right hand is full of righteousness. Psa 48 11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your judgments. Psa 48 12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: number the towers thereof. Psa 48 13 Mark you well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that you may tell it to the generation following. Psa 48 14 For this God is our God forever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 49 Psa 49 1 Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world: Psa 49 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. Psa 49 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. Psa 49 4 I will incline my ear to a proverb: I will disclose my riddles upon the harp. Psa 49 5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity at my heels shall surround me? Psa 49 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; Psa 49 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: Psa 49 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever:) Psa 49 9 That he should still live forever, and not see corruption. Psa 49 10 For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Psa 49 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. Psa 49 12 Nevertheless man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish. Psa 49 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. Psa 49 14 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. Psa 49 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. Psa 49 16 Be not afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; Psa 49 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. Psa 49 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well for yourself. Psa 49 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. Psa 49 20 Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 50 Psa 50 1 The mighty God, even the LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Psa 50 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined. Psa 50 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. Psa 50 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Psa 50 5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. Psa 50 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. Psa 50 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, even your God. Psa 50 8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. Psa 50 9 I will take no bullock out of your house, nor male goats out of your folds. Psa 50 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. Psa 50 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. Psa 50 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. Psa 50 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Psa 50 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your vows unto the most High: Psa 50 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. Psa 50 16 But unto the wicked God says, What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth? Psa 50 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast my words behind you. Psa 50 18 When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. Psa 50 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. Psa 50 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. Psa 50 21 These things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether such a one as yourself: but I will rebuke you, and set them in order before your eyes. Psa 50 22 Now consider this, you that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. Psa 50 23 Whoever offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conduct aright will I show the salvation of God. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 51 Psa 51 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of your tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Psa 51 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Psa 51 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Psa 51 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight: that you might be justified when you speak, and be blameless when you judge. Psa 51 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Psa 51 6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part you shall make me to know wisdom. Psa 51 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psa 51 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which you have broken may rejoice. Psa 51 9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Psa 51 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psa 51 11 Cast me not away from your presence; and take not your holy Spirit from me. Psa 51 12 Restore unto me the joy of your salvation; and uphold me with a free spirit. Psa 51 13 Then will I teach transgressors your ways; and sinners shall be converted unto you. Psa 51 14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness. Psa 51 15 O Lord, open my lips; and my mouth shall show forth your praise. Psa 51 16 For you desire not sacrifice; else would I give it: you delight not in burnt offering. Psa 51 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psa 51 18 Do good in your good pleasure unto Zion: build you the walls of Jerusalem. Psa 51 19 Then shall you be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon your altar. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 52 Psa 52 1 Why boast you yourself in evil, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually. Psa 52 2 Your tongue devises evil; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Psa 52 3 You love evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Psa 52 4 You love all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue. Psa 52 5 God shall likewise destroy you forever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. Psa 52 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: Psa 52 7 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. Psa 52 8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. Psa 52 9 I will praise you forever, because you have done it: and I will wait on your name; for it is good before your saints. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 53 Psa 53 1 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. Psa 53 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. Psa 53 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that does good, no, not one. Psa 53 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. Psa 53 5 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. Psa 53 6 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, Chapter 54 Psa 54 1 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. Psa 54 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. Psa 54 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that does good, no, not one. Psa 54 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. Psa 54 5 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. Psa 54 6 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, Chapter 55 Psa 55 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication. Psa 55 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; Psa 55 3 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. Psa 55 4 My heart is greatly pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Psa 55 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me. Psa 55 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Psa 55 7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. Psa 55 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. Psa 55 9 Destroy, O Lord, and confuse their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. Psa 55 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. Psa 55 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. Psa 55 12 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: Psa 55 13 But it was you, a man my equal, my guide, and my close friend. Psa 55 14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. Psa 55 15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down alive into the grave: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. Psa 55 16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. Psa 55 17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. Psa 55 18 He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many against me. Psa 55 19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abides of old. Selah. Because they do not change, therefore they fear not God. Psa 55 20 He has put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: he has broken his covenant. Psa 55 21 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. Psa 55 22 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never permit the righteous to be moved. Psa 55 23 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, Chapter 56 Psa 56 1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me. Psa 56 2 My enemies would daily swallow me up: for they are many that fight against me, O most High. Psa 56 3 Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in you. Psa 56 4 In God, I will praise his word, in God, I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. Psa 56 5 Every day they twist my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. Psa 56 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. Psa 56 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in your anger cast down the people, O God. Psa 56 8 You number my wanderings: put you my tears into your bottle: are they not in your book? Psa 56 9 When I cry unto you, then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. Psa 56 10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. Psa 56 11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Psa 56 12 Your vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto you. Psa 56 13 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, Chapter 57 Psa 57 1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusts in you: yea, in the shadow of your wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities have passed. Psa 57 2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God who performs all things for me. Psa 57 3 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. Psa 57 4 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. Psa 57 5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be above all the earth. Psa 57 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have dug a pit before me, into the midst of which they are fallen themselves. Selah. Psa 57 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. Psa 57 8 Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. Psa 57 9 I will praise you, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto you among the nations. Psa 57 10 For your mercy is great unto the heavens, and your truth unto the clouds. Psa 57 11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens: let your glory be above all the earth. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 58 Psa 58 1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men? Psa 58 2 Yea, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. Psa 58 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. Psa 58 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops its ear; Psa 58 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely. Psa 58 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. Psa 58 7 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. Psa 58 8 As a snail who melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. Psa 58 9 Before your pots can feel the burning thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. Psa 58 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. Psa 58 11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God who judges in the earth. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 59 Psa 59 1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. Psa 59 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodthirsty men. Psa 59 3 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. Psa 59 4 They run and prepare themselves apart from my fault: awake to help me, and behold. Psa 59 5 You therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to punish all the nations: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. Psa 59 6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Psa 59 7 Behold, they bellow out with their mouths: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear? Psa 59 8 But you, O LORD, shall laugh at them; you shall have all the nations in derision. Psa 59 9 Because of your strength will I wait upon you: for God is my defence. Psa 59 10 The God of my mercy shall meet me: God shall let me see my desire upon my enemies. Psa 59 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. Psa 59 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for the cursing and lying which they speak. Psa 59 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God rules in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. Psa 59 14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Psa 59 15 Let them wander up and down for food, and growl if they are not satisfied. Psa 59 16 But I will sing of your power; yea, I will sing aloud of your mercy in the morning: for you have been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. Psa 59 17 Unto you, O my Strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 60 Psa 60 1 O God, you have cast us off, you have scattered us, you have been displeased; O turn yourself to us again. Psa 60 2 You have made the earth to tremble; you have broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shakes. Psa 60 3 You have shown your people hard things: you have made us to drink the wine of astonishment. Psa 60 4 You have given a banner to them that fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. Psa 60 5 That your beloved may be delivered; save with your right hand, and hear me. Psa 60 6 God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. Psa 60 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the helmet for my head; Judah is my lawgiver; Psa 60 8 Moab is my washpot; upon Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph you because of me. Psa 60 9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? Psa 60 10 Will not you, O God, who had cast us off? and you, O God, who did not go out with our armies? Psa 60 11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Psa 60 12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 61 Psa 61 1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. Psa 61 2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto you, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psa 61 3 For you have been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Psa 61 4 I will abide in your tabernacle forever: I will trust in the shelter of your wings. Selah. Psa 61 5 For you, O God, have heard my vows: you have given me the heritage of those that fear your name. Psa 61 6 You will prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations. Psa 61 7 He shall abide before God forever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. Psa 61 8 So will I sing praise unto your name forever, that I may daily perform my vows. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 62 Psa 62 1 Truly my soul waits upon God: from him comes my salvation. Psa 62 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. Psa 62 3 How long will you imagine evil against a man? you shall be slain all of you: as a leaning wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence. Psa 62 4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. Psa 62 5 My soul, wait you only upon God; for my expectation is from him. Psa 62 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved. Psa 62 7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Psa 62 8 Trust in him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. Psa 62 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: if laid on the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. Psa 62 10 Trust not in oppression, and hope not vainly in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. Psa 62 11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God. Psa 62 12 Also unto you, O Lord, belongs mercy: for you render to every man according to his work. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 63 Psa 63 1 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; Psa 63 2 To see your power and your glory, so as I have seen you in the sanctuary. Psa 63 3 Because your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. Psa 63 4 Thus will I bless you while I live: I will lift up my hands in your name. Psa 63 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips: Psa 63 6 When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches. Psa 63 7 Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice. Psa 63 8 My soul follows close after you: your right hand upholds me. Psa 63 9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. Psa 63 10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. Psa 63 11 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, Chapter 64 Psa 64 1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Psa 64 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Psa 64 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: Psa 64 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. Psa 64 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them? Psa 64 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, are deep. Psa 64 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. Psa 64 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. Psa 64 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider his doings. Psa 64 10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 65 Psa 65 1 Praise waits for you, O God, in Zion: and unto you shall the vow be performed. Psa 65 2 O you that hears prayer, unto you shall all flesh come. Psa 65 3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, you shall purge them away. Psa 65 4 Blessed is the man whom you choose, and cause to approach unto you, that he may dwell in your courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, even of your holy temple. Psa 65 5 By awesome deeds in righteousness will you answer us, O God of our salvation; who is the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: Psa 65 6 Who by his strength established the mountains; being girded with power: Psa 65 7 Who stills the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. Psa 65 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at your signs: you make the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. Psa 65 9 You visit the earth, and water it: you greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water: you prepare them grain, when you have so provided for it. Psa 65 10 You water its ridges abundantly: you settle its furrows: you make it soft with showers: you bless its growth. Psa 65 11 You crown the year with your goodness; and your paths drop fatness. Psa 65 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. Psa 65 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with grain; they shout for joy, they also sing. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 66 Psa 66 1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all you lands: Psa 66 2 Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious. Psa 66 3 Say unto God, How awesome are you in your works! through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves unto you. Psa 66 4 All the earth shall worship you, and shall sing unto you; they shall sing to your name. Selah. Psa 66 5 Come and see the works of God: he is awesome in his doing toward the children of men. Psa 66 6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. Psa 66 7 He rules by his power forever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. Psa 66 8 O bless our God, you people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: Psa 66 9 Who holds our soul in life, and allows not our feet to be moved. Psa 66 10 For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried. Psa 66 11 You brought us into the net; you laid affliction upon our backs. Psa 66 12 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. Psa 66 13 I will go into your house with burnt offerings: I will pay you my vows, Psa 66 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has spoken, when I was in trouble. Psa 66 15 I will offer unto you burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. Psa 66 16 Come and hear, all you that fear God, and I will declare what he has done for my soul. Psa 66 17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. Psa 66 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: Psa 66 19 But verily God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. Psa 66 20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 67 Psa 67 1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. Psa 67 2 That your way may be known upon earth, your saving health among all nations. Psa 67 3 Let the people praise you, O God; let all the people praise you. Psa 67 4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for you shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. Psa 67 5 Let the people praise you, O God; let all the people praise you. Psa 67 6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. Psa 67 7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 68 Psa 68 1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. Psa 68 2 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. Psa 68 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. Psa 68 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rides upon the heavens by his name, the LORD, and rejoice before him. Psa 68 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. Psa 68 6 God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. Psa 68 7 O God, when you went forth before your people, when you did march through the wilderness; Selah: Psa 68 8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. Psa 68 9 You, O God, did send a plentiful rain, by which you did confirm your inheritance, when it was weary. Psa 68 10 Your congregation has dwelt therein: you, O God, have provided of your goodness for the poor. Psa 68 11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. Psa 68 12 Kings of armies did flee in haste: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. Psa 68 13 Though you have slept among the sheepfolds, yet shall you be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. Psa 68 14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Zalmon. Psa 68 15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; a high hill as the hill of Bashan. Psa 68 16 Why leap you, you high hills? this is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it forever. Psa 68 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. Psa 68 18 You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. Psa 68 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. Psa 68 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the escape from death. Psa 68 21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goes on still in his trespasses. Psa 68 22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: Psa 68 23 That your foot may be dipped in the blood of your enemies, and the tongue of your dogs in the same. Psa 68 24 They have seen your goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. Psa 68 25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. Psa 68 26 Bless you God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. Psa 68 27 There is little Benjamin, their leader, the princes of Judah and their company, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. Psa 68 28 Your God has commanded your strength: strengthen, O God, that which you have done for us. Psa 68 29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto you. Psa 68 30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submits himself with pieces of silver: scatter you the people that delight in war. Psa 68 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. Psa 68 32 Sing unto God, you kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: Psa 68 33 To him that rides upon the heaven of heavens, which were of old; lo, he does send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. Psa 68 34 Ascribe you strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. Psa 68 35 O God, you are awesome out of your holy places: the God of Israel is he that gives strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 69 Psa 69 1 Save me, O God; for the waters have come in unto my soul. Psa 69 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. Psa 69 3 I am weary from my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for my God. Psa 69 4 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. Psa 69 5 O God, you know my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from you. Psa 69 6 Let not them that wait on you, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek you be disgraced for my sake, O God of Israel. Psa 69 7 Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face. Psa 69 8 I have become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. Psa 69 9 For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen upon me. Psa 69 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. Psa 69 11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. Psa 69 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. Psa 69 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto you, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation. Psa 69 14 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. Psa 69 15 Let not the floodwater overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me. Psa 69 16 Hear me, O LORD; for your lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of your tender mercies. Psa 69 17 And hide not your face from your servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. Psa 69 18 Draw near unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of my enemies. Psa 69 19 You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries are all before you. Psa 69 20 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. Psa 69 21 They gave me also gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. Psa 69 22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Psa 69 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. Psa 69 24 Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your wrathful anger take hold of them. Psa 69 25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. Psa 69 26 For they persecute him whom you have smitten; and they talk of the grief of those whom you have wounded. Psa 69 27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into your righteousness. Psa 69 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. Psa 69 29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high. Psa 69 30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. Psa 69 31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs. Psa 69 32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your hearts shall live that seek God. Psa 69 33 For the LORD hears the poor, and despises not his prisoners. Psa 69 34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moves therein. Psa 69 35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. Psa 69 36 The children also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 70 Psa 70 1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD. Psa 70 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. Psa 70 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. Psa 70 4 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. Psa 70 5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: you are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 71 Psa 71 1 In you, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Psa 71 2 Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline your ear unto me, and save me. Psa 71 3 Be my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: you have given commandment to save me; for you are my rock and my fortress. Psa 71 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. Psa 71 5 For you are my hope, O Lord GOD: you are my trust from my youth. Psa 71 6 By you have I been upheld from birth: you are he that took me out of my mother's womb: my praise shall be continually of you. Psa 71 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but you are my strong refuge. Psa 71 8 Let my mouth be filled with your praise and with your honor all the day. Psa 71 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails. Psa 71 10 For my enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, Psa 71 11 Saying, God has forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. Psa 71 12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. Psa 71 13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt. Psa 71 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise you more and more. Psa 71 15 My mouth shall show forth your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for I know not the limits thereof. Psa 71 16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours only. Psa 71 17 O God, you have taught me from my youth: and to this day have I declared your wondrous works. Psa 71 18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed your strength unto this generation, and your power to every one that is to come. Psa 71 19 Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, who has done great things: O God, who is like unto you! Psa 71 20 You, who have showed me great and severe troubles, shall revive me again, and shall bring me up again from the depths of the earth. Psa 71 21 You shall increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. Psa 71 22 I will also praise you with the psaltery, even your truth, O my God: unto you will I sing with the harp, O you Holy One of Israel. Psa 71 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto you; and my soul, which you have redeemed. Psa 71 24 My tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 72 Psa 72 1 Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness unto the king's son. Psa 72 2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. Psa 72 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. Psa 72 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. Psa 72 5 They shall fear you as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. Psa 72 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. Psa 72 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endures. Psa 72 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. Psa 72 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. Psa 72 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the coasts shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Psa 72 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. Psa 72 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him that has no helper. Psa 72 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. Psa 72 14 He shall redeem their souls from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. Psa 72 15 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. Psa 72 16 There shall be a handful of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth. Psa 72 17 His name shall endure forever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. Psa 72 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only does wondrous things. Psa 72 19 And blessed be his glorious name forever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. Psa 72 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 73 Psa 73 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. Psa 73 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had nearly slipped. Psa 73 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Psa 73 4 For there are no pains in their death: but their strength is firm. Psa 73 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. Psa 73 6 Therefore pride surrounds them as a chain; violence covers them as a garment. Psa 73 7 Their eyes stand out with abundance: they have more than heart could wish. Psa 73 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. Psa 73 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. Psa 73 10 Therefore his people return here: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. Psa 73 11 And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? Psa 73 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. Psa 73 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. Psa 73 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. Psa 73 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of your children. Psa 73 16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Psa 73 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Psa 73 18 Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction. Psa 73 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. Psa 73 20 As a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, when you awake, you shall despise their image. Psa 73 21 Thus my soul was grieved, and I was pierced in my heart. Psa 73 22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you. Psa 73 23 Nevertheless I am continually with you: you have held me by my right hand. Psa 73 24 You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Psa 73 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides you. Psa 73 26 My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever. Psa 73 27 For, lo, they that are far from you shall perish: you have destroyed all them that go after idols, departing from you. Psa 73 28 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, Chapter 74 Psa 74 1 O God, why have you cast us off forever? why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture? Psa 74 2 Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old; the tribe of your inheritance, which you have redeemed; this mount Zion, where you have dwelt. Psa 74 3 Lift up your feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy has done wickedly in the sanctuary. Psa 74 4 Your enemies roar in the midst of your congregations; they set up their banners for signs. Psa 74 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. Psa 74 6 But now they break down its carved work at once with axes and hammers. Psa 74 7 They have cast fire into your sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of your name to the ground. Psa 74 8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land. Psa 74 9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knows how long. Psa 74 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever? Psa 74 11 Why withdraw you your hand, even your right hand? pluck it out of your bosom. Psa 74 12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. Psa 74 13 You did divide the sea by your strength: you broke the heads of the serpents in the waters. Psa 74 14 You broke the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gave him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. Psa 74 15 You did break open the fountain and the flood: you dried up mighty rivers. Psa 74 16 The day is yours, the night also is yours: you have prepared the light and the sun. Psa 74 17 You have set all the borders of the earth: you have made summer and winter. Psa 74 18 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed your name. Psa 74 19 O deliver not the soul of your turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of your poor forever. Psa 74 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. Psa 74 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise your name. Psa 74 22 Arise, O God, plead your own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches you daily. Psa 74 23 Forget not the voice of your enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against you increases continually. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 75 Psa 75 1 Unto you, O God, do we give thanks, unto you do we give thanks: for that your name is near, your wondrous works declare. Psa 75 2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. Psa 75 3 The earth and all inhabitants are dissolved: I hold up the pillars of it. Selah. Psa 75 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: Psa 75 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. Psa 75 6 For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. Psa 75 7 But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another. Psa 75 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is fully mixed; and he pours out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them down, and drink them. Psa 75 9 But I will declare this forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. Psa 75 10 All the strength of the wicked also will I cut off; but the strength of the righteous shall be exalted. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 76 Psa 76 1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. Psa 76 2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. Psa 76 3 There broke he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. Psa 76 4 You are more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. Psa 76 5 The stouthearted are plundered, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might can lift their hands. Psa 76 6 At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. Psa 76 7 You, even you, are to be feared: and who may stand in your sight when once you are angry? Psa 76 8 You did cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, Psa 76 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. Psa 76 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath shall you restrain. Psa 76 11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. Psa 76 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is fearful to the kings of the earth. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 77 Psa 77 1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. Psa 77 2 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. Psa 77 3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. Psa 77 4 You hold my eyes from closing: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. Psa 77 5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. Psa 77 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with my own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. Psa 77 7 Will the Lord cast off forever? and will he be favorable no more? Psa 77 8 Is his mercy ceased forever? does his promise fail forevermore? Psa 77 9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. Psa 77 10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. Psa 77 11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember your wonders of old. Psa 77 12 I will meditate also on all your work, and talk of your doings. Psa 77 13 Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? Psa 77 14 You are the God that does wonders: you have declared your strength among the people. Psa 77 15 You have with your arm redeemed your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. Psa 77 16 The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. Psa 77 17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: your arrows also went abroad. Psa 77 18 The voice of your thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lighted up the world: the earth trembled and shook. Psa 77 19 Your way is in the sea, and your path in the great waters, and your footsteps are not known. Psa 77 20 You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 78 Psa 78 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. Psa 78 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Psa 78 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. Psa 78 4 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. Psa 78 5 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: Psa 78 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: Psa 78 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: Psa 78 8 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. Psa 78 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. Psa 78 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; Psa 78 11 And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had shown them. Psa 78 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. Psa 78 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand up as a heap. Psa 78 14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. Psa 78 15 He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. Psa 78 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. Psa 78 17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. Psa 78 18 And they tested God in their heart by asking food for their lust. Psa 78 19 Yea, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? Psa 78 20 Behold, he struck the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide meat for his people? Psa 78 21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was angry: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; Psa 78 22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: Psa 78 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, Psa 78 24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the grain of heaven. Psa 78 25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them food to the full. Psa 78 26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. Psa 78 27 He rained meat also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls as the sand of the sea: Psa 78 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. Psa 78 29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; Psa 78 30 They were not separated from their desire. But while their food was yet in their mouths, Psa 78 31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the strongest of them, and struck down the chosen men of Israel. Psa 78 32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not despite his wondrous works. Psa 78 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. Psa 78 34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God. Psa 78 35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. Psa 78 36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. Psa 78 37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. Psa 78 38 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. Psa 78 39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away, and comes not again. Psa 78 40 How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! Psa 78 41 Yea, they turned back and tested God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. Psa 78 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. Psa 78 43 How he had worked his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: Psa 78 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their streams, that they could not drink. Psa 78 45 He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. Psa 78 46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labor unto the locust. Psa 78 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost. Psa 78 48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery thunderbolts. Psa 78 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending avenging angels among them. Psa 78 50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; Psa 78 51 And struck down all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: Psa 78 52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. Psa 78 53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. Psa 78 54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. Psa 78 55 He cast out the nations also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. Psa 78 56 Yet they tested and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: Psa 78 57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. Psa 78 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. Psa 78 59 When God heard this, he was full of anger, and greatly abhorred Israel: Psa 78 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; Psa 78 61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. Psa 78 62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was angry with his inheritance. Psa 78 63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. Psa 78 64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. Psa 78 65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouts by reason of wine. Psa 78 66 And he struck his enemies and beat them back: he put them to a perpetual reproach. Psa 78 67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: Psa 78 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. Psa 78 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he has established forever. Psa 78 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: Psa 78 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. Psa 78 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 79 Psa 79 1 O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; your holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. Psa 79 2 The dead bodies of your servants have they given to be food unto the fowls of heaven, the flesh of your saints unto the beasts of the earth. Psa 79 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. Psa 79 4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. Psa 79 5 How long, LORD? will you be angry forever? shall your jealousy burn like fire? Psa 79 6 Pour out your wrath upon the nations that have not known you, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon your name. Psa 79 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. Psa 79 8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let your tender mercies speedily precede us: for we are brought very low. Psa 79 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for your name's sake. Psa 79 10 Why should the nations say, Where is their God? let him be known among the nations in our sight by the revenging of the blood of your servants which is shed. Psa 79 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you; according to the greatness of your power preserve you those that are appointed to die; Psa 79 12 And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached you, O Lord. Psa 79 13 So we your people and sheep of your pasture will give you thanks forever: we will show forth your praise to all generations. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 80 Psa 80 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwell between the cherubim, shine forth. Psa 80 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up your strength, and come and save us. Psa 80 3 Restore us, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. Psa 80 4 O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people? Psa 80 5 You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure. Psa 80 6 You make us a strife unto our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves. Psa 80 7 Restore us, O God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. Psa 80 8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the nations, and planted it. Psa 80 9 You prepared room before it, and did cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. Psa 80 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. Psa 80 11 It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its branches unto the river. Psa 80 12 Why have you then broken down its hedges, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck its fruit? Psa 80 13 The boar out of the wood does waste it, and the wild beast of the field does devour it. Psa 80 14 Return, we beseech you, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; Psa 80 15 And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself. Psa 80 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of your countenance. Psa 80 17 Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, upon the son of man whom you made strong for yourself. Psa 80 18 Then will we not go back from you: revive us, and we will call upon your name. Psa 80 19 Restore us, O LORD God of hosts, cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 81 Psa 81 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Psa 81 2 Take a psalm, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Psa 81 3 Blow the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. Psa 81 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. Psa 81 5 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. Psa 81 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were freed from the basket. Psa 81 7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder: I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah. Psa 81 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto you: O Israel, if you will hearken unto me; Psa 81 9 There shall no strange god be among you; neither shall you worship any foreign god. Psa 81 10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. Psa 81 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would have none of me. Psa 81 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. Psa 81 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! Psa 81 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. Psa 81 15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: and their fate should have endured forever. Psa 81 16 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, Chapter 82 Psa 82 1 God stands in the congregation of the mighty; he judges among the gods. Psa 82 2 How long will you judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Psa 82 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Psa 82 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. Psa 82 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. Psa 82 6 I have said, You are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. Psa 82 7 But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Psa 82 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 83 Psa 83 1 Keep not silence, O God: hold not your peace, and be not still, O God. Psa 83 2 For, lo, your enemies make a tumult: and they that hate you have lifted up the head. Psa 83 3 They have taken crafty counsel against your people, and consulted against your hidden ones. Psa 83 4 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. Psa 83 5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they make a covenant against you: Psa 83 6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagrites; Psa 83 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; Psa 83 8 Assyria also is joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. Selah. Psa 83 9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kishon: Psa 83 10 Who perished at Endor: they became as refuse for the earth. Psa 83 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: Psa 83 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. Psa 83 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. Psa 83 14 As the fire burns wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; Psa 83 15 So persecute them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm. Psa 83 16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek your name, O LORD. Psa 83 17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: Psa 83 18 That men may know that you, whose name alone is the LORD, are the most high over all the earth. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 84 Psa 84 1 How lovely are your tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! Psa 84 2 My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Psa 84 3 Yea, 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. Psa 84 4 Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will be still praising you. Selah. Psa 84 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the ways to them. Psa 84 6 Who passing through the valley of Baca makes it a well; the rain also fills the pools. Psa 84 7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God. Psa 84 8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. Psa 84 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of your anointed. Psa 84 10 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. Psa 84 11 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. Psa 84 12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 85 Psa 85 1 LORD, you have been favorable unto your land: you have brought back the captivity of Jacob. Psa 85 2 You have forgiven the iniquity of your people, you have covered all their sin. Selah. Psa 85 3 You have taken away all your anger: you have turned yourself from the fierceness of your anger. Psa 85 4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause your anger toward us to cease. Psa 85 5 Will you be angry with us forever? will you draw out your anger to all generations? Psa 85 6 Will you not revive us again: that your people may rejoice in you? Psa 85 7 Show us your mercy, O LORD, and grant us your salvation. Psa 85 8 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. Psa 85 9 Surely his salvation is near those that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. Psa 85 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Psa 85 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Psa 85 12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield its increase. Psa 85 13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 86 Psa 86 1 Bow down your ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. Psa 86 2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O you my God, save your servant that trusts in you. Psa 86 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto you daily. Psa 86 4 Rejoice the soul of your servant: for unto you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Psa 86 5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy unto all them that call upon you. Psa 86 6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. Psa 86 7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon you: for you will answer me. Psa 86 8 Among the gods there is none like unto you, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto your works. Psa 86 9 All nations which you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord; and shall glorify your name. Psa 86 10 For you are great, and do wondrous things: you are God alone. Psa 86 11 Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to fear your name. Psa 86 12 I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify your name forevermore. Psa 86 13 For great is your mercy toward me: and you have delivered my soul from the depths of sheol. Psa 86 14 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. Psa 86 15 But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth. Psa 86 16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give your strength unto your servant, and save the son of your handmaid. Psa 86 17 Show me a sign for good; that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 87 Psa 87 1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. Psa 87 2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Psa 87 3 Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah. Psa 87 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. Psa 87 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. Psa 87 6 The LORD shall count, when he registers the people, that this man was born there. Selah. Psa 87 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in you. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 88 Psa 88 1 O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you: Psa 88 2 Let my prayer come before you: incline your ear unto my cry; Psa 88 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draws near unto the grave. Psa 88 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that has no strength: Psa 88 5 Adrift among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more: and they are cut off from your hand. Psa 88 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deep. Psa 88 7 Your anger lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. Psa 88 8 You have put away my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. Psa 88 9 My eye mourns by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon you, I have stretched out my hands unto you. Psa 88 10 Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? Selah. Psa 88 11 Shall your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or your faithfulness in destruction? Psa 88 12 Shall your wonders be known in the dark? and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? Psa 88 13 But unto you have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer come before you. Psa 88 14 LORD, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me? Psa 88 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted. Psa 88 16 Your fierce anger goes over me; your terrors have cut me off. Psa 88 17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. Psa 88 18 Lover and friend have you put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 89 Psa 89 1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever: with my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations. Psa 89 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever: your faithfulness shall you establish in the very heavens. Psa 89 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Psa 89 4 Your seed will I establish forever, and build up your throne to all generations. Selah. Psa 89 5 And the heavens shall praise your wonders, O LORD: your faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. Psa 89 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? Psa 89 7 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. Psa 89 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto you? or to your faithfulness round about you? Psa 89 9 You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you still them. Psa 89 10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm. Psa 89 11 The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fulness thereof, you have founded them. Psa 89 12 The north and the south, you have created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name. Psa 89 13 You have a mighty arm: strong is your hand, and high is your right hand. Psa 89 14 Righteousness and justice are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face. Psa 89 15 Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance. Psa 89 16 In your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted. Psa 89 17 For you are the glory of their strength: and in your favor our horn shall be exalted. Psa 89 18 For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. Psa 89 19 Then you spoke in a vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. Psa 89 20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: Psa 89 21 With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him. Psa 89 22 The enemy shall not outwit him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. Psa 89 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. Psa 89 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. Psa 89 25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. Psa 89 26 He shall cry unto me, You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Psa 89 27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. Psa 89 28 My mercy will I keep for him forevermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. Psa 89 29 His descendants also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. Psa 89 30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; Psa 89 31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Psa 89 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Psa 89 33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. Psa 89 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Psa 89 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. Psa 89 36 His descendants shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. Psa 89 37 It shall be established forever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. Psa 89 38 But you have cast off and abhorred, you have been angry with your anointed. Psa 89 39 You have made void the covenant of your servant: you have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. Psa 89 40 You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strongholds to ruin. Psa 89 41 All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors. Psa 89 42 You have lifted up the right hand of his adversaries; you have made all his enemies to rejoice. Psa 89 43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle. Psa 89 44 You have made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. Psa 89 45 The days of his youth have you shortened: you have covered him with shame. Selah. Psa 89 46 How long, LORD? will you hide yourself forever? shall your anger burn like fire? Psa 89 47 Remember how short my time is: why have you made all men in vain? Psa 89 48 What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. Psa 89 49 Lord, where are your former lovingkindnesses, which you swore unto David in your truth? Psa 89 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; Psa 89 51 With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed. Psa 89 52 Blessed be the LORD forevermore. Amen, and Amen. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 90 Psa 90 1 LORD, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Psa 90 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. Psa 90 3 You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men. Psa 90 4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Psa 90 5 You carry them away as with a flood; they are like a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up. Psa 90 6 In the morning it flourishes, and grows up; in the evening it is cut down, and withers. Psa 90 7 For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled. Psa 90 8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance. Psa 90 9 For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. Psa 90 10 The days of our years are threescore 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. Psa 90 11 Who knows the power of your anger? even according to your fear, so is your wrath. Psa 90 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psa 90 13 Return, O LORD, how long? and may you have compassion concerning your servants. Psa 90 14 O satisfy us early with your mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Psa 90 15 Make us glad according to the days in which you have afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil. Psa 90 16 Let your work appear unto your servants, and your glory unto their children. Psa 90 17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish you the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish it. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 91 Psa 91 1 He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psa 91 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Psa 91 3 Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence. Psa 91 4 He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler. Psa 91 5 You shall not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flies by day; Psa 91 6 Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday. Psa 91 7 A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Psa 91 8 Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked. Psa 91 9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, even the most High, your habitation; Psa 91 10 There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. Psa 91 11 For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. Psa 91 12 They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone. Psa 91 13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the serpent shall you trample under feet. Psa 91 14 Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name. Psa 91 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him. Psa 91 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 92 Psa 92 1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto your name, O most High: Psa 92 2 To show forth your lovingkindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night, Psa 92 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a melodious sound. Psa 92 4 For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work: I will triumph in the works of your hands. Psa 92 5 O LORD, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep. Psa 92 6 A senseless man knows not; neither does a fool understand this. Psa 92 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever: Psa 92 8 But you, LORD, are most high forevermore. Psa 92 9 For, lo, your enemies, O LORD, for, lo, your enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. Psa 92 10 But my horn shall you exalt like the horn of a wild ox: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. Psa 92 11 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. Psa 92 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Psa 92 13 Those that are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. Psa 92 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be healthy and flourishing; Psa 92 15 To show that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 93 Psa 93 1 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. Psa 93 2 Your throne is established of old: you are from everlasting. Psa 93 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. Psa 93 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. Psa 93 5 Your testimonies are very sure: holiness becomes your house, O LORD, forever. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 94 Psa 94 1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself. Psa 94 2 Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. Psa 94 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? Psa 94 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? Psa 94 5 They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage. Psa 94 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. Psa 94 7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. Psa 94 8 Understand, you senseless among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise? Psa 94 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? Psa 94 10 He that chastises the nations, shall he not correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall he not know? Psa 94 11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. Psa 94 12 Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law; Psa 94 13 That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked. Psa 94 14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. Psa 94 15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Psa 94 16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? Psa 94 17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. Psa 94 18 When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up. Psa 94 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul. Psa 94 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law? Psa 94 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. Psa 94 22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. Psa 94 23 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, Chapter 95 Psa 95 1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Psa 95 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. Psa 95 3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. Psa 95 4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. Psa 95 5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. Psa 95 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. Psa 95 7 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, Psa 95 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of trials in the wilderness: Psa 95 9 When your fathers tested me, tried me, and saw my work. Psa 95 10 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: Psa 95 11 Unto whom I swore in my anger that they should not enter into my rest. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 96 Psa 96 1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. Psa 96 2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day. Psa 96 3 Declare his glory among the nations, his wonders among all people. Psa 96 4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. Psa 96 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. Psa 96 6 Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Psa 96 7 Give unto the LORD, O you families of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. Psa 96 8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. Psa 96 9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. Psa 96 10 Say among the nations that the LORD reigns: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. Psa 96 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Psa 96 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice Psa 96 13 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, Chapter 97 Psa 97 1 The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of coastlands be glad. Psa 97 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and justice are the habitation of his throne. Psa 97 3 A fire goes before him, and burns up his enemies round about. Psa 97 4 His lightnings light up the world: the earth saw, and trembled. Psa 97 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Psa 97 6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. Psa 97 7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all you gods. Psa 97 8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, O LORD. Psa 97 9 For you, LORD, are high above all the earth: you are exalted far above all gods. Psa 97 10 You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. Psa 97 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Psa 97 12 Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 98 Psa 98 1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he has done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, has gotten him the victory. Psa 98 2 The LORD has made known his salvation: his righteousness has he openly showed in the sight of the nations. Psa 98 3 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. Psa 98 4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. Psa 98 5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. Psa 98 6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. Psa 98 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Psa 98 8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together Psa 98 9 Before the LORD; for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 99 Psa 99 1 The LORD reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubim; let the earth be moved. Psa 99 2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. Psa 99 3 Let them praise your great and awesome name; for it is holy. Psa 99 4 The king's strength also loves justice; you do establish equity, you execute justice and righteousness in Jacob. Psa 99 5 Exalt you the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. Psa 99 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. Psa 99 7 He spoke unto them in the pillar of cloud: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. Psa 99 8 You answered them, O LORD our God: you were a God that forgave them, though you took vengeance on their wrongdoings. Psa 99 9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 100 Psa 100 1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all you lands. Psa 100 2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Psa 100 3 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. Psa 100 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Psa 100 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 101 Psa 101 1 I will sing of mercy and justice: unto you, O LORD, will I sing. Psa 101 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will you come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. Psa 101 3 I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. Psa 101 4 A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. Psa 101 5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off: he that has a haughty look and a proud heart will I not endure. Psa 101 6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walks in a perfect way, he shall serve me. Psa 101 7 He that works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that tells lies shall not tarry in my sight. Psa 101 8 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, Chapter 102 Psa 102 1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto you. Psa 102 2 Hide not your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline your ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. Psa 102 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. Psa 102 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. Psa 102 5 Because of the voice of my groaning my bones cling to my skin. Psa 102 6 I am like a vulture of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. Psa 102 7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. Psa 102 8 My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that rail against me are sworn against me. Psa 102 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, Psa 102 10 Because of your indignation and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and cast me down. Psa 102 11 My days are like a shadow that declines; and I am withered like grass. Psa 102 12 But you, O LORD, shall endure forever; and your remembrance unto all generations. Psa 102 13 You shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come. Psa 102 14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof. Psa 102 15 So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory. Psa 102 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. Psa 102 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. Psa 102 18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people who shall be created shall praise the LORD. Psa 102 19 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; Psa 102 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; Psa 102 21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; Psa 102 22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. Psa 102 23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. Psa 102 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: your years are throughout all generations. Psa 102 25 Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of your hands. Psa 102 26 They shall perish, but you shall endure: yea, all of them shall grow old like a garment; as a vesture shall you change them, and they shall be changed: Psa 102 27 But you are the same, and your years shall have no end. Psa 102 28 The children of your servants shall continue, and their descendants shall be established before you. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 103 Psa 103 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Psa 103 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Psa 103 3 Who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases; Psa 103 4 Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Psa 103 5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things; so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. Psa 103 6 The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed. Psa 103 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. Psa 103 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy. Psa 103 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever. Psa 103 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. Psa 103 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Psa 103 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psa 103 13 Like as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities them that fear him. Psa 103 14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. Psa 103 15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. Psa 103 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and the place there shall know it no more. Psa 103 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; Psa 103 18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. Psa 103 19 The LORD has prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom rules over all. Psa 103 20 Bless the LORD, you his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Psa 103 21 Bless you the LORD, all you his hosts; you ministers of his, that do his pleasure. Psa 103 22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 104 Psa 104 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with honor and majesty. Psa 104 2 Who covers yourself with light as with a garment: who stretches out the heavens like a curtain: Psa 104 3 Who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters: who makes the clouds his chariot: who walks upon the wings of the wind: Psa 104 4 Who makes his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: Psa 104 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed forever. Psa 104 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. Psa 104 7 At your rebuke they fled; at the voice of your thunder they hastened away. Psa 104 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which you have founded for them. Psa 104 9 You have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. Psa 104 10 He sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. Psa 104 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild donkeys quench their thirst. Psa 104 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. Psa 104 13 He waters the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works. Psa 104 14 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; Psa 104 15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart. Psa 104 16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted; Psa 104 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. Psa 104 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the badgers. Psa 104 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows its going down. Psa 104 20 You make darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. Psa 104 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. Psa 104 22 The sun arises, they gather themselves together, and lay themselves down in their dens. Psa 104 23 Man goes forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening. Psa 104 24 O LORD, how manifold are your works! in wisdom have you made them all: the earth is full of your riches. Psa 104 25 So is this great and wide sea, which teems with things innumerable, both small and great. Psa 104 26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, which you have made to play therein. Psa 104 27 These all wait upon you; that you may give them their food in due season. Psa 104 28 That which you give them they gather: you open your hand, they are filled with good. Psa 104 29 You hide your face, they are troubled: you take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Psa 104 30 You send forth your Spirit, they are created: and you renew the face of the earth. Psa 104 31 The glory of the LORD shall endure forever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. Psa 104 32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles: he touches the hills, and they smoke. Psa 104 33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. Psa 104 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. Psa 104 35 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, Chapter 105 Psa 105 1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Psa 105 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk of all his wondrous works. Psa 105 3 Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Psa 105 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. Psa 105 5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; Psa 105 6 O you offspring of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob his chosen. Psa 105 7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. Psa 105 8 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Psa 105 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; Psa 105 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: Psa 105 11 Saying, Unto you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: Psa 105 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. Psa 105 13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; Psa 105 14 He allowed no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; Psa 105 15 Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm. Psa 105 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke every staff of bread. Psa 105 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: Psa 105 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in irons: Psa 105 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tested him. Psa 105 20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. Psa 105 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: Psa 105 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his elders wisdom. Psa 105 23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. Psa 105 24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. Psa 105 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants. Psa 105 26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. Psa 105 27 They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. Psa 105 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. Psa 105 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. Psa 105 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. Psa 105 31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats in all their country. Psa 105 32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. Psa 105 33 He struck their vines also and their fig trees; and broke the trees of their country. Psa 105 34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and young locusts, and that without number, Psa 105 35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. Psa 105 36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first of all their strength. Psa 105 37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. Psa 105 38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. Psa 105 39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. Psa 105 40 The people asked, and he brought quail, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. Psa 105 41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. Psa 105 42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. Psa 105 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: Psa 105 44 And gave them the lands of the nations: and they inherited the labor of the people; Psa 105 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise you the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 106 Psa 106 1 Praise you the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 106 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can show forth all his praise? Psa 106 3 Blessed are they that keep justice, and he that does righteousness at all times. Psa 106 4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favor that you bear unto your people: O visit me with your salvation; Psa 106 5 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. Psa 106 6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. Psa 106 7 Our fathers understood not your wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of your mercies; but rebelled against him at the sea, even at the Red sea. Psa 106 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. Psa 106 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. Psa 106 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. Psa 106 11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. Psa 106 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. Psa 106 13 They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel: Psa 106 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert. Psa 106 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. Psa 106 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. Psa 106 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. Psa 106 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. Psa 106 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image. Psa 106 20 Thus they changed their glory into the image of an ox that eats grass. Psa 106 21 They forgot God their savior, who had done great things in Egypt; Psa 106 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red sea. Psa 106 23 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. Psa 106 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: Psa 106 25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. Psa 106 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: Psa 106 27 To overthrow their descendants also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. Psa 106 28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices to the dead. Psa 106 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds: and the plague broke in upon them. Psa 106 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. Psa 106 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations forevermore. Psa 106 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: Psa 106 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke rashly with his lips. Psa 106 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: Psa 106 35 But were mixed among the nations, and learned their works. Psa 106 36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. Psa 106 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, Psa 106 38 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. Psa 106 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and played the harlot with their own deeds. Psa 106 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, so much that he abhorred his own inheritance. Psa 106 41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them. Psa 106 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. Psa 106 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. Psa 106 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: Psa 106 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and relented according to the multitude of his mercies. Psa 106 46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. Psa 106 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto your holy name, and to triumph in your praise. Psa 106 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise you the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 107 Psa 107 1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 107 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy; Psa 107 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. Psa 107 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Psa 107 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Psa 107 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. Psa 107 7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. Psa 107 8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Psa 107 9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness. Psa 107 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons; Psa 107 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and the counsel of the most High: Psa 107 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help. Psa 107 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. Psa 107 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands asunder. Psa 107 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Psa 107 16 For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron in two. Psa 107 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. Psa 107 18 Their soul abhors all manner of food; and they draw near unto the gates of death. Psa 107 19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses. Psa 107 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. Psa 107 21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Psa 107 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. Psa 107 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business on great waters; Psa 107 24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. Psa 107 25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, who lifts up the waves thereof. Psa 107 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. Psa 107 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. Psa 107 28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses. Psa 107 29 He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Psa 107 30 Then are they glad because they are quiet; so he brings them unto their desired haven. Psa 107 31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Psa 107 32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. Psa 107 33 He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; Psa 107 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Psa 107 35 He turns the wilderness into a pool of water, and dry ground into watersprings. Psa 107 36 And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; Psa 107 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. Psa 107 38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and permits not their cattle to decrease. Psa 107 39 Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. Psa 107 40 He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. Psa 107 41 Yet sets he the poor on high from affliction, and makes their families like a flock. Psa 107 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth. Psa 107 43 Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 108 Psa 108 1 O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Psa 108 2 Awake, harp and lyre: I myself will awake early. Psa 108 3 I will praise you, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto you among the nations. Psa 108 4 For your mercy is great above the heavens: and your truth reaches unto the clouds. Psa 108 5 Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens: and your glory above all the earth; Psa 108 6 That your beloved may be delivered: save with your right hand, and answer me. Psa 108 7 God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the valley of Succoth. Psa 108 8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of my head; Judah is my lawgiver; Psa 108 9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. Psa 108 10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? Psa 108 11 Will not you, O God, who has cast us off? and will not you, O God, go forth with our armies? Psa 108 12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Psa 108 13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 109 Psa 109 1 Hold not your peace, O God of my praise; Psa 109 2 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. Psa 109 3 They surrounded me also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. Psa 109 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. Psa 109 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. Psa 109 6 Set you a wicked man over him: and let an accuser stand at his right hand. Psa 109 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. Psa 109 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psa 109 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Psa 109 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. Psa 109 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he has; and let the strangers spoil his labor. Psa 109 12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children. Psa 109 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. Psa 109 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. Psa 109 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. Psa 109 16 Because he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. Psa 109 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. Psa 109 18 As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, so let it come into his body like water, and like oil into his bones. Psa 109 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covers him, and for a belt with which he is girded continually. Psa 109 20 Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. Psa 109 21 But take care of me, O GOD the Lord, for your name's sake: because your mercy is good, deliver me. Psa 109 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. Psa 109 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declines: I am shaken off like the locust. Psa 109 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh lacks fatness. Psa 109 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shook their heads. Psa 109 26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to your mercy: Psa 109 27 That they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it. Psa 109 28 Let them curse, but you bless: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let your servant rejoice. Psa 109 29 Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. Psa 109 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. Psa 109 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 110 Psa 110 1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool. Psa 110 2 The LORD shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule you in the midst of your enemies. Psa 110 3 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. Psa 110 4 The LORD has sworn, and will not relent, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Psa 110 5 The Lord at your right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. Psa 110 6 He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall crush the heads over many countries. Psa 110 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 111 Psa 111 1 Praise you the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. Psa 111 2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure in them. Psa 111 3 His work is honorable and glorious: and his righteousness endures forever. Psa 111 4 He has made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. Psa 111 5 He has given food unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. Psa 111 6 He has shown his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the nations. Psa 111 7 The works of his hands are truth and justice; all his commandments are sure. Psa 111 8 They stand fast forever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. Psa 111 9 He sent redemption unto his people: he has commanded his covenant forever: holy and awesome is his name. Psa 111 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endures forever. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 112 Psa 112 1 Praise you the LORD. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, that delights greatly in his commandments. Psa 112 2 His descendants shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Psa 112 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endures forever. Psa 112 4 Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. Psa 112 5 A good man shows favor, and lends: he will guide his affairs with discretion. Psa 112 6 Surely he shall not be moved forever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. Psa 112 7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. Psa 112 8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he sees his desire upon his enemies. Psa 112 9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his strength shall be exalted with honor. Psa 112 10 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, Chapter 113 Psa 113 1 Praise you the LORD. Praise, O you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. Psa 113 2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore. Psa 113 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised. Psa 113 4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Psa 113 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwells on high, Psa 113 6 Who humbles himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! Psa 113 7 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap; Psa 113 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. Psa 113 9 He makes the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise you the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 114 Psa 114 1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Psa 114 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. Psa 114 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. Psa 114 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. Psa 114 5 What ailed you, O you sea, that you fled? you Jordan, that you were driven back? Psa 114 6 You mountains, that you skipped like rams; and you little hills, like lambs? Psa 114 7 Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; Psa 114 8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 115 Psa 115 1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto your name give glory, for your mercy, and for your truth's sake. Psa 115 2 Why should the nations say, Where is now their God? Psa 115 3 But our God is in the heavens: he has done whatsoever he has pleased. Psa 115 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. Psa 115 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: Psa 115 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: Psa 115 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. Psa 115 8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusts in them. Psa 115 9 O Israel, trust you in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. Psa 115 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. Psa 115 11 You that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. Psa 115 12 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. Psa 115 13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. Psa 115 14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. Psa 115 15 You are blessed of the LORD who made heaven and earth. Psa 115 16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth has he given to the children of men. Psa 115 17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. Psa 115 18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 116 Psa 116 1 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Psa 116 2 Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. Psa 116 3 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pangs of sheol got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Psa 116 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech you, deliver my soul. Psa 116 5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. Psa 116 6 The LORD preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Psa 116 7 Return unto your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. Psa 116 8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. Psa 116 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. Psa 116 10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: Psa 116 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. Psa 116 12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? Psa 116 13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. Psa 116 14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. Psa 116 15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. Psa 116 16 O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you have loosed my bonds. Psa 116 17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. Psa 116 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, Psa 116 19 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise you the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 117 Psa 117 1 O Praise the LORD, all you nations: praise him, all you people. Psa 117 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise you the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 118 Psa 118 1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endures forever. Psa 118 2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endures forever. Psa 118 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endures forever. Psa 118 4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endures forever. Psa 118 5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a broad place. Psa 118 6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? Psa 118 7 The LORD takes my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. Psa 118 8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. Psa 118 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. Psa 118 10 All nations encompassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. Psa 118 11 They encompassed me about; yea, they encompassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. Psa 118 12 They encompassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. Psa 118 13 You have thrust hard at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. Psa 118 14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. Psa 118 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. Psa 118 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. Psa 118 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. Psa 118 18 The LORD has chastened me severely: but he has not given me over unto death. Psa 118 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: Psa 118 20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. Psa 118 21 I will praise you: for you have heard me, and have become my salvation. Psa 118 22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head stone of the corner. Psa 118 23 This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. Psa 118 24 This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psa 118 25 Save now, I beseech you, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech you, send now prosperity. Psa 118 26 Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. Psa 118 27 God is the LORD, who has showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. Psa 118 28 You are my God, and I will praise you: you are my God, I will exalt you. Psa 118 29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures forever. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 119 Psa 119 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. Psa 119 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. Psa 119 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. Psa 119 4 You have commanded us to keep your precepts diligently. Psa 119 5 O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes! Psa 119 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all your commandments. Psa 119 7 I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments. Psa 119 8 I will keep your statutes: O forsake me not utterly. Psa 119 9 How shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to your word. Psa 119 10 With my whole heart have I sought you: O let me not wander from your commandments. Psa 119 11 Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Psa 119 12 Blessed are you, O LORD: teach me your statutes. Psa 119 13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of your mouth. Psa 119 14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. Psa 119 15 I will meditate in your precepts, and have respect unto your ways. Psa 119 16 I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word. Psa 119 17 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live, and keep your word. Psa 119 18 Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. Psa 119 19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me. Psa 119 20 My soul breaks for the longing that it has unto your judgments at all times. Psa 119 21 You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, who do err from your commandments. Psa 119 22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies. Psa 119 23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but your servant did meditate in your statutes. Psa 119 24 Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. Psa 119 25 My soul clings unto the dust: revive me according to your word. Psa 119 26 I have declared my ways, and you heard me: teach me your statutes. Psa 119 27 Make me to understand the way of your precepts: so shall I talk of your wondrous works. Psa 119 28 My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen me according unto your word. Psa 119 29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me your law graciously. Psa 119 30 I have chosen the way of truth: your judgments have I laid before me. Psa 119 31 I have clung unto your testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. Psa 119 32 I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my heart. Psa 119 33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. Psa 119 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Psa 119 35 Make me to go in the path of your commandments; for therein do I delight. Psa 119 36 Incline my heart unto your testimonies, and not to covetousness. Psa 119 37 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and revive me in your way. Psa 119 38 Establish your word unto your servant, who is devoted to your fear. Psa 119 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for your judgments are good. Psa 119 40 Behold, I have longed after your precepts: revive me in your righteousness. Psa 119 41 Let your mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even your salvation, according to your word. Psa 119 42 So shall I have an answer for him that reproaches me: for I trust in your word. Psa 119 43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments. Psa 119 44 So shall I keep your law continually forever and ever. Psa 119 45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek your precepts. Psa 119 46 I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. Psa 119 47 And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved. Psa 119 48 My hands also will I lift up unto your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in your statutes. Psa 119 49 Remember the word unto your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope. Psa 119 50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for your word has revived me. Psa 119 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not turned from your law. Psa 119 52 I remembered your judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. Psa 119 53 Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake your law. Psa 119 54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Psa 119 55 I have remembered your name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept your law. Psa 119 56 This I had, because I kept your precepts. Psa 119 57 You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words. Psa 119 58 I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to your word. Psa 119 59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto your testimonies. Psa 119 60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments. Psa 119 61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten your law. Psa 119 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto you because of your righteous judgments. Psa 119 63 I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your precepts. Psa 119 64 The earth, O LORD, is full of your mercy: teach me your statutes. Psa 119 65 You have dealt well with your servant, O LORD, according unto your word. Psa 119 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments. Psa 119 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word. Psa 119 68 You are good, and do good; teach me your statutes. Psa 119 69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart. Psa 119 70 Their heart is as gross as grease; but I delight in your law. Psa 119 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes. Psa 119 72 The law of your mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. Psa 119 73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. Psa 119 74 They that fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in your word. Psa 119 75 I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me. Psa 119 76 Let, I pray you, your merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to your word unto your servant. Psa 119 77 Let your tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for your law is my delight. Psa 119 78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in your precepts. Psa 119 79 Let those that fear you turn unto me, and those that have known your testimonies. Psa 119 80 Let my heart be sound in your statutes; that I be not ashamed. Psa 119 81 My soul faints for your salvation: but I hope in your word. Psa 119 82 My eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you comfort me? Psa 119 83 For I am become like a wineskin in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes. Psa 119 84 How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment on them that persecute me? Psa 119 85 The proud have dug pits for me, which is not after your law. Psa 119 86 All your commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help me. Psa 119 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not your precepts. Psa 119 88 Revive me according to your lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of your mouth. Psa 119 89 Forever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven. Psa 119 90 Your faithfulness is unto all generations: you have established the earth, and it abides. Psa 119 91 They continue this day according to your ordinances: for all are your servants. Psa 119 92 Unless your law had been my delights, I should then have perished in my affliction. Psa 119 93 I will never forget your precepts: for with them you have revived me. Psa 119 94 I am yours, save me; for I have sought your precepts. Psa 119 95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies. Psa 119 96 I have seen a limit to all perfection: but your commandment is exceedingly broad. Psa 119 97 O how love I your law! it is my meditation all the day. Psa 119 98 You through your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies: for they are ever with me. Psa 119 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies are my meditation. Psa 119 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts. Psa 119 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your word. Psa 119 102 I have not departed from your judgments: for you have taught me. Psa 119 103 How sweet are your words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Psa 119 104 Through your precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Psa 119 105 Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psa 119 106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments. Psa 119 107 I am afflicted very much: revive me, O LORD, according unto your word. Psa 119 108 Accept, I beseech you, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me your judgments. Psa 119 109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law. Psa 119 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I strayed not from your precepts. Psa 119 111 Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. Psa 119 112 I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes always, even unto the end. Psa 119 113 I hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love. Psa 119 114 You are my hiding place and my shield: I hope in your word. Psa 119 115 Depart from me, you evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. Psa 119 116 Uphold me according unto your word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. Psa 119 117 Hold me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto your statutes continually. Psa 119 118 You have trodden down all them that stray from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. Psa 119 119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies. Psa 119 120 My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments. Psa 119 121 I have done what is right and just: leave me not to my oppressors. Psa 119 122 Be surety for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. Psa 119 123 My eyes fail for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness. Psa 119 124 Deal with your servant according unto your mercy, and teach me your statutes. Psa 119 125 I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies. Psa 119 126 It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law. Psa 119 127 Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. Psa 119 128 Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. Psa 119 129 Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore does my soul keep them. Psa 119 130 The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding unto the simple. Psa 119 131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for your commandments. Psa 119 132 Look upon me, and be merciful unto me, as you do unto those that love your name. Psa 119 133 Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Psa 119 134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep your precepts. Psa 119 135 Make your face to shine upon your servant; and teach me your statutes. Psa 119 136 Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not your law. Psa 119 137 Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments. Psa 119 138 Your testimonies that you have commanded are righteous and very faithful. Psa 119 139 My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten your words. Psa 119 140 Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it. Psa 119 141 I am small and despised: yet do I not forget your precepts. Psa 119 142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth. Psa 119 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet your commandments are my delights. Psa 119 144 The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. Psa 119 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep your statutes. Psa 119 146 I cried unto you; save me, and I shall keep your testimonies. Psa 119 147 I rose before the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in your word. Psa 119 148 My eyes awake before the night watches, that I might meditate in your word. Psa 119 149 Hear my voice according unto your lovingkindness: O LORD, revive me according to your judgment. Psa 119 150 They draw near that follow after evil: they are far from your law. Psa 119 151 You are near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth. Psa 119 152 Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them forever. Psa 119 153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget your law. Psa 119 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: revive me according to your word. Psa 119 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not your statutes. Psa 119 156 Great are your tender mercies, O LORD: revive me according to your judgments. Psa 119 157 Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet do I not turn from your testimonies. Psa 119 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not your word. Psa 119 159 Consider how I love your precepts: revive me, O LORD, according to your lovingkindness. Psa 119 160 Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures forever. Psa 119 161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart stands in awe of your word. Psa 119 162 I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil. Psa 119 163 I hate and abhor lying: but your law do I love. Psa 119 164 Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments. Psa 119 165 Great peace have they who love your law: and nothing shall offend them. Psa 119 166 LORD, I have hoped for your salvation, and done your commandments. Psa 119 167 My soul has kept your testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. Psa 119 168 I have kept your precepts and your testimonies: for all my ways are before you. Psa 119 169 Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word. Psa 119 170 Let my supplication come before you: deliver me according to your word. Psa 119 171 My lips shall utter praise, when you have taught me your statutes. Psa 119 172 My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness. Psa 119 173 Let your hand help me; for I have chosen your precepts. Psa 119 174 I have longed for your salvation, O LORD; and your law is my delight. Psa 119 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise you; and let your judgments help me. Psa 119 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 120 Psa 120 1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Psa 120 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. Psa 120 3 What shall be given unto you? or what shall be done unto you, you false tongue? Psa 120 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Psa 120 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! Psa 120 6 My soul has long dwelt with him that hates peace. Psa 120 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 121 Psa 121 1 I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from which comes my help. Psa 121 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Psa 121 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved: he that keeps you will not slumber. Psa 121 4 Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Psa 121 5 The LORD is your keeper: the LORD is your shade upon your right hand. Psa 121 6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. Psa 121 7 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil: he shall preserve your soul. Psa 121 8 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 122 Psa 122 1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Psa 122 2 Our feet shall stand within your gates, O Jerusalem. Psa 122 3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together: Psa 122 4 Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. Psa 122 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. Psa 122 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you. Psa 122 7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. Psa 122 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you. Psa 122 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 123 Psa 123 1 Unto you I lift up my eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens. Psa 123 2 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 he has mercy upon us. Psa 123 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Psa 123 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 124 Psa 124 1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; Psa 124 2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Psa 124 3 Then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us: Psa 124 4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul: Psa 124 5 Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul. Psa 124 6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth. Psa 124 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Psa 124 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 125 Psa 125 1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abides forever. Psa 125 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from this time forth even forever. Psa 125 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. Psa 125 4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. Psa 125 5 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, Chapter 126 Psa 126 1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Psa 126 2. hen was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the nations, The LORD has done great things for them. Psa 126 3. he LORD has done great things for us; and we are glad. Psa 126 4. urn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the South. Psa 126 5. hey that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Psa 126 6. e that goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 127 Psa 127 1 Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain that build it: unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman wakes, but in vain. Psa 127 2 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. Psa 127 3 Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Psa 127 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Psa 127 5 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, Chapter 128 Psa 128 1 Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways. Psa 128 2 For you shall eat the labor of your hands: happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you. Psa 128 3 Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house: your children like olive plants round about your table. Psa 128 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the LORD. Psa 128 5 The LORD shall bless you out of Zion: and you shall see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. Psa 128 6 Yea, you shall see your children's children, and peace upon Israel. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 129 Psa 129 1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Psa 129 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. Psa 129 3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. Psa 129 4 The LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked. Psa 129 5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. Psa 129 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up: Psa 129 7 With which the reaper fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom. Psa 129 8 Neither do they who go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 130 Psa 130 1 Out of the depths have I cried unto you, O LORD. Psa 130 2 Lord, hear my voice: let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. Psa 130 3 If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? Psa 130 4 But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared. Psa 130 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in his word do I hope. Psa 130 6 My soul waits for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. Psa 130 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is abundant redemption. Psa 130 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 131 Psa 131 1 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. Psa 131 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. Psa 131 3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from this time forth and forever. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 132 Psa 132 1 LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions: Psa 132 2 How he swore unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; Psa 132 3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; Psa 132 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, Psa 132 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. Psa 132 6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephrathah: we found it in the fields of the woods. Psa 132 7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. Psa 132 8 Arise, O LORD, into your rest; you, and the ark of your strength. Psa 132 9 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let your saints shout for joy. Psa 132 10 For your servant David's sake turn not away the face of your anointed. Psa 132 11 The LORD has sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of your body will I set upon your throne. Psa 132 12 If your children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon your throne forevermore. Psa 132 13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation. Psa 132 14 This is my rest forever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. Psa 132 15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. Psa 132 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. Psa 132 17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for my anointed. Psa 132 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 133 Psa 133 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Psa 133 2 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; Psa 133 3 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 forevermore. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 134 Psa 134 1 Behold, bless you the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who by night stand in the house of the LORD. Psa 134 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. Psa 134 3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless you out of Zion. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 135 Psa 135 1 Praise you the LORD. Praise you the name of the LORD; praise him, O you servants of the LORD. Psa 135 2 You that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God, Psa 135 3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. Psa 135 4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. Psa 135 5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. Psa 135 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. Psa 135 7 He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; he brings the wind out of his treasuries. Psa 135 8 Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. Psa 135 9 Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. Psa 135 10 Who struck great nations, and slew mighty kings; Psa 135 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: Psa 135 12 And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel his people. Psa 135 13 Your name, O LORD, endures forever; and your memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. Psa 135 14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will have compassion on his servants. Psa 135 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. Psa 135 16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; Psa 135 17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. Psa 135 18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusts in them. Psa 135 19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: Psa 135 20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: you that fear the LORD, bless the LORD. Psa 135 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise you the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 136 Psa 136 1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 4 To him who alone does great wonders: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 10 To him that struck Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 13 To him who divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 16 To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 17 To him who struck great kings: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 21 And gave their land for a heritage: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 22 Even a heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endures forever: Psa 136 24 And has redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 25 Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy endures forever. Psa 136 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endures forever. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 137 Psa 137 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. Psa 137 2 We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. Psa 137 3 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. Psa 137 4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land? Psa 137 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its cunning. Psa 137 6 If I do not remember you, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Psa 137 7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof. Psa 137 8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us. Psa 137 9 Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 138 Psa 138 1 I will praise you with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto you. Psa 138 2 I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name for your lovingkindness and for your truth: for you have magnified your word above all your name. Psa 138 3 In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul. Psa 138 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth. Psa 138 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. Psa 138 6 Though the LORD be high, yet has he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knows from afar. Psa 138 7 Though I walk in the midst 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. Psa 138 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me: your mercy, O LORD, endures forever: forsake not the works of your own hands. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 139 Psa 139 1 O LORD, you have searched me, and known me. Psa 139 2 You know my downsitting and my uprising, you understand my thought afar off. Psa 139 3 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. Psa 139 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, you know it altogether. Psa 139 5 You have hedged me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me. Psa 139 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Psa 139 7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence? Psa 139 8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there. Psa 139 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Psa 139 10 Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. Psa 139 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Psa 139 12 Yea, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you. Psa 139 13 For you have formed my inward parts: you have covered me in my mother's womb. Psa 139 14 I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are your works; and that my soul knows right well. Psa 139 15 My frame was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Psa 139 16 Your eyes did see my substance, being yet unformed; and in your book they were all written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. Psa 139 17 How precious also are your thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! Psa 139 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you. Psa 139 19 Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloody men. Psa 139 20 For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain. Psa 139 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you? Psa 139 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies. Psa 139 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: Psa 139 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 140 Psa 140 1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Psa 140 2 Who imagine evil in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. Psa 140 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. Psa 140 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my paths. Psa 140 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah. Psa 140 6 I said unto the LORD, you are my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. Psa 140 7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. Psa 140 8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. Psa 140 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Psa 140 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. Psa 140 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Psa 140 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. Psa 140 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto your name: the upright shall dwell in your presence. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 141 Psa 141 1 LORD, I cry unto you: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto you. Psa 141 2 Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psa 141 3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. Psa 141 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their delicacies. Psa 141 5 Let the righteous strike 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 against their evil. Psa 141 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. Psa 141 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cuts and splits wood upon the earth. Psa 141 8 But my eyes are unto you, O GOD the Lord: in you is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Psa 141 9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity. Psa 141 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I thus escape. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 142 Psa 142 1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. Psa 142 2 I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble. Psa 142 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. In the way in which I walked have they secretly laid a snare for me. Psa 142 4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would acknowledge me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. Psa 142 5 I cried unto you, O LORD: I said, you are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. Psa 142 6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. Psa 142 7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise your name: the righteous shall surround me; for you shall deal bountifully with me. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 143 Psa 143 1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness. Psa 143 2 And enter not into judgment with your servant: for in your sight shall no man living be justified. Psa 143 3 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. Psa 143 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. Psa 143 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your works; I ponder on the work of your hands. Psa 143 6 I stretch forth my hands unto you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. Selah. Psa 143 7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Psa 143 8 Cause me to hear your lovingkindness in the morning; for in you do I trust: cause me to know the way in which I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto you. Psa 143 9 Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies: I flee unto you to hide me. Psa 143 10 Teach me to do your will; for you are my God: your Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Psa 143 11 Revive me, O LORD, for your name's sake: for your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. Psa 143 12 And in your mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am your servant. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 144 Psa 144 1 Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: Psa 144 2 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. Psa 144 3 LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account of him! Psa 144 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away. Psa 144 5 Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Psa 144 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out your arrows, and destroy them. Psa 144 7 Send your hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of foreigners; Psa 144 8 Whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. Psa 144 9 I will sing a new song unto you, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto you. Psa 144 10 It is he that gives salvation unto kings: who delivers David his servant from the hurtful sword. Psa 144 11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: Psa 144 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner pillars, polished after the similitude of a palace: Psa 144 13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: Psa 144 14 That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no outcry in our streets. Psa 144 15 Happy is that people, that is in such a state: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 145 Psa 145 1 I will extol you, my God, O king; and I will bless your name forever and ever. Psa 145 2 Every day will I bless you; and I will praise your name forever and ever. Psa 145 3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. Psa 145 4 One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. Psa 145 5 I will speak of the glorious honor of your majesty, and of your wondrous works. Psa 145 6 And men shall speak of the might of your wonderous acts: and I will declare your greatness. Psa 145 7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of your great goodness, and shall sing of your righteousness. Psa 145 8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. Psa 145 9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. Psa 145 10 All your works shall praise you, O LORD; and your saints shall bless you. Psa 145 11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your power; Psa 145 12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. Psa 145 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. Psa 145 14 The LORD upholds all that fall, and raises up all those that are bowed down. Psa 145 15 The eyes of all wait upon you; and you give them their food in due season. Psa 145 16 You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing. Psa 145 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. Psa 145 18 The LORD is near unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. Psa 145 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. Psa 145 20 The LORD preserves all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. Psa 145 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 146 Psa 146 1 Praise you the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Psa 146 2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. Psa 146 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. Psa 146 4 His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Psa 146 5 Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: Psa 146 6 Who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is therein: who keeps truth forever: Psa 146 7 Who executes justice for the oppressed: who gives food to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners: Psa 146 8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous: Psa 146 9 The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down. Psa 146 10 The LORD shall reign forever, even your God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise you the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 147 Psa 147 1 Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is fitting. Psa 147 2 The LORD does build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel. Psa 147 3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. Psa 147 4 He determines the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names. Psa 147 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. Psa 147 6 The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground. Psa 147 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Psa 147 8 Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains. Psa 147 9 He gives to the beast its food, and to the young ravens that cry. Psa 147 10 He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in the legs of a man. Psa 147 11 The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. Psa 147 12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. Psa 147 13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. Psa 147 14 He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat. Psa 147 15 He sends forth his commandment upon earth: his word runs very swiftly. Psa 147 16 He gives snow like wool: he scatters the frost like ashes. Psa 147 17 He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? Psa 147 18 He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow. Psa 147 19 He shows his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. Psa 147 20 He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise you the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 148 Psa 148 1 Praise you the LORD. Praise you the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. Psa 148 2 Praise him, all his angels: praise him, all his hosts. Psa 148 3 Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, all you stars of light. Psa 148 4 Praise him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters that be above the heavens. Psa 148 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. Psa 148 6 He has also established them forever and ever: he has made a decree which shall not pass. Psa 148 7 Praise the LORD from the earth, you sea creatures, and all deeps: Psa 148 8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word: Psa 148 9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Psa 148 10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: Psa 148 11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Psa 148 12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Psa 148 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. Psa 148 14 He also exalts the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise you the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 149 Psa 149 1 Praise you the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Psa 149 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Psa 149 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. Psa 149 4 For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Psa 149 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Psa 149 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; Psa 149 7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, and punishments upon the people; Psa 149 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; Psa 149 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise you the LORD. ------------------------Psalms, Chapter 150 Psa 150 1 Praise you the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Psa 150 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Psa 150 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the lute and harp. Psa 150 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and pipes. Psa 150 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the clashing cymbals. Psa 150 6 Let every thing that has breath praise the LORD. Praise you the LORD. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 1 Prov 1 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; Prov 1 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; Prov 1 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; Prov 1 4 To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. Prov 1 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: Prov 1 6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their riddles. Prov 1 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prov 1 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother: Prov 1 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto your head, and chains about your neck. Prov 1 10 My son, if sinners entice you, consent not. Prov 1 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause: Prov 1 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: Prov 1 13 We shall find all kinds of precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Prov 1 14 Cast in your lot among us; let us all have one purse: Prov 1 15 My son, walk not in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path: Prov 1 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. Prov 1 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. Prov 1 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. Prov 1 19 So are the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of its owners. Prov 1 20 Wisdom cries aloud outside; she raises her voice in the open square: Prov 1 21 She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, saying, Prov 1 22 How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge? Prov 1 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Prov 1 24 Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; Prov 1 25 But you have ignored all my counsel, and would have none of my reproof: Prov 1 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes; Prov 1 27 When your terror comes as desolation, and your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes upon you. Prov 1 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: Prov 1 29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: Prov 1 30 They would have none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Prov 1 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. Prov 1 32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. Prov 1 33 But whosoever hearkens unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be secure from the fear of evil. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 2 Prov 2 1 My son, if you will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with you; Prov 2 2 So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; Prov 2 3 Yea, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; Prov 2 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures; Prov 2 5 Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. Prov 2 6 For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. Prov 2 7 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to them that walk uprightly. Prov 2 8 He keeps the paths of justice, and preserves the way of his saints. Prov 2 9 Then shall you understand righteousness, and justice, and equity; yea, every good path. Prov 2 10 When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto your soul; Prov 2 11 Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you: Prov 2 12 To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse things; Prov 2 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Prov 2 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of the wicked; Prov 2 15 Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths: Prov 2 16 To deliver you from the immoral woman, even from the seductress who flatters with her words; Prov 2 17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God. Prov 2 18 For her house leads unto death, and her paths unto the dead. Prov 2 19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. Prov 2 20 That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. Prov 2 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the blameless shall remain in it. Prov 2 22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 3 Prov 3 1 My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: Prov 3 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you. Prov 3 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them upon the table of your heart: Prov 3 4 So shall you find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Prov 3 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. Prov 3 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths. Prov 3 7 Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. Prov 3 8 It shall be health to your body, and strength to your bones. Prov 3 9 Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase: Prov 3 10 So shall your barns be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst out with new wine. Prov 3 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: Prov 3 12 For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights. Prov 3 13 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding. Prov 3 14 For the gain from it is better than the gain from silver, and the profit thereof than fine gold. Prov 3 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared unto her. Prov 3 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. Prov 3 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Prov 3 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone that retains her. Prov 3 19 The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding has he established the heavens. Prov 3 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. Prov 3 21 My son, let not them depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: Prov 3 22 So shall they be life unto your soul, and grace to your neck. Prov 3 23 Then shall you walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble. Prov 3 24 When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: yea, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet. Prov 3 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the ruin from the wicked, when it comes. Prov 3 26 For the LORD shall be your confidence, and shall keep your foot from being snared. Prov 3 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. Prov 3 28 Say not unto your neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it with you. Prov 3 29 Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you. Prov 3 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm. Prov 3 31 Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. Prov 3 32 For the perverse is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. Prov 3 33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesses the habitation of the just. Prov 3 34 Surely he scorns the scornful: but he gives grace unto the lowly. Prov 3 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the recompense of fools. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 4 Prov 4 1 Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. Prov 4 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake not my law. Prov 4 3 For I was my father's son, tender and the only one in the sight of my mother. Prov 4 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Prov 4 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither turn away from the words of my mouth. Prov 4 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you. Prov 4 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding. Prov 4 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honor, when you do embrace her. Prov 4 9 She shall give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you. Prov 4 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many. Prov 4 11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths. Prov 4 12 When you go, your steps shall not be hindered; and when you run, you shall not stumble. Prov 4 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life. Prov 4 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Prov 4 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. Prov 4 16 For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall. Prov 4 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. Prov 4 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day. Prov 4 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. Prov 4 20 My son, attend to my words; incline your ear unto my sayings. Prov 4 21 Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart. Prov 4 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Prov 4 23 Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Prov 4 24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and perverse lips put far from you. Prov 4 25 Let your eyes look directly forward, and let your eyelids look straight before you. Prov 4 26 Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established. Prov 4 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 5 Prov 5 1 My son, be attentive to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding: Prov 5 2 That you may preserve discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge. Prov 5 3 For the lips of an immoral woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: Prov 5 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Prov 5 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on sheol. Prov 5 6 Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, that you can not know them. Prov 5 7 Hear me now therefore, O you children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Prov 5 8 Remove your way far from her, and come not near the door of her house: Prov 5 9 Lest you give your honor unto others, and your years unto the merciless: Prov 5 10 Lest strangers be filled with your wealth; and your labors go to the house of a foreigner; Prov 5 11 And you mourn at the last, when your flesh and your body are consumed, Prov 5 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; Prov 5 13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me! Prov 5 14 I was almost in utter ruin in the midst of the congregation and assembly. Prov 5 15 Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well. Prov 5 16 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets? Prov 5 17 Let them be only for your own, and not for strangers with you. Prov 5 18 Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth. Prov 5 19 Let her be as the loving deer and graceful doe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be ravished always with her love. Prov 5 20 And why will you, my son, be infatuated with an immoral woman, and embrace the bosom of a suductress? Prov 5 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths. Prov 5 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins. Prov 5 23 He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 6 Prov 6 1 My son, if you become surety for your friend, if you have struck your hand with a stranger, Prov 6 2 You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth. Prov 6 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and plead with your friend. Prov 6 4 Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. Prov 6 5 Deliver yourself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. Prov 6 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Prov 6 7 Who having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Prov 6 8 Provides her food in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. Prov 6 9 How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep? Prov 6 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: Prov 6 11 So shall your poverty come upon you like a vagabond, and your want like an armed man. Prov 6 12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth. Prov 6 13 He winks with his eyes, he signals with his feet, he motions with his fingers; Prov 6 14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises evil continually; he sows discord. Prov 6 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. Prov 6 16 These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: Prov 6 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, Prov 6 18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to evil, Prov 6 19 A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren. Prov 6 20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother: Prov 6 21 Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them about your neck. Prov 6 22 When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you. Prov 6 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: Prov 6 24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a seductress. Prov 6 25 Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her allure you with her eyelids. Prov 6 26 For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will prey upon his precious life. Prov 6 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Prov 6 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? Prov 6 29 So is he that goes in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever touches her shall not be innocent. Prov 6 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; Prov 6 31 But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give up all the goods of his house. Prov 6 32 But whosoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul. Prov 6 33 A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. Prov 6 34 For jealousy causes the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. Prov 6 35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he be appeased, though you give many gifts. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 7 Prov 7 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with you. Prov 7 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye. Prov 7 3 Bind them upon your fingers, write them upon the table of your heart. Prov 7 4 Say unto wisdom, you are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman: Prov 7 5 That they may keep you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words. Prov 7 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, Prov 7 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Prov 7 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, Prov 7 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: Prov 7 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart. Prov 7 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Prov 7 12 Now is she outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.) Prov 7 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, Prov 7 14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows. Prov 7 15 Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you. Prov 7 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with colored spreads, with fine linen of Egypt. Prov 7 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Prov 7 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us delight ourselves with love. Prov 7 19 For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a long journey: Prov 7 20 He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. Prov 7 21 With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she seduced him. Prov 7 22 He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Prov 7 23 Till an arrow strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life. Prov 7 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Prov 7 25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways, go not astray in her paths. Prov 7 26 For she has cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Prov 7 27 Her house is the way to sheol, going down to the chambers of death. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 8 Prov 8 1 Does not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? Prov 8 2 She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. Prov 8 3 She cries at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entrance at the doors. Prov 8 4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. Prov 8 5 O you simple, understand wisdom: and, you fools, be of an understanding heart. Prov 8 6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and from the opening of my lips shall come right things. Prov 8 7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. Prov 8 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing crooked or perverse in them. Prov 8 9 They are all plain to him that understands, and right to them that find knowledge. Prov 8 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. Prov 8 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Prov 8 12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge and discretion. Prov 8 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate. Prov 8 14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. Prov 8 15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. Prov 8 16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. Prov 8 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. Prov 8 18 Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. Prov 8 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. Prov 8 20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice: Prov 8 21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit wealth; and I will fill their treasuries. Prov 8 22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. Prov 8 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was. Prov 8 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Prov 8 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: Prov 8 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the first of the dust of the world. Prov 8 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he drew a circle upon the face of the depth: Prov 8 28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: Prov 8 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his command: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Prov 8 30 Then I was by him, like a master workman: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Prov 8 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. Prov 8 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O you children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Prov 8 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Prov 8 34 Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. Prov 8 35 For whosoever finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD. Prov 8 36 But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they that hate me love death. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 9 Prov 9 1 Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars: Prov 9 2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also furnished her table. Prov 9 3 She has sent forth her maidens: she cries upon the highest places of the city, Prov 9 4 Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that lacks understanding, she says to him, Prov 9 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mixed. Prov 9 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. Prov 9 7 He that reproves a scoffer gets for himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself injury. Prov 9 8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Prov 9 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. Prov 9 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Prov 9 11 For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased. Prov 9 12 If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scoff, you alone shall bear it. Prov 9 13 A foolish woman is boisterous: she is simple, and knows nothing. Prov 9 14 For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, Prov 9 15 To call those who pass by who go right on their ways: Prov 9 16 Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that lacks understanding, she says to him, Prov 9 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Prov 9 18 But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of the grave. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 10 Prov 10 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the grief of his mother. Prov 10 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death. Prov 10 3 The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the desire of the wicked. Prov 10 4 He becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich. Prov 10 5 He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame. Prov 10 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. Prov 10 7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. Prov 10 8 The wise in heart will heed commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. Prov 10 9 He that walks uprightly walks securely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known. Prov 10 10 He that winks with the eye causes trouble: but a prating fool shall fall. Prov 10 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. Prov 10 12 Hatred stirs up strife: but love covers all sins. Prov 10 13 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. Prov 10 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. Prov 10 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the ruin of the poor is their poverty. Prov 10 16 The labor of the righteous leads to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. Prov 10 17 He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof goes astray. Prov 10 18 He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool. Prov 10 19 In the multitude of words there lacks not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise. Prov 10 20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is of little worth. Prov 10 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom. Prov 10 22 The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. Prov 10 23 It is as sport to a fool to do wrong: but a man of understanding has wisdom. Prov 10 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. Prov 10 25 As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. Prov 10 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. Prov 10 27 The fear of the LORD prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. Prov 10 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. Prov 10 29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. Prov 10 30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the land. Prov 10 31 The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the perverse tongue shall be cut out. Prov 10 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 11 Prov 11 1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. Prov 11 2 When pride comes, then comes shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. Prov 11 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Prov 11 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death. Prov 11 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. Prov 11 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own lust. Prov 11 7 When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perishes. Prov 11 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead. Prov 11 9 A hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. Prov 11 10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. Prov 11 11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. Prov 11 12 He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbor: but a man of understanding holds his peace. Prov 11 13 A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter. Prov 11 14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety. Prov 11 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it: and he that hates being surety is secure. Prov 11 16 A gracious woman retains honor: and strong men retain riches. Prov 11 17 The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh. Prov 11 18 The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward. Prov 11 19 As righteousness leads to life: so he that pursues evil pursues it to his own death. Prov 11 20 They that are of a perverse heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. Prov 11 21 Though they join hand to hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the descendants of the righteous shall be delivered. Prov 11 22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a beautiful woman who is without discretion. Prov 11 23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. Prov 11 24 There is one that scatters, and yet increases; and there is one that withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty. Prov 11 25 The liberal soul shall be made rich: and he that waters shall be watered also himself. Prov 11 26 He that withholds grain, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that sells it. Prov 11 27 He that diligently seeks good procures favor: but he that seeks evil, it shall come unto him. Prov 11 28 He that trusts in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. Prov 11 29 He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. Prov 11 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise. Prov 11 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 12 Prov 12 1 Whosoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is senseless. Prov 12 2 A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked intentions will he condemn. Prov 12 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. Prov 12 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is like rottenness in his bones. Prov 12 5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. Prov 12 6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. Prov 12 7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. Prov 12 8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. Prov 12 9 He that is despised, and has a servant, is better than he that honors himself, and lacks bread. Prov 12 10 A righteous man regards the life of his animal: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Prov 12 11 He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows vain persons is void of understanding. Prov 12 12 The wicked desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit. Prov 12 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall escape from trouble. Prov 12 14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. Prov 12 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise. Prov 12 16 A fool's wrath is at once known: but a prudent man covers shame. Prov 12 17 He that speaks truth shows forth righteousness: but a false witness, deceit. Prov 12 18 There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise beings health. Prov 12 19 The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Prov 12 20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace there is joy. Prov 12 21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with trouble. Prov 12 22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. Prov 12 23 A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness. Prov 12 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be put to forced labor. Prov 12 25 Heaviness in the heart of man makes him stoop: but a good word makes him glad. Prov 12 26 The righteous chooses his friends carefully: but the way of the wicked leads them astray. Prov 12 27 The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious. Prov 12 28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 13 Prov 13 1 A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scoffer hears not rebuke. Prov 13 2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors feeds on violence. Prov 13 3 He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction. Prov 13 4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich. Prov 13 5 A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame. Prov 13 6 Righteousness keeps him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner. Prov 13 7 There is one that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is one that makes himself poor, yet has great riches. Prov 13 8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor hears not rebuke. Prov 13 9 The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Prov 13 10 Only by pride comes strife: but with the well advised is wisdom. Prov 13 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase. Prov 13 12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. Prov 13 13 Whosoever despises the word shall be destroyed: but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded. Prov 13 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. Prov 13 15 Good understanding gives favor: but the way of transgressors is hard. Prov 13 16 Every prudent man deals with knowledge: but a fool lays open his folly. Prov 13 17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble: but a faithful ambassador is health. Prov 13 18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses instruction: but he that regards reproof shall be honored. Prov 13 19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. Prov 13 20 He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Prov 13 21 Evil pursues sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid. Prov 13 22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children: but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. Prov 13 23 Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for lack of justice. Prov 13 24 He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him early. Prov 13 25 The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall go hungry. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 14 Prov 14 1 Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands. Prov 14 2 He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him. Prov 14 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. Prov 14 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. Prov 14 5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. Prov 14 6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands. Prov 14 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge. Prov 14 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. Prov 14 9 Fools make a mockery of sin: but among the righteous there is favor. Prov 14 10 The heart knows its own bitterness; and a stranger does not share its joy. Prov 14 11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tent of the upright shall flourish. Prov 14 12 There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Prov 14 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is grief. Prov 14 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from above himself. Prov 14 15 The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well where he is going. Prov 14 16 A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident. Prov 14 17 He that is quickly angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked intentions is hated. Prov 14 18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. Prov 14 19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. Prov 14 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends. Prov 14 21 He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he. Prov 14 22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. Prov 14 23 In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. Prov 14 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. Prov 14 25 A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies. Prov 14 26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. Prov 14 27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death. Prov 14 28 In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince. Prov 14 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly. Prov 14 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. Prov 14 31 He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor. Prov 14 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death. Prov 14 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. Prov 14 34 Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. Prov 14 35 The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 15 Prov 15 1 A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Prov 15 2 The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness. Prov 15 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. Prov 15 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Prov 15 5 A fool despises his father's instruction: but he that regards reproof is prudent. Prov 15 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the income of the wicked is trouble. Prov 15 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not so. Prov 15 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. Prov 15 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loves him that follows after righteousness. Prov 15 10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsakes the way: and he that hates reproof shall die. Prov 15 11 Sheol and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? Prov 15 12 A scoffer loves not one that reproves him: neither will he go unto the wise. Prov 15 13 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Prov 15 14 The heart of him that has understanding seeks knowledge: but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness. Prov 15 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart has a continual feast. Prov 15 16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble. Prov 15 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox with hatred. Prov 15 18 A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger quiets strife. Prov 15 19 The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made a highway. Prov 15 20 A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother. Prov 15 21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly. Prov 15 22 Without counsel plans go wrong: but in the multitude of counselors they are established. Prov 15 23 A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! Prov 15 24 The way of life leads above to the wise, that he may depart from sheol beneath. Prov 15 25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the boundary of the widow. Prov 15 26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. Prov 15 27 He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates bribes shall live. Prov 15 28 The heart of the righteous studies to answer: but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. Prov 15 29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous. Prov 15 30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones healthy. Prov 15 31 The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise. Prov 15 32 He that refuses instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof gets understanding. Prov 15 33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 16 Prov 16 1 The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. Prov 16 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits. Prov 16 3 Commit your works unto the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established. Prov 16 4 The LORD has made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Prov 16 5 Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though they join hand in hand, none shall be unpunished. Prov 16 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. Prov 16 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Prov 16 8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without justice. Prov 16 9 A man's heart plans his way: but the LORD directs his steps. Prov 16 10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresses not in judgment. Prov 16 11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights in the bag are his work. Prov 16 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. Prov 16 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks what is right. Prov 16 14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will appease it. Prov 16 15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain. Prov 16 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! Prov 16 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul. Prov 16 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Prov 16 19 Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. Prov 16 20 He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whosoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he. Prov 16 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning. Prov 16 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that has it: but the instruction of fools is folly. Prov 16 23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. Prov 16 24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Prov 16 25 There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Prov 16 26 He that labors labors for himself; for his mouth craves it of him. Prov 16 27 An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. Prov 16 28 A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates best friends. Prov 16 29 A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into the way that is not good. Prov 16 30 He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass. Prov 16 31 White hair is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness. Prov 16 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city. Prov 16 33 The lot is cast into the lap; but its every decision is of the LORD. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 17 Prov 17 1 Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife. Prov 17 2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. Prov 17 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts. Prov 17 4 A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. Prov 17 5 Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished. Prov 17 6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers. Prov 17 7 Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. Prov 17 8 A bribe is as a magic stone in the eyes of him that gives it: wherever he turns, he prospers. Prov 17 9 He that covers over a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates close friends. Prov 17 10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool. Prov 17 11 An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. Prov 17 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. Prov 17 13 Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. Prov 17 14 The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts. Prov 17 15 He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. Prov 17 16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart for it? Prov 17 17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Prov 17 18 A man void of understanding gives pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor. Prov 17 19 He who loves transgression loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction. Prov 17 20 He that has a crooked heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into calamity. Prov 17 21 He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy. Prov 17 22 A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones. Prov 17 23 A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice. Prov 17 24 Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. Prov 17 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him. Prov 17 26 Also, to punish the just is not good, nor to flog princes for their integrity. Prov 17 27 He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Prov 17 28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 18 Prov 18 1 A man, having separated himself, seeks his own desire, and rages against all sound wisdom. Prov 18 2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may express itself. Prov 18 3 When the wicked comes, then comes also contempt, and with dishonor comes reproach. Prov 18 4 The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom like a flowing brook. Prov 18 5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment. Prov 18 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows. Prov 18 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. Prov 18 8 The words of a talebearer are like tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body. Prov 18 9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov 18 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe. Prov 18 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own esteem. Prov 18 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility. Prov 18 13 He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him. Prov 18 14 The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness; but a wounded spirit who can bear? Prov 18 15 The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. Prov 18 16 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men. Prov 18 17 He that speaks first in his own cause seems just; until his neighbor comes and examines him. Prov 18 18 The lot causes contentions to cease, and decides between the mighty. Prov 18 19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and contentions are like the bars of a castle. Prov 18 20 A man's stomach shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Prov 18 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Prov 18 22 Whosoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD. Prov 18 23 The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers roughly. Prov 18 24 A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 19 Prov 19 1 Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Prov 19 2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hastens with his feet sins. Prov 19 3 The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD. Prov 19 4 Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor. Prov 19 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape. Prov 19 6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that gives gifts. Prov 19 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words, yet they are nothing to him. Prov 19 8 He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good. Prov 19 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish. Prov 19 10 Luxury is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. Prov 19 11 The discretion of a man delays his anger; and it is his glory to overlook a transgression. Prov 19 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass. Prov 19 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping. Prov 19 14 House and riches are the inheritance from fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. Prov 19 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. Prov 19 16 He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall die. Prov 19 17 He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again. Prov 19 18 Chasten your son while there is hope, and let not your soul spare for his crying. Prov 19 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again. Prov 19 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days. Prov 19 21 There are many plans in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. Prov 19 22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. Prov 19 23 The fear of the LORD leads to life: and he that has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. Prov 19 24 A slothful man hides his hand in his dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. Prov 19 25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that has understanding, and he will understand knowledge. Prov 19 26 He that mistreats his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame, and brings reproach. Prov 19 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to stray from the words of knowledge. Prov 19 28 An ungodly witness scorns judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. Prov 19 29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers and stripes for the back of fools. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 20 Prov 20 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Prov 20 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whosoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life. Prov 20 3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. Prov 20 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. Prov 20 5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. Prov 20 6 Most men will proclaim everyone his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? Prov 20 7 The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. Prov 20 8 A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes. Prov 20 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? Prov 20 10 Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. Prov 20 11 Even a child is known by his acts, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right. Prov 20 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them. Prov 20 13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. Prov 20 14 It is nothing, it is nothing, says the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts. Prov 20 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. Prov 20 16 Take his garment who is surety for a stranger: and hold it as a pledge of him for an immoral woman. Prov 20 17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. Prov 20 18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice wage war. Prov 20 19 He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore associate not with him who flatters with his lips. Prov 20 20 Whosoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in utter darkness. Prov 20 21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. Prov 20 22 Say not, I will repay evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you. Prov 20 23 Diverse weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. Prov 20 24 A man's steps are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? Prov 20 25 It is a snare to the man to declare something is holy, and afterward to reconsider his vows. Prov 20 26 A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them. Prov 20 27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inner depths of the heart. Prov 20 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy. Prov 20 29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head. Prov 20 30 Blows of a wound cleanse away evil: as do stripes the inner depths of the heart. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 21 Prov 21 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will. Prov 21 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD weighs the hearts. Prov 21 3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Prov 21 4 A haughty look, a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. Prov 21 5 The thoughts of the diligent lead only to plenty; but of everyone that is hasty, only to want. Prov 21 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. Prov 21 7 The violence of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do justice. Prov 21 8 The way of man is perverse and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. Prov 21 9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a whole house. Prov 21 10 The soul of the wicked desires evil: his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. Prov 21 11 When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. Prov 21 12 The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness. Prov 21 13 Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. Prov 21 14 A gift in secret averts anger: and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath. Prov 21 15 It is joy to the just to do justice: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. Prov 21 16 The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. Prov 21 17 He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich. Prov 21 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. Prov 21 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman. Prov 21 20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spends it up. Prov 21 21 He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor. Prov 21 22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the stronghold in which they trust. Prov 21 23 Whosoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. Prov 21 24 Proud and haughty scoffer is his name, who deals in arrogant pride. Prov 21 25 The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor. Prov 21 26 He covets greedily all the day long: but the righteous gives and spares not. Prov 21 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind? Prov 21 28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that hears speaks constantly. Prov 21 29 A wicked man hardens his face: but as for the upright, he considers his way. Prov 21 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. Prov 21 31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 22 Prov 22 1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. Prov 22 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. Prov 22 3 A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. Prov 22 4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life. Prov 22 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them. Prov 22 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Prov 22 7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. Prov 22 8 He that sows iniquity shall reap trouble: and the rod of his anger shall fail. Prov 22 9 He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor. Prov 22 10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. Prov 22 11 He that loves pureness of heart and has grace on his lips, the king shall be his friend. Prov 22 12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor. Prov 22 13 The slothful man says, There is a lion outside, I shall be slain in the streets. Prov 22 14 The mouth of immoral women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. Prov 22 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. Prov 22 16 He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to poverty. Prov 22 17 Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart unto my knowledge. Prov 22 18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fitted on your lips. Prov 22 19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you. Prov 22 20 Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge, Prov 22 21 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 unto you? Prov 22 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: Prov 22 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. Prov 22 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go: Prov 22 25 Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul. Prov 22 26 Be not one of them that gives pledges, or of them that become surity for debts. Prov 22 27 If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you? Prov 22 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set. Prov 22 29 See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 23 Prov 23 1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you: Prov 23 2 And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite. Prov 23 3 Be not desirous of his delicacies: for they are deceitful food. Prov 23 4 Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom. Prov 23 5 Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Prov 23 6 Eat not the bread of him that is stingy, neither desire you his delicacies: Prov 23 7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you. Prov 23 8 The morsel which you have eaten shall you vomit up, and waste your sweet words. Prov 23 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words. Prov 23 10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: Prov 23 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with you. Prov 23 12 Apply your heart unto instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge. Prov 23 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with a rod, he shall not die. Prov 23 14 You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from sheol. Prov 23 15 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. Prov 23 16 Yea, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things. Prov 23 17 Let not your heart envy sinners: but be in the fear of the LORD all the day long. Prov 23 18 For surely there is a future hope; and your expectation shall not be cut off. Prov 23 19 Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way. Prov 23 20 Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of meat: Prov 23 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov 23 22 Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old. Prov 23 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Prov 23 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy in him. Prov 23 25 Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she that bore you shall rejoice. Prov 23 26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. Prov 23 27 For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a seductress is a narrow well. Prov 23 28 She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the unfaithful among men. Prov 23 29 Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes? Prov 23 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Prov 23 31 Look not you upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it moves itself aright. Prov 23 32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder. Prov 23 33 Your eyes shall behold strange things, and your heart shall utter perverse things. Prov 23 34 Yea, you shall be as he that lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lies upon the top of a mast. Prov 23 35 They have stricken me, you shall 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, Chapter 24 Prov 24 1 Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. Prov 24 2 For their heart studies destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Prov 24 3 Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established: Prov 24 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. Prov 24 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increases strength. Prov 24 6 For by wise counsel you shall wage your war: and in a multitude of counselors there is safety. Prov 24 7 Wisdom is too lofty for a fool: he opens not his mouth in the gate. Prov 24 8 He that plans to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. Prov 24 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scoffer is an abomination to men. Prov 24 10 If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. Prov 24 11 Deliver those that are drawn toward death, hold back those that are stumbling to the slaughter; Prov 24 12 If you say, Behold, we knew it not; does not he that weighs 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? Prov 24 13 My son, eat honey because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste: Prov 24 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your hope shall not be cut off. Prov 24 15 Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: Prov 24 16 For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity. Prov 24 17 Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles: Prov 24 18 Lest the LORD sees it, and it displeases him, and he turns away his wrath from him. Prov 24 19 Fret not yourself because of evil men, neither be you envious at the wicked; Prov 24 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Prov 24 21 My son, fear the LORD and the king: and associate not with them that are given to change: Prov 24 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knows the ruin of them both? Prov 24 23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have partiality in judgment. Prov 24 24 He that says unto the wicked, you are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: Prov 24 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. Prov 24 26 Every man shall kiss his lips who gives a right answer. Prov 24 27 Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house. Prov 24 28 Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips. Prov 24 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. Prov 24 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; Prov 24 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and weeds had covered its face, and its stone wall was broken down. Prov 24 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. Prov 24 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: Prov 24 34 So shall your poverty come like a robber; and your want like an armed man. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 25 Prov 25 1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied. Prov 25 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter. Prov 25 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. Prov 25 4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner. Prov 25 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. Prov 25 6 Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: Prov 25 7 For better it is that it be said unto you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen. Prov 25 8 Go not forth hastily to court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame. Prov 25 9 Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and disclose not a secret to another: Prov 25 10 Lest he that hears it put you to shame, and the evil report turns not away. Prov 25 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Prov 25 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. Prov 25 13 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. Prov 25 14 Whosoever boasts about himself of a gift not given is like clouds and wind without rain. Prov 25 15 By long patience is a prince persuaded, and a gentle tongue breaks the bone. Prov 25 16 Have you found honey? eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled with it, and vomit it. Prov 25 17 Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you. Prov 25 18 A man that bears false witness against his neighbor is a club, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Prov 25 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. Prov 25 20 As he that takes away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, so is he that sings songs to a heavy heart. Prov 25 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink: Prov 25 22 For you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward you. Prov 25 23 The north wind brings forth rain: so does a backbiting tongue an angry countenance. Prov 25 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a whole house. Prov 25 25 As cold water is to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Prov 25 26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a muddied fountain, and a polluted spring. Prov 25 27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search out their own glory is not glory. Prov 25 28 He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 26 Prov 26 1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. Prov 26 2 As the bird by flitting, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not alight. Prov 26 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back. Prov 26 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like unto him. Prov 26 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Prov 26 6 He that sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, and drinks violence. Prov 26 7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. Prov 26 8 As he that binds a stone in a sling, so is he that gives honor to a fool. Prov 26 9 As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. Prov 26 10 The great God that formed all things gives the fool his hire, and the transgressor his wages. Prov 26 11 As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly. Prov 26 12 See a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him. Prov 26 13 The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. Prov 26 14 As the door turns upon its hinges, so does the slothful upon his bed. Prov 26 15 The slothful hides his hand in his dish; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth. Prov 26 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that can answer reasonably. Prov 26 17 He that passes by, and meddles with a quarrel not belonging to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears. Prov 26 18 As a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, Prov 26 19 So is the man that deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not jesting? Prov 26 20 Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases. Prov 26 21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. Prov 26 22 The words of a talebearer are tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body. Prov 26 23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. Prov 26 24 He that hates disguises it with his lips, and lays up deceit within himself; Prov 26 25 When he speaks graciously, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. Prov 26 26 Whosoever's hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be revealed before the whole assembly. Prov 26 27 Whosoever digs a pit shall fall in it: and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him. Prov 26 28 A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 27 Prov 27 1 Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth. Prov 27 2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. Prov 27 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Prov 27 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but which is able to stand before jealousy? Prov 27 5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love. Prov 27 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Prov 27 7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Prov 27 8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place. Prov 27 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. Prov 27 10 Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off. Prov 27 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me. Prov 27 12 A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Prov 27 13 Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it as a pledge of him for an immoral woman. Prov 27 14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. Prov 27 15 A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. Prov 27 16 Whosoever restrains her restrains the wind, or grasps oil with his right hand. Prov 27 17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. Prov 27 18 Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit: so he that waits on his master shall be honored. Prov 27 19 As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man to man. Prov 27 20 Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Prov 27 21 As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man judged by his praise. Prov 27 22 Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Prov 27 23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds. Prov 27 24 For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation? Prov 27 25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. Prov 27 26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are for the price of the field. Prov 27 27 And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidservants. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 28 Prov 28 1 The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion. Prov 28 2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge its state shall be prolonged. Prov 28 3 A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food. Prov 28 4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. Prov 28 5 Evil men understand not justice: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. Prov 28 6 Better is the poor who walks in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. Prov 28 7 Whosoever keeps the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of gluttonous men shames his father. Prov 28 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Prov 28 9 He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. Prov 28 10 Whosoever 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. Prov 28 11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that has understanding will find him out. Prov 28 12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves. Prov 28 13 He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy. Prov 28 14 Happy is the man that is reverent always: but he that hardens his heart shall fall into calamity. Prov 28 15 As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. Prov 28 16 The prince that lacks understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hates covetousness shall prolong his days. Prov 28 17 A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to a pit; let no man help him. Prov 28 18 Whosoever walks uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. Prov 28 19 He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after worthless pursuits shall have poverty enough. Prov 28 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not go unpunished. Prov 28 21 To show partiality is not good: because for a piece of bread that man will transgress. Prov 28 22 He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him. Prov 28 23 He that rebukes a man shall find more favor afterwards than he that flatters with the tongue. Prov 28 24 Whosoever robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. Prov 28 25 He that is of a proud heart stirs up strife: but he that puts his trust in the LORD shall be prospered. Prov 28 26 He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but whosoever walks wisely, he shall be delivered. Prov 28 27 He that gives unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse. Prov 28 28 When the wicked arise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 29 Prov 29 1 He, that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. Prov 29 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn. Prov 29 3 Whosoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots wastes his substance. Prov 29 4 The king by justice establishes the land: but he that receives bribes overthrows it. Prov 29 5 A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. Prov 29 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous does sing and rejoice. Prov 29 7 The righteous considers the cause of the poor: but the wicked regards not such knowledge. Prov 29 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. Prov 29 9 If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether the foolish man rages or laughs, there is no rest. Prov 29 10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his good. Prov 29 11 A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards. Prov 29 12 If a ruler hearkens to lies, all his servants are wicked. Prov 29 13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes. Prov 29 14 The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever. Prov 29 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame. Prov 29 16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases: but the righteous shall see their fall. Prov 29 17 Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yea, he shall give delight unto your soul. Prov 29 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he. Prov 29 19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understands he will not answer. Prov 29 20 See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him. Prov 29 21 He that carefully brings up his servant from a child shall have him become his son in the end. Prov 29 22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression. Prov 29 23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Prov 29 24 Whosoever is partner with a thief hates his own soul: he hears cursing, and reveals it not. Prov 29 25 The fear of man brings a snare: but whosoever puts his trust in the LORD shall be safe. Prov 29 26 Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD. Prov 29 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. ------------------------Proverbs, Chapter 30 Prov 30 1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, Prov 30 2 Surely I am more senseless than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. Prov 30 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. Prov 30 4 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's name, if you can tell? Prov 30 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Prov 30 6 Add not unto his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar. Prov 30 7 Two things have I required of you; deny me not them before I die: Prov 30 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food needful for me: Prov 30 9 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. Prov 30 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty. Prov 30 11 There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother. Prov 30 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness. Prov 30 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. Prov 30 14 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. Prov 30 15 The leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: Prov 30 16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that says not, It is enough. Prov 30 17 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 vultures shall eat it. Prov 30 18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: Prov 30 19 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 maiden. Prov 30 20 This is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness. Prov 30 21 For three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: Prov 30 22 For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food; Prov 30 23 For an unloved woman when she is married; and a maidservant that is heir to her mistress. Prov 30 24 There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: Prov 30 25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer; Prov 30 26 The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks; Prov 30 27 The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands; Prov 30 28 The spider takes hold with its hands, and is in kings' palaces. Prov 30 29 There are three things which are stately in stride, yea, four are stately in their walk: Prov 30 30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away from any; Prov 30 31 A greyhound; a male goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. Prov 30 32 If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand upon your mouth. Prov 30 33 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, Chapter 31 Prov 31 1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. Prov 31 2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? Prov 31 3 Give not your strength unto women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings. Prov 31 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: Prov 31 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice of any of the afflicted. Prov 31 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Prov 31 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. Prov 31 8 Open your mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all who are left desolate. Prov 31 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Prov 31 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Prov 31 11 The heart of her husband does safely trust in her, so that he shall have no lack of gain. Prov 31 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. Prov 31 13 She seeks wool, and flax, and works willingly with her hands. Prov 31 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she brings her food from afar. Prov 31 15 She rises also while it is yet night, and gives food to her household, and a portion to her maidservants. Prov 31 16 She considers a field, and buys it: with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. Prov 31 17 She girds her loins with strength, and strengthens her arms. Prov 31 18 She perceives that her merchandise is good: her lamp goes not out by night. Prov 31 19 She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. Prov 31 20 She stretchs out her hand to the poor; yea, she reaches forth her hands to the needy. Prov 31 21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. Prov 31 22 She makes herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is fine linen and purple. Prov 31 23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. Prov 31 24 She makes fine linen, and sells it; and delivers sashes unto the merchants. Prov 31 25 Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. Prov 31 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom; and on her tongue is the law of kindness. Prov 31 27 She looks well to the ways of her household, and eats not the bread of idleness. Prov 31 28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. Prov 31 29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but you excel them all. Prov 31 30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the LORD, she shall be praised. Prov 31 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. ------------------------Ecclesiastes, Chapter 1 Eccl 1 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Eccl 1 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Eccl 1 3 What profit has a man of all his labor which he takes under the sun? Eccl 1 4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides forever. Eccl 1 5 The sun also arises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to its place where it arose. Eccl 1 6 The wind goes toward the south, and turns about unto the north; it whirls about continually, and the wind returns again according to its circuit. Eccl 1 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from where the rivers come, there they return again. Eccl 1 8 All things are full of weariness; man cannot express it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. Eccl 1 9 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. Eccl 1 10 Is there any thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us. Eccl 1 11 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. Eccl 1 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. Eccl 1 13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this severe burden has God given to the sons of man to be afflicted with. Eccl 1 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and like grasping the wind. Eccl 1 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is lacking cannot be numbered. Eccl 1 16 I communed with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have come to greatness, 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. Eccl 1 17 And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is like grasping the wind. Eccl 1 18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow. ------------------------Ecclesiastes, Chapter 2 Eccl 2 1 I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. Eccl 2 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What use is it? Eccl 2 3 I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men, which they should do under heaven all the days of their life. Eccl 2 4 I made myself great works; I built houses; I planted vineyards: Eccl 2 5 I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them with all kind of fruit: Eccl 2 6 I made myself pools of water, with which to water the forest that brings forth trees: Eccl 2 7 I got myself male and female servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle more than all that were in Jerusalem before me: Eccl 2 8 I gathered for myself also silver and gold, and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces: I got men singers and women singers, the delights of the sons of men, and musical instruments of all sorts. Eccl 2 9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. Eccl 2 10 And whatsoever 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 reward of all my labor. Eccl 2 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had made, and on the labor that I had expended on it: and, behold, all was vanity and like grasping the wind, and there was no profit under the sun. Eccl 2 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can a man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done. Eccl 2 13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness. Eccl 2 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one fate happens to them all. Eccl 2 15 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. Eccl 2 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how does the wise man die? as the fool. Eccl 2 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and like grasping the wind. Eccl 2 18 Yea, I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun: because I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me. Eccl 2 19 And who knows whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. Eccl 2 20 Therefore I gave my heart up to despair of all the labor in which I toiled under the sun. Eccl 2 21 For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that has not labored in it shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. Eccl 2 22 For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart, with which he has labored under the sun? Eccl 2 23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart takes not rest in the night. This is also vanity. Eccl 2 24 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. Eccl 2 25 For who can eat, or who else can have enjoyment, more than I? Eccl 2 26 For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping up, only that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping of the wind. ------------------------Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3 Eccl 3 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: Eccl 3 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; Eccl 3 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; Eccl 3 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; Eccl 3 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; Eccl 3 6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; Eccl 3 7 A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; Eccl 3 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. Eccl 3 9 What profit has he that works in that in which he labors? Eccl 3 10 I have seen the task, which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied in it. Eccl 3 11 He has made every thing beautiful in its time: also he has put eternity in men's hearts, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end. Eccl 3 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. Eccl 3 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God. Eccl 3 14 I know that, whatsoever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him. Eccl 3 15 That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires that which is past. Eccl 3 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. Eccl 3 17 I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time for every purpose and for every work. Eccl 3 18 I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might reveal them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. Eccl 3 19 For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; the same thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity. Eccl 3 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Eccl 3 21 Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth? Eccl 3 22 Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his lot: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him? ------------------------Ecclesiastes, Chapter 4 Eccl 4 1 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. Eccl 4 2 Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive. Eccl 4 3 Yea, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. Eccl 4 4 Again, I considered all toil, and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbour. This is also vanity and grasping after the wind. Eccl 4 5 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. Eccl 4 6 Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with toil and grasping for the wind. Eccl 4 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. Eccl 4 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither says he, For whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a heavy travail. Eccl 4 9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. Eccl 4 10 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. Eccl 4 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? Eccl 4 12 And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl 4 13 Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no longer be admonished. Eccl 4 14 For out of prison he comes to reign; yet he that is born in his kingdom might become poor. Eccl 4 15 I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his place. Eccl 4 16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after him shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and grasping after the wind. ------------------------Ecclesiastes, Chapter 5 Eccl 5 1 Guard your steps 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. Eccl 5 2 Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few. Eccl 5 3 For a dream comes through much business; and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words. Eccl 5 4 When you vow a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed. Eccl 5 5 Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay. Eccl 5 6 Permit not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither say before the angel, that it was an error: why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands? Eccl 5 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also many vanities: but you fear God. Eccl 5 8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for the high official is watched by a higher one ; and there are yet higher ones over them. Eccl 5 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served from the field. Eccl 5 10 He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance, with increase: this is also vanity. Eccl 5 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: so what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes? Eccl 5 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep. Eccl 5 13 There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by their owners to their hurt. Eccl 5 14 But those riches are lost by a bad venture: when he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand. Eccl 5 15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing from his labor, which he may carry away in his hand. Eccl 5 16 And this also is a great evil, that just as he came, so shall he go: and what profit has he who has labored for the wind? Eccl 5 17 All his days also he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. Eccl 5 18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and fitting 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 this is his lot. Eccl 5 19 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God. Eccl 5 20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart. ------------------------Ecclesiastes, Chapter 6 Eccl 6 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: Eccl 6 2 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 of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil affliction. Eccl 6 3 If a man begets a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn birth is better than he. Eccl 6 4 For he comes in with vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. Eccl 6 5 Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this one has more rest than the other. Eccl 6 6 Yea, though he lives a thousand years twice over, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place? Eccl 6 7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. Eccl 6 8 For what has the wise more than the fool? what has the poor, who knows to walk before the living? Eccl 6 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and grasping after the wind. Eccl 6 10 Whatever has been is named already, and it is known that this is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. Eccl 6 11 Since there are many things that increase vanity, how is man the better? Eccl 6 12 For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? ------------------------Ecclesiastes, Chapter 7 Eccl 7 1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Eccl 7 2 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. Eccl 7 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Eccl 7 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Eccl 7 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. Eccl 7 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. Eccl 7 7 Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart. Eccl 7 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Eccl 7 9 Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools. Eccl 7 10 Say you not, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for you do not inquire wisely concerning this. Eccl 7 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. Eccl 7 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellence of knowledge is, that wisdom gives life to them that have it. Eccl 7 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked? Eccl 7 14 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 that will come after him. Eccl 7 15 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. Eccl 7 16 Be not overly righteous; neither make yourself overly wise: why should you destroy yourself? Eccl 7 17 Be not overly wicked, neither be foolish: why should you die before your time? Eccl 7 18 It is good that you should take hold of this; yea, also from this withhold not your hand: for he that fears God shall come forth of them all. Eccl 7 19 Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men who are in the city. Eccl 7 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that does good, and sins not. Eccl 7 21 Also take not to heart all words that are spoken; lest you hear your servant curse you: Eccl 7 22 For oftentimes also your own heart knows that you yourself likewise have cursed others. Eccl 7 23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. Eccl 7 24 That which is far off, and exceedingly deep, who can find it out? Eccl 7 25 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: Eccl 7 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are fetters: whosoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. Eccl 7 27 Behold, this have I found, says the preacher, adding one thing to another, to find out the reason: Eccl 7 28 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. Eccl 7 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many devices. ------------------------Ecclesiastes, Chapter 8 Eccl 8 1 Who is as the wise man? and who knows the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. Eccl 8 2 I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that for the sake of your oath to God. Eccl 8 3 Be not hasty to go out of his presence: stand not for an evil thing; for he does whatsoever pleases him. Eccl 8 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What are you doing? Eccl 8 5 Whosoever keeps the commandment shall experience no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment. Eccl 8 6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is heavy upon him. Eccl 8 7 For he knows not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? Eccl 8 8 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 release from that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. Eccl 8 9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt. Eccl 8 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the holy place, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. Eccl 8 11 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. Eccl 8 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, who fear before him: Eccl 8 13 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. Eccl 8 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are just men, unto whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. Eccl 8 15 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 in his labor all the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun. Eccl 8 16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is one who neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes:) Eccl 8 17 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 labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover; though a wise man thinks to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. ------------------------Ecclesiastes, Chapter 9 Eccl 9 1 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. Eccl 9 2 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. Eccl 9 3 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. Eccl 9 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Eccl 9 5 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. Eccl 9 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in any thing that is done under the sun. Eccl 9 7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works. Eccl 9 8 Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment. Eccl 9 9 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 perform under the sun. Eccl 9 10 Whatsoever 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. Eccl 9 11 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. Eccl 9 12 For man also knows not his time: as the fish 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 upon them. Eccl 9 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: Eccl 9 14 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: Eccl 9 15 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. Eccl 9 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. Eccl 9 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools. Eccl 9 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroys much good. ------------------------Ecclesiastes, Chapter 10 Eccl 10 1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a foul odor: so does a little folly to him that is in respected for wisdom and honor. Eccl 10 2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Eccl 10 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to every one that he is a fool. Eccl 10 4 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, leave not your post; for yielding pacifies great offences. Eccl 10 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from the ruler: Eccl 10 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. Eccl 10 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. Eccl 10 8 He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whosoever breaks through a wall, a serpent shall bite him. Eccl 10 9 Whosoever quarries stones may be hurt by them; and he that splits wood shall be endangered by it. Eccl 10 10 If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, then must he use more strength: but wisdom helps one to succeed. Eccl 10 11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. Eccl 10 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up. Eccl 10 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is wicked madness. Eccl 10 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? Eccl 10 15 The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he knows not how to go to the city. Eccl 10 16 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning! Eccl 10 17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness! Eccl 10 18 By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. Eccl 10 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things. Eccl 10 20 Curse not the king, no not even 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, Chapter 11 Eccl 11 1 Cast your bread upon the waters: for you shall find it after many days. Eccl 11 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be upon the earth. Eccl 11 3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be. Eccl 11 4 He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap. Eccl 11 5 As you know not what is the way of the wind, 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. Eccl 11 6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not which shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both alike shall be good. Eccl 11 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: Eccl 11 8 But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity. Eccl 11 9 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 that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. Eccl 11 10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. ------------------------Ecclesiastes, Chapter 12 Eccl 12 1 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; Eccl 12 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: Eccl 12 3 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 grow dim, Eccl 12 4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; Eccl 12 5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets: Eccl 12 6 Before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Eccl 12 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Eccl 12 8 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity. Eccl 12 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. Eccl 12 10 The preacher sought to find acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. Eccl 12 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fixed by the masters of assemblies, which are given by one shepherd. Eccl 12 12 And further, my son, be admonished by these: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Eccl 12 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Eccl 12 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. ------------------------Song of Solomon, Chapter 1 Song 1 1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's. Song 1 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your love is better than wine. Song 1 3 Because of the fragrance of your good ointments your name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love you. Song 1 4 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 1 5 I am dark, but lovely, O you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Song 1 6 Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has darkened me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard have I not kept. Song 1 7 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 1 8 If you know not, O you fairest among women, go your way forth in the footsteps of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents. Song 1 9 I have compared you, O my love, to a mare of Pharaoh's chariots. Song 1 10 Your cheeks are lovely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold. Song 1 11 We will make you ornaments of gold with studs of silver. Song 1 12 While the king sits at his table, my perfume sends forth its fragrance. Song 1 13 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me; he shall lie all night between my breasts. Song 1 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi. Song 1 15 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes. Song 1 16 Behold, you are handsome, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. Song 1 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. ------------------------Song of Solomon, Chapter 2 Song 2 1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. Song 2 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Song 2 3 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 2 4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Song 2 5 Sustain me with cakes of raisins, refresh me with apples: for I am sick with love. Song 2 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand does embrace me. Song 2 7 I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake love, till it pleases. Song 2 8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. Song 2 9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth through the windows, showing himself through the lattice. Song 2 10 My beloved spoke, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. Song 2 11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; Song 2 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land; Song 2 13 The fig tree puts forth its green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Song 2 14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is lovely. Song 2 15 Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Song 2 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds his flock among the lilies. Song 2 17 Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of Bether. ------------------------Song of Solomon, Chapter 3 Song 3 1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not. Song 3 2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not. Song 3 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw you him whom my soul loves? Song 3 4 It was but a little after I passed by 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 that conceived me. Song 3 5 I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till it pleases. Song 3 6 Who is this that comes out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant? Song 3 7 Behold the couch, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. Song 3 8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man has his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Song 3 9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. Song 3 10 He made its posts of silver, its base of gold, the covering of its seat of purple, its interior being paved with love, by the daughters of Jerusalem. Song 3 11 Go forth, O you daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, and on the day of the gladness of his heart. ------------------------Song of Solomon, Chapter 4 Song 4 1 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes behind your veil: your hair is like a flock of goats, going down from mount Gilead. Song 4 2 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; every one of which bears twins, and none is barren among them. Song 4 3 Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your mouth is lovely: your temples are like a piece of pomegranate behind your veil. Song 4 4 Your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, on which there hang a thousand shields, all shields of mighty men. Song 4 5 Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies. Song 4 6 Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. Song 4 7 You are all fair, my love; there is no spot in you. Song 4 8 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 4 9. ou have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one look of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. Song 4 10 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices! Song 4 11 Your lips, O my spouse, drop like the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. Song 4 12 A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Song 4 13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; henna, with spikenard, Song 4 14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: Song 4 15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. Song 4 16 Awake, O north wind; and come, you south; blow upon my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat its pleasant fruits. ------------------------Song of Solomon, Chapter 5 Song 5 1 I have 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 5 2 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 perfect one: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. Song 5 3 I have put off my robe; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how could I soil them? Song 5 4 My beloved put in his hand by the latch of the door, and my heart was thrilled for him. Song 5 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. Song 5 6 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 5 7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. Song 5 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him, that I am sick with love. Song 5 9 What is your beloved more than another beloved, O you fairest among women? what is your beloved more than another beloved, that you so charge us? Song 5 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. Song 5 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are wavy, and black as a raven. Song 5 12 His eyes are like doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. Song 5 13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, like sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dripping sweet smelling myrrh. Song 5 14 His arms are as rounded gold set with beryl: his body is as carved ivory overlaid with sapphires. Song 5 15 His legs are pillars of marble, set upon bases of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. Song 5 16 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, Chapter 6 Song 6 1 Where has your beloved gone, O you fairest among women? where has your beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with you. Song 6 2 My beloved has gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies. Song 6 3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feeds his flock among the lilies. Song 6 4 You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners. Song 6 5 Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me: your hair is as a flock of goats going down from Gilead. Song 6 6 Your teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, every one bears twins, and there is not one barren among them. Song 6 7 As a piece of a pomegranate are your temples behind your veil. Song 6 8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. Song 6 9 My dove, my perfect one, is the only one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the favorite one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. Song 6 10 Who is she that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners? Song 6 11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the blossoms of the valley, and to see whether the vine had budded, and the pomegranates were in bloom. Song 6 12 Before I was aware, my desire had made me as the chariots of my noble people. Song 6 13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon you. Why will you look upon the Shulamite? As upon a dance before two armies? ------------------------Song of Solomon, Chapter 7 Song 7 1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! the curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful craftsman. Song 7 2 Your navel is like a round goblet, which lacks not blended drink: your belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies. Song 7 3 Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle. Song 7 4 Your neck is as a tower of ivory; your eyes like the pools of Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: your nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus. Song 7 5 Your head crowns you like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple; the king is held captive by your tresses. Song 7 6 How fair and how pleasant are you, O love, for your delights! Song 7 7 This your stature is like to a palm tree, and your breasts to its clusters. Song 7 8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its branches: may also your breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of your breath like apples; Song 7 9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goes down sweetly, flowing gently over lips and teeth. Song 7 10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. Song 7 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Song 7 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine has budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened, and the pomegranates are in bloom: there will I give you my loves. Song 7 13 The mandrakes give a fragrance, 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, Chapter 8 Song 8 1 O that you were as my brother, that nursed at the breasts of my mother! if I should find you outside, I would kiss you; yea, I would not be despised. Song 8 2 I would lead you, and bring you into my mother's house, who had instructed me: I would cause you to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. Song 8 3 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me. Song 8 4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, until it pleases. Song 8 5 Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree: there your mother brought you forth: there she brought you forth that bore you. Song 8 6 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm: for love is as strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: its flames are flames of fire, a most vehement flame. Song 8 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, it would utterly be rejected. Song 8 8 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 8 9 If she is a wall, we will build upon her towers of silver: and if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. Song 8 10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favor. Song 8 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; everyone for its fruit was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. Song 8 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that tend its fruit two hundred. Song 8 13 You that dwell in the gardens, the companions listen for your voice: let me hear it. Song 8 14 Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 1 Isa 1 1 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. Isa 1 2 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. Isa 1 3 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib: but Israel does not know, my people do not consider. Isa 1 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a descendant of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they have turned away backward. Isa 1 5 Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. Isa 1 6 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 soothed with ointment. Isa 1 7 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. Isa 1 8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a hut in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. Isa 1 9 Unless 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. Isa 1 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah. Isa 1 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? says 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 male goats. Isa 1 12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? Isa 1 13 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Isa 1 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them. Isa 1 15 And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yea, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Isa 1 16 Wash you, make yourself clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil; Isa 1 17 Learn to do good; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Isa 1 18 Come now, and let us reason together, says 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. Isa 1 19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land: Isa 1 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it. Isa 1 21 How has the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of justice; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. Isa 1 22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water: Isa 1 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them. Isa 1 24 Therefore says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will rid myself of my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies: Isa 1 25 And I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and take away all your alloy: Isa 1 26 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. Isa 1 27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness. Isa 1 28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. Isa 1 29 For you shall be ashamed of the sacred oaks which you have desired, and you shall be embarassed for the gardens that you have chosen. Isa 1 30 For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water. Isa 1 31 And the strong shall be as tinder, and the work of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 2 Isa 2 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Isa 2 2 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. Isa 2 3 And many people shall go and say, Come, 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. Isa 2 4 And he shall judge between 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. Isa 2 5 O house of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of the LORD. Isa 2 6 Therefore you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they make bargains with the children of aliens. Isa 2 7 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: Isa 2 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: Isa 2 9 And man bows down, and the great man humbles himself: therefore forgive them not. Isa 2 10 Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. Isa 2 11 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. Isa 2 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall come upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: Isa 2 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, Isa 2 14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, Isa 2 15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall, Isa 2 16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all beautiful vessels. Isa 2 17 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. Isa 2 18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. Isa 2 19 And they shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake mightily the earth. Isa 2 20 In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made, each for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; Isa 2 21 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 arises to shake mightily the earth. Isa 2 22 Turn away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for of what account is he? ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 3 Isa 3 1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, does take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stock and the store, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water. Isa 3 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the elder, Isa 3 3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the skilled craftsman, and the eloquent orator. Isa 3 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. Isa 3 5 And the people shall be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the elder, and the base against the honorable. Isa 3 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, you have clothing, be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand: Isa 3 7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. Isa 3 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their deeds are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. Isa 3 9 The look on their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil unto themselves. Isa 3 10 Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. Isa 3 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be done to him. Isa 3 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths. Isa 3 13 The LORD stands up to plead, and stands to judge the people. Isa 3 14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and its princes: For you have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. Isa 3 15 What do you mean that you beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord GOD of hosts. Isa 3 16 Moreover the LORD says, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and tripping as they go, and making a jingling with their feet: Isa 3 17 Therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover their secret parts. Isa 3 18 In that day the Lord will take away the finery of their jingling ornaments about their ankles, and their scarves, and their crescents, Isa 3 19 The pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils, Isa 3 20 The headdresses, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the perfume boxes, and the charms, Isa 3 21 The rings, and nose rings, Isa 3 22 The festal robes, and the mantles, and the cloaks, and the handbags, Isa 3 23 The mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils. Isa 3 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet fragrance there shall be a stench; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; and a burning scar instead of beauty. Isa 3 25 Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty men in the war. Isa 3 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 4 Isa 4 1 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. Isa 4 2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and splendid for them that have escaped of Israel. Isa 4 3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone that is recorded among the living in Jerusalem: Isa 4 4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. Isa 4 5 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 covering. Isa 4 6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and from rain. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 5 Isa 5 1 Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved regarding his vineyard. My well-beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill: Isa 5 2 And he dug it, and gathered out its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. Isa 5 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. Isa 5 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? why, when I expected that it should bring forth grapes, it brought forth wild grapes? Isa 5 5 And now; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; and break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down: Isa 5 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. Isa 5 7 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 justice, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. Isa 5 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth! Isa 5 9 In my hearing said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Isa 5 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. Isa 5 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflames them! Isa 5 12 And the harp, and the lyre, the timbrel, and flute, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. Isa 5 13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. Isa 5 14 Therefore sheol has enlarged itself, and opened its mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that exults, shall descend into it. Isa 5 15 And man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: Isa 5 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in justice, and God who is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. Isa 5 17 Then shall the lambs feed in their pasture, and the waste places of the rich ones shall strangers eat. Isa 5 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: Isa 5 19 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! Isa 5 20 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! Isa 5 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Isa 5 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink: Isa 5 23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the justice of the righteous from him! Isa 5 24 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 rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Isa 5 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched forth his hand against them, and has stricken them: and the hills did tremble, and their dead bodies were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. Isa 5 26 And he will lift up a banner to the nations from afar, and will whistle unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed, swiftly: Isa 5 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt on their waist be loosed, nor the strap of their shoes be broken: Isa 5 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind. Isa 5 29 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 safely, and none shall deliver it. Isa 5 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks unto the land, behold, darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in its heavens. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 6 Isa 6 1 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. Isa 6 2 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. Isa 6 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. Isa 6 4 And the posts of the door were shaken at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Isa 6 5 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 my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Isa 6 6 Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: Isa 6 7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged. Isa 6 8 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. Isa 6 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear you indeed, but understand not; and see you indeed, but perceive not. Isa 6 10 Make the heart of this people dull, 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 return, and be healed. Isa 6 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities are wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land is utterly desolate, Isa 6 12 And the LORD has removed men far away, and there are many forsaken places in the midst of the land. Isa 6 13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be laid waste: as a terebinth tree, and as an oak, whose stump remains, when they are cut down: so the holy seed shall be its stump. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 7 Isa 7 1 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. Isa 7 2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind. Isa 7 3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the fuller's field; Isa 7 4 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. Isa 7 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against you, saying, Isa 7 6 Let us go up against Judah, and trouble it, and let us make a break in its wall for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: Isa 7 7 Thus says the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. Isa 7 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, so that it will not be a people. Isa 7 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established. Isa 7 10 Moreover the LORD spoke again unto Ahaz, saying, Isa 7 11 Ask a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. Isa 7 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I test the LORD. Isa 7 13 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? Isa 7 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isa 7 15 Curds and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. Isa 7 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that you dread shall be forsaken by both her kings. Isa 7 17 The LORD shall bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon your father's house, days as have not come from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. Isa 7 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall whistle 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. Isa 7 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all pastures. Isa 7 20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a hired razor, 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. Isa 7 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep; Isa 7 22 And it shall come to pass, from the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat curds: for curds and honey shall everyone eat that is left in the land. Isa 7 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there could be a thousand vines worth a thousand silver sheckels, it shall even be briers and thorns. Isa 7 24 With arrows and with bows shall men come there; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. Isa 7 25 And on all hills that were dug with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be a range for oxen, and a place for sheep to tread. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 8 Isa 8 1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. Isa 8 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. Isa 8 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. Isa 8 4 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. Isa 8 5 The LORD spoke also unto me again, saying, Isa 8 6 Because this people refused the waters of Shiloah that flow softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; Isa 8 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings 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: Isa 8 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and pass over, he shall reach up to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel. Isa 8 9 Be shattered, O you people, you shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all you from far countries: gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces. Isa 8 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. Isa 8 11 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, Isa 8 12 Say not, A conspiracy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear you their threats, nor be afraid. Isa 8 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. Isa 8 14 And he shall be as a sanctuary; but a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Isa 8 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Isa 8 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Isa 8 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. Isa 8 18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells in mount Zion. Isa 8 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that are mediums, and unto wizards that whisper, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? rather than the dead on behalf of the living? Isa 8 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isa 8 21 And they shall pass through it, hardpressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall be enraged, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. Isa 8 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into darkness. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 9 Isa 9 1 Nevertheless the gloom shall not be such as was in her distress, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more heavily oppress her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. Isa 9 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined. Isa 9 3 You have multiplied the nation, and increased the joy: they joy before you according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. Isa 9 4 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. Isa 9 5 For every warrior's boot used in battle, and every garment rolled in blood; this shall be used for burning and as fuel for the fire. Isa 9 6 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. Isa 9 7 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 justice and with righteousness from this time forth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. Isa 9 8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel. Isa 9 9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, that say in the pride and arrogance of heart, Isa 9 10 The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will replace them into cedars. Isa 9 11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; Isa 9 12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with an open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. Isa 9 13 For the people turn not unto him that strikes them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. Isa 9 14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day. Isa 9 15 The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail. Isa 9 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led by them are destroyed. Isa 9 17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for everyone is a 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. Isa 9 18 For wickedness burns as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the rising of smoke. Isa 9 19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land burned, and the people shall be as the fuel for the fire: no man shall spare his brother. Isa 9 20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall devour on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: Isa 9 21 Manasseh shall devour 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, Chapter 10 Isa 10 1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write misfortune which they have prescribed; Isa 10 2 To turn aside the needy from justice, 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! Isa 10 3 And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the desolation which shall come from afar? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your riches? Isa 10 4 Without me they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. Isa 10 5 O Assyria, the rod of my anger, the staff in their hand is my indignation. Isa 10 6 I will send him against a godless 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. Isa 10 7 Yet 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. Isa 10 8 For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings? Isa 10 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? Isa 10 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria: Isa 10 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? Isa 10 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. Isa 10 13 For he says, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the boundaries of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: Isa 10 14 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. Isa 10 15 Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews with it? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that uses 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 not wood. Isa 10 16 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. Isa 10 17 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; Isa 10 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a sick man wastes away. Isa 10 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down. Isa 10 20 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 lean upon him that struck them; but shall lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. Isa 10 21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. Isa 10 22 For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness. Isa 10 23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make the destruction decreed, in the midst of all the land. Isa 10 24 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall strike you with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt. Isa 10 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and my anger in their destruction. Isa 10 26 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. Isa 10 27 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. Isa 10 28 He has come to Aiath, he has passed to Migron; at Michmash he has stored his supplies: Isa 10 29 They are gone over the pass: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul has fled. Isa 10 30 Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laishah, O poor Anathoth. Isa 10 31 Madmenah has fled; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. Isa 10 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his fist against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. Isa 10 33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop off the boughs with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. Isa 10 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall before the mighty one. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 11 Isa 11 1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: Isa 11 2 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; Isa 11 3 And his delight shall be 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: Isa 11 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. Isa 11 5 And righteousness shall be the belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his waist. Isa 11 6 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. Isa 11 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. Isa 11 8 And the nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. Isa 11 9 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. Isa 11 10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, who shall stand as an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his place of rest shall be glorious. Isa 11 11 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, who 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 coastlands of the sea. Isa 11 12 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. Isa 11 13 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 harass Ephraim. Isa 11 14 But they shall swoop down upon the shoulders of the Philistines in the west; they shall plunder together them of the east: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. Isa 11 15 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 strike it into seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. Isa 11 16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, who shall be left, from Assyria; like it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 12 Isa 12 1 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. Isa 12 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation. Isa 12 3 Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation. Isa 12 4 And in that day shall you say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his deeds among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. Isa 12 5 Sing unto the LORD; for he has done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. Isa 12 6 Cry out and shout, you inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of you. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 13 Isa 13 1 The burden concerning Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Isa 13 2 Lift up a banner upon the high mountain, raise the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. Isa 13 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for my anger, even them that rejoice in my exaltation. Isa 13 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like that of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts musters the army of the battle. Isa 13 5 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. Isa 13 6 Wail you; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Isa 13 7 Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every man's heart shall melt: Isa 13 8 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. Isa 13 9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy its sinners out of it. Isa 13 10 For the stars of heaven and its constellations shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine. Isa 13 11 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 ruthless. Isa 13 12 I will make a man more rare than fine gold; even a man more than the golden wedge of Ophir. Isa 13 13 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. Isa 13 14 And it shall be as the hunted gazelle, and as a sheep that no man gathers up: every man shall return to his own people, and flee everyone into his own land. Isa 13 15 Everyone that is found shall be thrust through; and everyone that is caught shall fall by the sword. Isa 13 16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished. Isa 13 17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Isa 13 18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. Isa 13 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. Isa 13 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their sheepfolds there. Isa 13 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of howling creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there. Isa 13 22 The hyenas shall cry in its towers, and jackals in their pleasant palaces: her time is near, and her days shall not be prolonged. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 14 Isa 14 1 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 cling to the house of Jacob. Isa 14 2 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 captive, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. Isa 14 3 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 in which you were made to serve. Isa 14 4 That you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! Isa 14 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. Isa 14 6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders. Isa 14 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. Isa 14 8 Yea, the cypress trees rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you were laid low, no hewer has come up against us. Isa 14 9 Sheol from beneath is excited 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. Isa 14 10 They all shall speak and say unto you, have you also become weak as we? have you become like unto us? Isa 14 11 Your pomp is brought down to the grave, and the sound of your harps: the maggot is spread under you, and the worms cover you. Isa 14 12 How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how are you cut down to the ground, who did weaken the nations! Isa 14 13 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 upon the mount of the congregation, in the farthest sides of the north: Isa 14 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Isa 14 15 Yet you shall be brought down to sheol, to the sides of the pit. Isa 14 16 They that see you shall gaze upon you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; Isa 14 17 That made the world like a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; that opened not the house of his prisoners? Isa 14 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, everyone in his own tomb. Isa 14 19 But you are cast out of your sepulchre like an abominable branch, and as the garment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a corpse trodden underfoot. Isa 14 20 You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, and slain your people: the descendants of evildoers shall never be renowned. Isa 14 21 Prepare slaughter for his children because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. Isa 14 22 For I will rise up against them, says the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, says the LORD. Isa 14 23 I will also make it a possession for the owls, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the LORD of hosts. Isa 14 24 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: Isa 14 25 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. Isa 14 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. Isa 14 27 For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? Isa 14 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. Isa 14 29 Rejoice not, all of Philistia, because the rod of him that struck you is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. Isa 14 30 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. Isa 14 31 Wail, O gate; cry, O city; you, all of Philistia, are dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. Isa 14 32 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, Chapter 15 Isa 15 1 The burden concerning 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; Isa 15 2 He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. Isa 15 3 In their streets they shall clothe themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, everyone shall wail, weeping abundantly. Isa 15 4 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 troubled unto him. Isa 15 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, to Eglathshelishiyah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping shall they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. Isa 15 6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the green grass has withered away, the grass fails, there is no green thing. Isa 15 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. Isa 15 8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab; its wailing unto Eglaim, its wailing unto Beerelim. Isa 15 9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapes Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 16 Isa 16 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. Isa 16 2 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 the Arnon. Isa 16 3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make your shadow like the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not him that escapes. Isa 16 4 Let my outcasts dwell with you, Moab; be a refuge to them from the face of the plunderer: for the extortioner is at an end, the destruction ceases, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. Isa 16 5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking justice, and hastening righteousness. Isa 16 6 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. Isa 16 7 Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, everyone shall wail: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall you mourn; surely they are stricken. Isa 16 8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the nations have broken down its choicest vines, they have come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they have gone over the sea. Isa 16 9 Therefore I will weep 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 has fallen. Isa 16 10 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. Isa 16 11 Therefore my heart shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inner being for Kirheres. Isa 16 12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab wearies himself on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. Isa 16 13 This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning Moab since that time. Isa 16 14 But now the LORD has spoken, saying, Within three years, like the years of a hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be despised, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 17 Isa 17 1 The burden concerning Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. Isa 17 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. Isa 17 3 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, says the LORD of hosts. Isa 17 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall fade, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean. Isa 17 5 And it shall be as when the reaper gathers the grain, and reaps the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathers ears in the valley of Rephaim. Isa 17 6 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 its outmost fruitful branches, says the LORD God of Israel. Isa 17 7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect for the Holy One of Israel. Isa 17 8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall he respect that which his fingers have made, either the idol poles, or the incense altars. Isa 17 9 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. Isa 17 10 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 inported seedlings: Isa 17 11 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 of ruins in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. Isa 17 12 Woe to the multitude of many people, who 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! Isa 17 13 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. Isa 17 14 And behold at evening time trouble; and before the morning he is no more. This is the portion of them that plunder us, and the lot of them that rob us. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 18 Isa 18 1 Woe to the land with whirring wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: Isa 18 2 That sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth of skin, to a people feared from their beginning until now; a nation powerful and treading down, whose land the rivers divide! Isa 18 3 All you inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see, when he lifts up a banner on the mountains; and when he blows a trumpet, hear. Isa 18 4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will watch from my dwelling place like a clear heat in sunshine, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. Isa 18 5 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. Isa 18 6 They shall be left together for the fowls of the mountains, and for the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. Isa 18 7 In that time shall a present be brought unto the LORD of hosts from a people tall and smooth of skin, and from a people feared from their beginning until now; a nation powerful and treading under foot, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, to mount Zion. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 19 Isa 19 1 The burden concerning Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. Isa 19 2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. Isa 19 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in its midst; and I will destroy its counsel: and they shall seek after the idols, and the charmers, and the mediums, and the wizards. Isa 19 4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, says the Lord, the LORD of hosts. Isa 19 5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. Isa 19 6 And they shall turn the rivers foul; and the brooks of Egypt shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and rushes shall wither. Isa 19 7 The paper reeds by the river, by the mouth of the river, and everything sown by the river, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. Isa 19 8 The fishermen also shall mourn, and all they that cast hooks into the river shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. Isa 19 9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave fine linen, shall lose hope. Isa 19 10 And they shall be crushed in their purposes, all that make wages will be grieved. Isa 19 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh give foolish counsel: how do you say unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? Isa 19 12 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 upon Egypt. Isa 19 13 The princes of Zoan have become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the cornerstones of its tribes. Isa 19 14 The LORD has mixed a perverse spirit in its midst: and they have caused Egypt to err in her every work, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit. Isa 19 15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm branch or bulrush, may do. Isa 19 16 In that day shall Egypt be like 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. Isa 19 17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, everyone that makes mention of it shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he has determined against it. Isa 19 18 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. Isa 19 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at its border to the LORD. Isa 19 20 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 savior, and a mighty one, and he shall deliver them. Isa 19 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall make sacrifice and offering; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. Isa 19 22 And the LORD shall strike Egypt: he shall strike and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be entreated by them, and shall heal them. Isa 19 23 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. Isa 19 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: Isa 19 25 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, Chapter 20 Isa 20 1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; Isa 20 2 At the same time spoke the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and remove the sackcloth from off your body, and put off your shoes from your feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. Isa 20 3 And the LORD said, Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder against Egypt and against Ethiopia; Isa 20 4 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. Isa 20 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory. Isa 20 6 And the inhabitant of this coastland shall say in that day, Behold, such is our hope, to which we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: how then shall we escape? ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 21 Isa 21 1 The burden concerning the desert by the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it comes from the desert, from a terrible land. Isa 21 2 A distressing vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer deals treacherously, and the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all its sighing have I made to cease. Isa 21 3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon 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. Isa 21 4 My heart panted, fearfulness appalled me: the night of my pleasure has he turned into fear unto me. Isa 21 5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield. Isa 21 6 For thus has the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees. Isa 21 7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels; and he listened diligently with great care: Isa 21 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am stationed in my post whole nights: Isa 21 9 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. Isa 21 10 O my threshing, and the grain of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. Isa 21 11 The burden concerning Dumah. He calls to me from Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? Isa 21 12 The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night: if you will inquire, inquire you: return, come. Isa 21 13 The burden concerning Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall you lodge, O you travelling companies of Dedanites. Isa 21 14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they met with their bread him that fled. Isa 21 15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the distress of war. Isa 21 16 For thus has the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: Isa 21 17 And the remainder 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, Chapter 22 Isa 22 1 The burden concerning the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you are wholly gone up to the housetops? Isa 22 2 You that are full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: your slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. Isa 22 3 All your rulers have fled together, they are captured by the archers: all that are found in you are bound together, who have fled from afar. Isa 22 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me: I will weep bitterly, labor not to comfort me, because of the plundering of the daughter of my people. Isa 22 5 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. Isa 22 6 And Elam bore the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. Isa 22 7 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. Isa 22 8 And he took away the covering of Judah, and you did look in that day to the armor of the house of the forest. Isa 22 9 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. Isa 22 10 And you have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have you broken down to fortify the wall. Isa 22 11 You made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but you have not looked unto its maker, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. Isa 22 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth: Isa 22 13 But instead, joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating meat, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die. Isa 22 14 And it was revealed in my ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till you die, says the Lord GOD of hosts. Isa 22 15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get you unto this steward, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, and say, Isa 22 16 What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed you out a sepulchre here, as he that hews him out a sepulchre on high, and that carves a tomb for himself in a rock? Isa 22 17 Behold, the LORD will carry you away with a mighty captivity, and will surely sieze you. Isa 22 18 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 master's house. Isa 22 19 And I will drive you from your office, and from your station shall he pull you down. Isa 22 20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: Isa 22 21 And I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt, and I will commit your authority into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. Isa 22 22 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. Isa 22 23 And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place; and he shall become a glorious throne to his father's house. Isa 22 24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of pitchers. Isa 22 25 In that day, says the LORD of hosts, shall the peg 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 has spoken it. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 23 Isa 23 1 The burden concerning Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them. Isa 23 2 Be still, you inhabitants of the coast; you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. Isa 23 3 And by great waters the grain of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a marketplace of nations. Isa 23 4 Be ashamed, O Sidon: 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. Isa 23 5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be greatly pained at the report of Tyre. Isa 23 6 Pass over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coast. Isa 23 7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to dwell. Isa 23 8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth? Isa 23 9 The LORD of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. Isa 23 10 Pass through your land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. Isa 23 11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD has given a commandment against Canaan, to destroy its strongholds. Isa 23 12 And he said, You shall no more rejoice, O you oppressed virgin, daughter of Sidon: arise, pass over to Kittim; there also shall you have no rest. Isa 23 13 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 its towers, they raised up its palaces; and he brought it to ruin. Isa 23 14 Wail, you ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. Isa 23 15 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 it shall happen to Tyre as in the song of a harlot. Isa 23 16 Take an harp, go about the city, you harlot that has been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered. Isa 23 17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. Isa 23 18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be dedicated 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 fine clothing. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 24 Isa 24 1 Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad its inhabitants. Isa 24 2 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 creditor, so with the debtor. Isa 24 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly plundered: for the LORD has spoken this word. Isa 24 4 The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. Isa 24 5 The earth also is defiled under its inhabitants; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Isa 24 6 Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell in it are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. Isa 24 7 The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh. Isa 24 8 The mirth of timbrels ceases, the noise of them that rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases. Isa 24 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. Isa 24 10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. Isa 24 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. Isa 24 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is stricken with destruction. Isa 24 13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be like the shaking of an olive tree, and like the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. Isa 24 14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. Isa 24 15 Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea. Isa 24 16 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. Isa 24 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth. Isa 24 18 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 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. Isa 24 19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is torn assunder, the earth is shaken exceedingly. Isa 24 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a hut; and its transgression shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. Isa 24 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the exalted ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. Isa 24 22 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 punished. Isa 24 23 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 elders gloriously. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 25 Isa 25 1 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. Isa 25 2 For you have made of a city a heap; of a fortified city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. Isa 25 3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify you, the city of the terrible nations shall fear you. Isa 25 4 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, for the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. Isa 25 5 You shall bring down the noise of aliens, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low. Isa 25 6 And on this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of rich things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. Isa 25 7 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. Isa 25 8 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. Isa 25 9 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. Isa 25 10 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 refuse heap. Isa 25 11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swims spreads forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the trickery of their hands. Isa 25 12 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, Chapter 26 Isa 26 1 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. Isa 26 2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. Isa 26 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you. Isa 26 4 Trust in the LORD forever: for in the LORD GOD is everlasting strength: Isa 26 5 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. Isa 26 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. Isa 26 7 The way of the just is uprightness: you, most upright, do smooth the path of the just. Isa 26 8 Yea, 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. Isa 26 9 With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, 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. Isa 26 10 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. Isa 26 11 LORD, when your hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy of the people; yea, the fire of your enemies shall devour them. Isa 26 12 LORD, you will ordain peace for us: for you also have done all our works in us. Isa 26 13 O LORD our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us: but by you only will we make mention of your name. Isa 26 14 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. Isa 26 15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, you have increased the nation: you are glorified: you have enlarged all the borders of the land. Isa 26 16 LORD, in trouble have they visited you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was upon them. Isa 26 17 Like 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. Isa 26 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were given birth to wind; we have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. Isa 26 19 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 like the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Isa 26 20 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 is past. Isa 26 21 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 bloodshed, and shall no more cover her slain. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 27 Isa 27 1 In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the fleeing serpent, even leviathan that twisted serpent; and he shall slay the monster that is in the sea. Isa 27 2 In that day sing unto her, A vineyard of red wine. Isa 27 3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Isa 27 4 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. Isa 27 5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. Isa 27 6 He shall cause them that come from Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. Isa 27 7 Has he struck him, as he struck those that struck him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? Isa 27 8 In measure, by sending it away, you will contend with it: he removes it with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind. Isa 27 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar like chalkstones that are beaten to dust, the idol poles and incense altars shall not remain standing. Isa 27 10 Yet the fortified 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 strip its branches. Isa 27 11 When its boughs 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. Isa 27 12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall thresh from the channel of the river to the stream of Egypt, and you shall be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel. Isa 27 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come who 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, Chapter 28 Isa 28 1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is on the head of the rich valleys of them that are overcome with wine! Isa 28 2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, which like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with his hand. Isa 28 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under foot: Isa 28 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the early fruit before the summer; which when he that looks upon it sees it, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up. Isa 28 5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the remnant of his people, Isa 28 6 And for a spirit of justice to him that sits in judgment, and for strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate. Isa 28 7 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 by wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. Isa 28 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. Isa 28 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and taken from the breasts. Isa 28 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: Isa 28 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. Isa 28 12 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. Isa 28 13 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. Isa 28 14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people who are in Jerusalem. Isa 28 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with sheol 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: Isa 28 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he that believes shall not be in haste. Isa 28 17 Justice also will I make the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. Isa 28 18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be beaten down by it. Isa 28 19 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 terror just to understand the report. Isa 28 20 For the bed is shorter than a man can stretch himself upon: and the covering narrower than he can wrap himself in. Isa 28 21 For the LORD shall rise up as on mount Perazim, he shall be angry as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his awesome work; and bring to pass his act, his alien act. Isa 28 22 Now therefore be not mockers, lest your bonds be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a destruction, even determined upon the whole earth. Isa 28 23 Give ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Isa 28 24 Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? does he keep opening and breaking the clods of his ground? Isa 28 25 When he has made level the face of it, does he not sow the dill, and scatter the cummin, and plant the wheat in rows and the barley and the spelt in their places? Isa 28 26 For his God does instruct him aright, and does teach him. Isa 28 27 For the dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, neither is a cart wheel rolled over the cummin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cummin with a rod. Isa 28 28 Bread grain is ground; therefore he will not forever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor crush it with his horsemen. Isa 28 29 This also comes forth from the LORD of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 29 Isa 29 1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add year to year; let feasts run their cycle. Isa 29 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. Isa 29 3 And I will encamp against you round about, and will lay siege against you with a mound, and I will raise siegeworks against you. Isa 29 4 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 is a medium, out of the ground, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust. Isa 29 5 Moreover the multitude of your foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be like chaff that passes away: yea, it shall be in an instant, suddenly. Isa 29 6 You shall be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. Isa 29 7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her fortress, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. Isa 29 8 It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams, and, behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul has appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. Isa 29 9 Stop, and wonder; cry you out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. Isa 29 10 For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has he covered. Isa 29 11 And the vision of all has 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 you: and he says, I cannot; for it is sealed: Isa 29 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you: and he says, I am not learned. Isa 29 13 Therefore the Lord said, Since 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: Isa 29 14 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. Isa 29 15 Woe unto them that go the the depths to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us? Isa 29 16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the thing made say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing formed say of him that formed it, He had no understanding? Isa 29 17 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? Isa 29 18 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. Isa 29 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Isa 29 20 For the ruthless one is brought to nothing, and the scoffer is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: Isa 29 21 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. Isa 29 22 Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now grow pale. Isa 29 23 But when he sees his children, the work of my 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. Isa 29 24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 30 Isa 30 1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that take counsel, but not from me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: Isa 30 2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my counsel; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! Isa 30 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your humiliation. Isa 30 4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. Isa 30 5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor a profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. Isa 30 6 The burden concerning the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the backs of young donkeys, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. Isa 30 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her, Rahab who sits still. Isa 30 8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come, forever and ever: Isa 30 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: Isa 30 10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Isa 30 11 Get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. Isa 30 12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on them: Isa 30 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, a bulge in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. Isa 30 14 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 among the fragments of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to dip water out of the cistern. Isa 30 15 For thus says 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: but you would not. Isa 30 16 But you said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall you flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. Isa 30 17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall you flee: till you be left as a flagstaff upon the top of a mountain, and as a banner on a hill. Isa 30 18 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 justice: blessed are all they that wait for him. Isa 30 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: you shall weep no more: he will be very gracious unto you at the sound of your cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer you. Isa 30 20 And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall your teachers not be moved into a corner any more, but your eyes shall see your teachers: Isa 30 21 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. Isa 30 22 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 an unclean thing; you shall say unto them, Get away. Isa 30 23 Then shall he give the rain for your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be rich and plentiful: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures. Isa 30 24 The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that work the ground shall eat salted provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork. Isa 30 25 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. Isa 30 26 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 hurt of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound. Isa 30 27 Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue like a devouring fire: Isa 30 28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. Isa 30 29 You shall have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. Isa 30 30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the descending of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. Isa 30 31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, as he strikes with the rod. Isa 30 32 And in every place where the staff of punishment shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with timbrels and harps: and in battles of brandishing will he fight with it. Isa 30 33 For Tophet was ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he has made it deep and large: its pyre is fire with much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, does kindle it. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 31 Isa 31 1 Woe to them that 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 look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! Isa 31 2 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. Isa 31 3 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. Isa 31 4 For thus has the LORD spoken unto me, Like the lion and the young lion roaring over his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor disturbed by the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for its hill. Isa 31 5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending, he will also deliver it; and passing over, he will preserve it. Isa 31 6 Turn unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. Isa 31 7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have sinfully made for you. Isa 31 8 Then shall the Assyrian fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him: and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor. Isa 31 9 And he shall pass over to his stronghold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the banner, says the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 32 Isa 32 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. Isa 32 2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a refuge from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Isa 32 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall listen. Isa 32 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. Isa 32 5 The foolish person shall be no more called noble, nor the miser said to be bountiful. Isa 32 6 For the foolish person will speak foolishness, 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. Isa 32 7 The schemes also of the schemer are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks justly. Isa 32 8 But the noble plans noble things; and by noble things shall he stand. Isa 32 9 Rise up, you women that are at ease; hear my voice, you complacent daughters; give ear unto my speech. Isa 32 10 In a little more than a year shall you be troubled, you complacent women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. Isa 32 11 Tremble, you women that are at ease; be troubled, you complacent ones: strip yourselves, and make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your waists. Isa 32 12 Beat upon your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. Isa 32 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the joyous houses in the joyous city: Isa 32 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks; Isa 32 15 Until the spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is counted as a forest. Isa 32 16 Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. Isa 32 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever. Isa 32 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceful habitation, and in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; Isa 32 19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be brought low in humiliation. Isa 32 20 Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the donkey. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 33 Isa 33 1 Woe to you that plunder, and you were not plundered; and deal treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with you! when you shall cease to plunder, you shall be plundered; and when you shall make an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with you. Isa 33 2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for you: be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. Isa 33 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of yourself the nations were scattered. Isa 33 4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. Isa 33 5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwells on high: he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. Isa 33 6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. Isa 33 7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry outside: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. Isa 33 8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: he has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he regards no man. Isa 33 9 The earth mourns and languishes: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. Isa 33 10 Now will I rise, says the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. Isa 33 11 You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. Isa 33 12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. Isa 33 13 Hear, you that are afar off, what I have done; and, you that are near, acknowledge my might. Isa 33 14 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? Isa 33 15 He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that keeps his hands from the holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil; Isa 33 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the fortresses of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. Isa 33 17 Your eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. Isa 33 18 Your heart shall meditate the terror. Where is the scribe? where is the one who weighs? where is he that counts the towers? Isa 33 19 You shall not see a fierce people, a people of a more obscure speech than you can perceive; of a stammering tongue, that you can not understand. Isa 33 20 Look upon 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 its stakes shall ever be removed, neither shall any of its cords be broken. Isa 33 21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; in which shall go no galley with oars, neither shall majestic ships pass by. Isa 33 22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. Isa 33 23 Your tackle are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great plunder divided; the lame take the prey. Isa 33 24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell in it shall be forgiven their iniquity. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 34 Isa 34 1 Come near, you nations, to hear; and hearken, you people: let the earth hear, and all that is in it; the world, and all things that come forth of it. Isa 34 2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he has utterly destroyed them, he has delivered them to the slaughter. Isa 34 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stench shall rise up out of their corpses, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. Isa 34 4 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. Isa 34 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. Isa 34 6 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 Edom. Isa 34 7 And the wild oxen 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. Isa 34 8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion. Isa 34 9 And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch. Isa 34 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; its smoke shall go up forever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever. Isa 34 11 But the hawk and the porcupine 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. Isa 34 12 They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. Isa 34 13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in its fortresses: and it shall be a habitation of jackals, and a court for ostriches. Isa 34 14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the hyenas, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; the night creature also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. Isa 34 15 There shall the owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the kites also be gathered, everyone with her mate. Isa 34 16 Seek you from out of the book of the LORD, and read: not one of these shall fail, none shall lack her mate: for my mouth has commanded it, and his spirit has gathered them. Isa 34 17 And he has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it unto them by measure: they shall possess it forever, from generation to generation shall they dwell in it. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 35 Isa 35 1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. Isa 35 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. Isa 35 3 Strengthen you the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Isa 35 4 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. Isa 35 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Isa 35 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break forth, and streams in the desert. Isa 35 7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. Isa 35 8 And a 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 others: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. Isa 35 9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up on it, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: Isa 35 10 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, Chapter 36 Isa 36 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. Isa 36 2 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. Isa 36 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. Isa 36 4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust? Isa 36 5 I say, you speak (but they are but vain words), I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? Isa 36 6 Lo, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, 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 in him. Isa 36 7 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? Isa 36 8 Now therefore give pledges, I urge 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 upon them. Isa 36 9 How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? Isa 36 10 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. Isa 36 11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray you, unto your servants in the Aramiac 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. Isa 36 12 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 upon the wall, that they may eat and drink their own waste with you? Isa 36 13 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. Isa 36 14 Thus says the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. Isa 36 15 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. Isa 36 16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make peace with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and drink you everyone the waters of his own cistern; Isa 36 17 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. Isa 36 18 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? Isa 36 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? Isa 36 20 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? Isa 36 21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. Isa 36 22 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 torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 37 Isa 37 1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. Isa 37 2 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. Isa 37 3 And they said unto him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children have come to birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. Isa 37 4 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: therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left. Isa 37 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. Isa 37 6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall you say unto your master, Thus says the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Isa 37 7 Behold, I will send a spirit upon 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. Isa 37 8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. Isa 37 9. nd he 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, Isa 37 10 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. Isa 37 11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shall you be delivered? Isa 37 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them whom my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar? Isa 37 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Isa 37 14 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. Isa 37 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, Isa 37 16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwells between the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: you have made heaven and earth. Isa 37 17 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 reproach the living God. Isa 37 18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries. Isa 37 19 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. Isa 37 20 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. Isa 37 21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Since you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: Isa 37 22 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. Isa 37 23 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. Isa 37 24 By your servants have you reproached the Lord, and have said, By the multitude of my chariots have I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees: and I will enter into its farthest height, and the forest of its Carmel. Isa 37 25 I have dug, and drunk water; and with the soles of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Egypt. Isa 37 26 Have you not heard long ago, how I have done it; and from ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that you should lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. Isa 37 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of little 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 grain blighted before it is grown. Isa 37 28 But I know your abode, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against me. Isa 37 29 Because your rage against me, and your tumult, has 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. Isa 37 30 And this shall be a sign unto 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 and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat its fruit. Isa 37 31 And the remnant that have escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: Isa 37 32 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. Isa 37 33 Therefore thus says 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 up a seige mound against it. Isa 37 34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, says the LORD. Isa 37 35 For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake. Isa 37 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead corpses. Isa 37 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. Isa 37 38 And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 38 Isa 38 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus says the LORD, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live. Isa 38 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, Isa 38 3 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 bitterly. Isa 38 4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, Isa 38 5 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 unto your days fifteen years. Isa 38 6 And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. Isa 38 7 And this shall be a sign unto you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken; Isa 38 8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which has gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it had gone down. Isa 38 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: Isa 38 10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the rest of my years. Isa 38 11 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. Isa 38 12 My 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 from the loom: from day even to night will you make an end of me. Isa 38 13 I considered 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. Isa 38 14 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. Isa 38 15 What shall I say? he has both spoken unto me, and he himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. Isa 38 16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so will you restore me, and make me to live. Isa 38 17 Behold, for my 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. Isa 38 18 For the grave cannot praise you, death can not celebrate you: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for your truth. Isa 38 19 The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known your truth. Isa 38 20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD. Isa 38 21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover. Isa 38 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 39 Isa 39 1 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. Isa 39 2 And Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his treasures, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armory, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. Isa 39 3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from where came they unto you? And Hezekiah said, They have come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon. Isa 39 4 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 shown them. Isa 39 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: Isa 39 6 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, says the LORD. Isa 39 7 And of your sons that shall issue from you, whom you shall beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. Isa 39 8 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, Chapter 40 Isa 40 1 Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God. Isa 40 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she has received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. Isa 40 3 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. Isa 40 4 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 smooth: Isa 40 5 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. Isa 40 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is as the flower of the field: Isa 40 7 The grass withers, the flower fades: because the breath of the LORD blows upon it: surely the people are grass. Isa 40 8 The grass withers, the flower fades: but the word of our God shall stand forever. Isa 40 9 O Zion, that brings good tidings, get you up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that brings good tidings, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Isa 40 10 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. Isa 40 11 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. Isa 40 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured out heaven with the span, and known the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Isa 40 13 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counselor has taught him? Isa 40 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? Isa 40 15 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 fine dust. Isa 40 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering. Isa 40 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and worthless. Isa 40 18 To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare unto him? Isa 40 19 The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains. Isa 40 20 He that is so impoverished that he has no offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks unto him a skillful workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not move. Isa 40 21 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? Isa 40 22 It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in: Isa 40 23 That brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as nothing. Isa 40 24 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. Isa 40 25 To whom then will you liken me, or shall I be equal? says the Holy One. Isa 40 26 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 he is strong in power; not one is missing. Isa 40 27 Why say you, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hidden from the LORD, and my right is passed over by my God? Isa 40 28 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. Isa 40 29 He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength. Isa 40 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: Isa 40 31 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, Chapter 41 Isa 41 1 Keep silence before me, O coastlands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together for judgment. Isa 41 2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his feet, 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. Isa 41 3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. Isa 41 4 Who has performed and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. Isa 41 5 The coastlands saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. Isa 41 6 They helped everyone his neighbor; and everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage. Isa 41 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smoothes with the hammer him that struck the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with pegs, that it should not be moved. Isa 41 8 But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the descendant of Abraham my friend. Isa 41 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from its chief men, and said unto you, you are my servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away. Isa 41 10 Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. Isa 41 11 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. Isa 41 12 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 not existing. Isa 41 13 For I the LORD your God will hold your right hand, saying unto you, Fear not; I will help you. Isa 41 14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says the LORD, and your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. Isa 41 15 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 like chaff. Isa 41 16 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. Isa 41 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongues fail for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Isa 41 18 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. Isa 41 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: Isa 41 20 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. Isa 41 21 Produce your case, says the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob. Isa 41 22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they were, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come. Isa 41 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. Isa 41 24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is nothing: an abomination is he that chooses you. Isa 41 25 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 mortar, and as the potter treads clay. Isa 41 26 Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that shows, yea, there is none that declares, yea, there is none that hears your words. Isa 41 27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings. Isa 41 28 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. Isa 41 29 Behold, they are all worthless; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 42 Isa 42 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles. Isa 42 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. Isa 42 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth justice unto truth. Isa 42 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he has established justice in the earth: and the coastlands shall wait for his law. Isa 42 5 Thus says 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 unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk in it: Isa 42 6 I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant to the people, for a light to the Gentiles; Isa 42 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. Isa 42 8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. Isa 42 9 Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. Isa 42 10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the ends of the earth, you that go down to the sea, and all that is in it; the coastlands, and its inhabitants. Isa 42 11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar does inhabit: let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Isa 42 12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the coastlands. Isa 42 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, shout aloud; he shall prevail against his enemies. Isa 42 14 I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and restrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. Isa 42 15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and dry up all their vegetation; and I will turn the rivers into islands, and I will dry up the pools. Isa 42 16 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. Isa 42 17 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. Isa 42 18 Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see. Isa 42 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? who is blind as he who is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant? Isa 42 20 Seeing many things, but you observe not; opening the ears, but he hears not. Isa 42 21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable. Isa 42 22 But this is a people robbed and plundered; 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 says, Restore. Isa 42 23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? Isa 42 24 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. Isa 42 25 Therefore he has poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it has set him on fire all around, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 43 Isa 43 1 But now thus says 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. Isa 43 2 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 scorch you. Isa 43 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. Isa 43 4 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. Isa 43 5 Fear not: for I am with you: I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west; Isa 43 6 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; Isa 43 7 Even everyone that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. Isa 43 8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. Isa 43 9 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. Isa 43 10 You are my witnesses, says 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. Isa 43 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and besides me there is no savior. Isa 43 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore you are my witnesses, says the LORD, that I am God. Isa 43 13 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 hinder it? Isa 43 14 Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought them all down as fugitives, and the Chaldeans, whose song is in their ships. Isa 43 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. Isa 43 16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; Isa 43 17 Who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick. Isa 43 18 Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Isa 43 19 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. Isa 43 20 The beast of the field shall 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. Isa 43 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise. Isa 43 22 But you have not called upon me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel. Isa 43 23 You have not brought me the sheep of your burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings, nor wearied you with incense. Isa 43 24 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. Isa 43 25 I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember your sins. Isa 43 26 Put me in remembrance: let us contend together: state your case, that you may be proved right. Isa 43 27 Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me. Isa 43 28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 44 Isa 44 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Isa 44 2 Thus says the LORD that made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. Isa 44 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring: Isa 44 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. Isa 44 5 One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write on his hand, The LORD'S, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Isa 44 6 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 besides me there is no God. Isa 44 7 And who, as I do, shall call, and shall proclaim 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 these unto them. Isa 44 8 Fear 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 besides me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. Isa 44 9 They that make a graven image are all of them nothing; and their precious things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. Isa 44 10 Who fashions a god, or molds a graven image, that is profitable for nothing? Isa 44 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame: and the workmen, they are mere men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be put to shame together. Isa 44 12 The blacksmith with the tongs works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint. Isa 44 13 The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fashions 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. Isa 44 14 He hews himself down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he secures for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants a pine, and the rain does nourish it. Isa 44 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and warm himself; yea, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yea, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a graven image, and falls down to it. Isa 44 16 He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts a roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: Isa 44 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his graven image: he falls down unto it, and worships it, and prays unto it, and says, Deliver me; for you are my god. Isa 44 18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. Isa 44 19 And none considers 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 its coals; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to a block of wood? Isa 44 20 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? Isa 44 21 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. Isa 44 22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed you. Isa 44 23 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 in it: for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. Isa 44 24 Thus says 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; Isa 44 25 That frustrates the omens of the liars, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish; Isa 44 26 That confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; that says to Jerusalem, you shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, you shall be built, and I will raise up its waste places: Isa 44 27 That says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers: Isa 44 28 That says 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, Chapter 45 Isa 45 1 Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the armor of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; Isa 45 2 I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron: Isa 45 3 And I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD, who call you by your name, am the God of Israel. Isa 45 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called you by your name: I have named you, though you have not known me. Isa 45 5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God besides me: I girded you, though you have not known me: Isa 45 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. Isa 45 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create calamity: I the LORD do all these things. Isa 45 8 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. Isa 45 9 Woe unto 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 do you make? or of your work, He has no hands? Isa 45 10 Woe unto him that says unto his father, What do you beget? or to the woman, What have you brought forth? Isa 45 11 Thus says 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, you command me. Isa 45 12 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. Isa 45 13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall set free my exiles, not for price nor reward, says the LORD of hosts. Isa 45 14 Thus says the LORD, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto you, and they shall be yours: they shall come after you; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto you, they shall make supplication unto you, saying, Surely God is in you; and there is none else, there is no other God. Isa 45 15 Verily you are a God that hides yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior. Isa 45 16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go in confusion together that are makers of idols. Isa 45 17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. Isa 45 18 For thus says 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. Isa 45 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the descendants of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Isa 45 20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you that are escaped from the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. Isa 45 21 Tell and bring forth your case; yea, 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 other God besides me; a just God and a Savior; there is none besides me. Isa 45 22 Look unto me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. Isa 45 23 I have sworn by myself, the word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Isa 45 24 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. Isa 45 25 In the LORD shall all the descendants of Israel be justified, and shall glory. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 46 Isa 46 1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy laden; they are a burden to the weary beast. Isa 46 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but are themselves gone into captivity. Isa 46 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are borne by me from birth, who are carried from the womb: Isa 46 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to gray hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. Isa 46 5 To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike? Isa 46 6 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, yea, they worship. Isa 46 7 They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands; from its place shall it not move: yea, one shall cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. Isa 46 8 Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O you transgressors. Isa 46 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Isa 46 10 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: Isa 46 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executes 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. Isa 46 12 Hearken unto me, you stubborn of heart, that are far from righteousness: Isa 46 13 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, Chapter 47 Isa 47 1 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. Isa 47 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover your locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. Isa 47 3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not arbitrate with a man. Isa 47 4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. Isa 47 5 Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. Isa 47 6 I was angry with my people, I have profaned my inheritance, and given them into your hand: you did show them no mercy; upon the aged have you very heavily laid your yoke. Isa 47 7 And you said, I shall be a lady forever: so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of them. Isa 47 8 Therefore hear now this, you that are given to pleasures, that dwell securely, that say in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: Isa 47 9 But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon you in their fullness for the multitude of your sorceries, and for the great abundance of your enchantments. Isa 47 10 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 there is none else besides me. Isa 47 11 Therefore shall evil come upon you; you shall not know from where it rises: and mischief shall fall upon you; you shall not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon you suddenly, which you shall not know. Isa 47 12 Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you shall be able to profit, perhaps you may prevail. Isa 47 13 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 upon you. Isa 47 14 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 a fire to sit before. Isa 47 15 Thus shall they be unto you with whom you have labored, even your merchants, from your youth: they shall wander everyone to his quarter; none shall save you. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 48 Isa 48 1 Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. Isa 48 2 For they call themselves after the holy city, and anchor themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. Isa 48 3 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. Isa 48 4 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze; Isa 48 5 I have even from the beginning declared it to you; before it came to pass I showed it to you: lest you should say, my idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them. Isa 48 6 You have heard, now see all this; and will you not declare it? I have showed you new things from this time, even hidden things, and you did not know them. Isa 48 7 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. Isa 48 8 Yea, you heard not; yea, you knew not; yea, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb. Isa 48 9 For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I restrain it for you, that I cut you not off. Isa 48 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. Isa 48 11 For my own sake, even for my own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another. Isa 48 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. Isa 48 13 My hand also has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. Isa 48 14 All you, assemble yourselves, and hear; who 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. Isa 48 15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. Isa 48 16 Come near unto me, hear 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. Isa 48 17 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 by the way that you should go. Isa 48 18 O that you had hearkened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea: Isa 48 19 Your descendants also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your body like its grains; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. Isa 48 20 Go forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say, The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob. Isa 48 21 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. Isa 48 22 {P}There is no peace, says the LORD, unto the wicked. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 49 Isa 49 1 Listen, O coastlands, unto me; and hearken, you people, from afar; The LORD has called me from the womb; from the body of my mother has he made mention of my name. Isa 49 2 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; Isa 49 3 And said unto me, You are my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. Isa 49 4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my due justice is with the LORD, and my recompence with my God. Isa 49 5 And now, says 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. Isa 49 6 And he said, 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 give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation unto the ends of the earth. Isa 49 7 Thus says 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 who is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he has chosen you. Isa 49 8 Thus says 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 to the people, to establish the earth, to cause them to inherit the desolate heritages; Isa 49 9 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. Isa 49 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he that has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. Isa 49 11 And I will make all my mountains a roadway, and my highways shall be exalted. Isa 49 12 Behold, these shall come from afar: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. Isa 49 13 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 upon his afflicted. Isa 49 14 But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. Isa 49 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget you. Isa 49 16 Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. Isa 49 17 Your children shall make haste; your destroyers and they that made you waste shall go forth from you. Isa 49 18 Lift up your eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live, says the LORD, you shall surely clothe yourself with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on you, as a bride does. Isa 49 19 For your waste and your desolate places, and the land of your destruction, shall even now be too narrow for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed you up shall be far away. Isa 49 20 The children which you shall have, after you have lost the other, shall say again in your ears, The place is too narrow for me: give a place to me that I may dwell. Isa 49 21 Then shall you say in your heart, Who has begotten for me these, since I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and moving to and fro? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? Isa 49 22 Thus says 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 upon their shoulders. Isa 49 23 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. Isa 49 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? Isa 49 25 But thus says 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. Isa 49 26 And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk 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, Chapter 50 Isa 50 1 Thus says 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 you sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. Isa 50 2 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 stink, because there is no water, and die of thirst. Isa 50 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. Isa 50 4 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 awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the learned. Isa 50 5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned backward. Isa 50 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked out the beard: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. Isa 50 7 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. Isa 50 8 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. Isa 50 9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Isa 50 10 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 upon his God. Isa 50 11 Behold, all you that kindle a fire, that encircle yourselves 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, Chapter 51 Isa 51 1 Hearken to me, you that follow after righteousness, you that seek the LORD: look unto the rock from where you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. Isa 51 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. Isa 51 3 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 in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. Isa 51 4 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 justice to rest for a light of the people. Isa 51 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation has gone forth, and my arms shall judge the people; the coastlands shall wait upon me, and on my arm shall they trust. Isa 51 6 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 grow old like a garment, and they that dwell in it shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. Isa 51 7 Hearken unto 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. Isa 51 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation. Isa 51 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Are you not him who has cut Rahab, and wounded the sea monster? Isa 51 10 Are you not him who has dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that has made the depths of the sea a road for the ransomed to pass over? Isa 51 11 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. Isa 51 12 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 who shall be made as grass; Isa 51 13 And forget the LORD your maker, that has stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; you 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? Isa 51 14 The captive exile hastens that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. Isa 51 15 But I am the LORD your God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. Isa 51 16 And I have put my words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may establish the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, you are my people. Isa 51 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, who have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. Isa 51 18 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. Isa 51 19 These two things have come unto you; who shall be sorry for you? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort you? Isa 51 20 Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of your God. Isa 51 21 Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: Isa 51 22 Thus says 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: Isa 51 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict you; who have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and you have laid your body like the ground, and as the street, for them that pass over. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 52 Isa 52 1 Awake, awake; put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for no longer, there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. Isa 52 2 Shake yourself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. Isa 52 3 For thus says the LORD, You have sold yourselves for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money. Isa 52 4 For thus says the Lord GOD, My people went down at first into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. Isa 52 5 Now therefore, what have I here, says the LORD, that my people are taken away for nothing? they that rule over them make them to wail, says the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. Isa 52 6 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. Isa 52 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace; that brings good tidings of good, that publishes salvation; that says unto Zion, Your God reigns! Isa 52 8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. Isa 52 9 Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem. Isa 52 10 The LORD has 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. Isa 52 11 Depart you, depart you, go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go out of the midst of her; be you clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. Isa 52 12 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. Isa 52 13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. Isa 52 14 As many were astonished at you; so his appearance was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: Isa 52 15 So shall he startle 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, Chapter 53 Isa 53 1 Who has believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? Isa 53 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no stately form nor splendor; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. Isa 53 3 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. Isa 53 4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. Isa 53 5 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. Isa 53 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isa 53 7 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 opened not his mouth. Isa 53 8 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. Isa 53 9 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. Isa 53 10 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 offspring, he shall prolong his days, and the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. Isa 53 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Isa 53 12 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 unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 54 Isa 54 1 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, says the LORD. Isa 54 2 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; Isa 54 3 For you shall break forth on the right hand and on the left; and your descendants shall inherit the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. Isa 54 4 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. Isa 54 5 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. Isa 54 6 For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when you were refused, says your God. Isa 54 7 For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you. Isa 54 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on you, says the LORD your Redeemer. Isa 54 9 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 angry with you, nor rebuke you. Isa 54 10 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, says the LORD that has mercy on you. Isa 54 11 O you afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems, and lay your foundations with sapphires. Isa 54 12 And I will make your pinnacles of agates, and your gates of carbuncles, and all your walls of precious stones. Isa 54 13 And all your children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of your children. Isa 54 14 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. Isa 54 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not from me: whosoever shall gather together against you shall fall for your sake. Isa 54 16 Behold, I have created the blacksmith that blows the coals in the fire, and that brings forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the destroyer to destroy. Isa 54 17 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, says the LORD. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 55 Isa 55 1 Ho, everyone that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isa 55 2 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness. Isa 55 3 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. Isa 55 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. Isa 55 5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you know not, and nations that knew not you shall run unto you because of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you. Isa 55 6 Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you upon him while he is near: Isa 55 7 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. Isa 55 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD. Isa 55 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isa 55 10 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and returns not there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: Isa 55 11 So shall my word be that goes 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 for which I sent it. Isa 55 12 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. Isa 55 13 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, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 56 Isa 56 1 Thus says the LORD, Keep justice, and do righteousness: for my salvation is soon to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. Isa 56 2 Blessed is the man that does this, and the son of man that lays hold on it; that keeps the sabbath from defiling it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil. Isa 56 3 Neither let the son of the foreigner, 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. Isa 56 4 For thus says the LORD: Unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; Isa 56 5 Even unto 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. Isa 56 6 Also the sons of the foreigner, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, everyone that keeps the sabbath from defiling it, and takes hold of my covenant; Isa 56 7 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 my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all people. Isa 56 8 The Lord GOD who gathers the outcasts of Israel says, Yet will I gather others to him, besides those that are gathered unto him. Isa 56 9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all you beasts in the forest. Isa 56 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Isa 56 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs who can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, everyone for his gain, from his own quarter. Isa 56 12 Come you, they say, I will bring wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 57 Isa 57 1 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. Isa 57 2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. Isa 57 3 But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the descendants of the adulterer and the harlot. Isa 57 4 Against whom do you make sport? against whom do you open your mouth wide, and stick out the tongue? are you not children of transgression, offspring of falsehood, Isa 57 5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? Isa 57 6 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 grain offering. Should I receive comfort in these? Isa 57 7 Upon a lofty and high mountain have you set your bed: even there you went up to offer sacrifice. Isa 57 8 Behind the doors also and the doorposts have you set up your symbol: for you have uncovered yourself to another than me, and have gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them; you loved their bed where you saw it. Isa 57 9 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 unto sheol. Isa 57 10 You are wearied in the length of your way; yet you said not, There is no hope: you have found the life of your own hand; therefore you were not grieved. Isa 57 11 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? Isa 57 12 I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not profit you. Isa 57 13 When you cry, let your collection of idols 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; Isa 57 14 And it shall be said, Heap it up, heap it up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people. Isa 57 15 For thus says 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. Isa 57 16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. Isa 57 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him: I hid myself, and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart. Isa 57 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. Isa 57 19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, says the LORD; and I will heal him. Isa 57 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Isa 57 21 There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 58 Isa 58 1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Isa 58 2 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 God. Isa 58 3 Why have we fasted, they say, 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 exploit all your laborers. Isa 58 4 Behold, you fast for strife and debate, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Isa 58 5 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? Isa 58 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? Isa 58 7 Is it not to share your bread with 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? Isa 58 8 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. Isa 58 9 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 midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness; Isa 58 10 And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in the darkness, and your darkness be as the noon day: Isa 58 11 And the LORD shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. Isa 58 12 And they from among 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 streets to dwell in. Isa 58 13 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: Isa 58 14 Then shall you delight yourself in the LORD; and I will cause you to ride upon the heights of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 59 Isa 59 1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear dull, that it cannot hear: Isa 59 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. Isa 59 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness. Isa 59 4 None calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth: they trust in empty words, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Isa 59 5 They hatch viper's eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eats of their eggs dies, and from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. Isa 59 6 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. Isa 59 7 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. Isa 59 8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their paths: they have made themselves crooked paths: whosoever goes in them shall not know peace. Isa 59 9 Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we wait for light, but behold darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom. Isa 59 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in desolate places as dead men. Isa 59 11 We all growl like bears, and mourn greatly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. Isa 59 12 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; Isa 59 13 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. Isa 59 14 And justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Isa 59 15 Yea, 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 justice. Isa 59 16 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. Isa 59 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. Isa 59 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, retribution to his enemies; to the coastlands he will fully repay. Isa 59 19 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. Isa 59 20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, says the LORD. Isa 59 21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD; My spirit that is upon 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 descendants, nor out of the mouth of your descendant's descendants, says the LORD, from this time forth and forever. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 60 Isa 60 1 Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. Isa 60 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon you, and his glory shall be seen upon you. Isa 60 3 And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Isa 60 4 Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to you: your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be nursed at your side. Isa 60 5 Then you shall see, and flow together, and your heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto you, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto you. Isa 60 6 The multitude of camels shall cover your land, the young camels 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. Isa 60 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto you: they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. Isa 60 8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? Isa 60 9 Surely the coastlands shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you. Isa 60 10 And the sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister unto you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you. Isa 60 11 Therefore your gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto you the wealth of the Gentiles, and their kings in procession. Isa 60 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. Isa 60 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto you, the cypress, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. Isa 60 14 The sons also of them that afflicted you shall come bending low unto 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. Isa 60 15 Although you have been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through you, I will make you an eternal excellence, a joy of many generations. Isa 60 16 You shall also drink the milk of the Gentiles, and shall be nursed at the breast of kings: and you shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. Isa 60 17 For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood bronze, and for stones iron: I will also make your officers peace, and your rulers righteousness. Isa 60 18 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. Isa 60 19 The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto you: but the LORD shall be unto you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. Isa 60 20 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. Isa 60 21 Your people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. Isa 60 22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in its time. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 61 Isa 61 1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings unto 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; Isa 61 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; Isa 61 3 To provide for 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. Isa 61 4 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. Isa 61 5 And foreigners shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. Isa 61 6 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. Isa 61 7 Instead of your shame you shall have double; and instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. Isa 61 8 For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery with a burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Isa 61 9 And their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the descendants whom the LORD has blessed. Isa 61 10 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. Isa 61 11 For as the earth brings forth its 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, Chapter 62 Isa 62 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness goes forth as brightness, and its salvation as a lamp that burns. Isa 62 2 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. Isa 62 3 You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. Isa 62 4 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. Isa 62 5 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. Isa 62 6 I have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never hold their peace day nor night: you that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence. Isa 62 7 And give him no rest, till he establishes, and till he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. Isa 62 8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your wine, for which you have labored: Isa 62 9 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. Isa 62 10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the people; build up, build up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the people. Isa 62 11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed unto the ends of the earth, Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. Isa 62 12 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, Chapter 63 Isa 63 1 Who is this that comes 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. Isa 63 2 Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like him that treads in the winepress? Isa 63 3 I have trodden the winepress 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 upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. Isa 63 4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come. Isa 63 5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. Isa 63 6 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. Isa 63 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses 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 lovingkindnesses. Isa 63 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Savior. Isa 63 9 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. Isa 63 10 But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. Isa 63 11 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 them? Isa 63 12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? Isa 63 13 That led them through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? Isa 63 14 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. Isa 63 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where is your zeal and your strength, the yearning of your heart and of your mercies toward me? are they restrained? Isa 63 16 Doubtless you are our father, though Abraham is ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledges us not: you, O LORD, are our father, our redeemer; your name is from everlasting. Isa 63 17 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. Isa 63 18 The people of your holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary. Isa 63 19 We are yours: you never bore rule over them; they were not called by your name. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 64 Isa 64 1 Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence. Isa 64 2 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! Isa 64 3 When you did terrible things which we looked not for, you came down, the mountains flowed down at your presence. Isa 64 4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides you, what he has prepared for him that waits for him. Isa 64 5 You meet him that rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember you in your ways: behold, you are angry; for we have sinned: in those ways is continuance, and we shall be saved. Isa 64 6 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. Isa 64 7 And there is none that calls upon 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. Isa 64 8 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. Isa 64 9 Be not exceedingly angry, O LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: behold, see, we beseech you, we are all your people. Isa 64 10 Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Isa 64 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. Isa 64 12 Will you restrain yourself for these things, O LORD? will you hold your peace, and afflict us very severely? ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 65 Isa 65 1 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. Isa 65 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; Isa 65 3 A people that provoke me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon altars of brick; Isa 65 4 Who remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, who eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Isa 65 5 Who say, Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day. Isa 65 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, even repay into their bosom, Isa 65 7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says the LORD, who have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom. Isa 65 8 Thus says the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. Isa 65 9 And I will bring forth a descendant out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and my elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. Isa 65 10 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. Isa 65 11 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 unto that number. Isa 65 12 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 in which I delighted not. Isa 65 13 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 ashamed: Isa 65 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for anquish of spirit. Isa 65 15 And you shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay you, and call his servants by another name: Isa 65 16 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. Isa 65 17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Isa 65 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. Isa 65 19 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. Isa 65 20 There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man that has not fulfilled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old; but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. Isa 65 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. Isa 65 22 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. Isa 65 23 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. Isa 65 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. Isa 65 25 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 nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says the LORD. ------------------------Isaiah, Chapter 66 Isa 66 1 Thus says the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? Isa 66 2 For all those things has my hand made, and all those things have been, says 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. Isa 66 3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog's neck; he that offers a grain offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations. Isa 66 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon 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. Isa 66 5 Hear the word of the LORD, you 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. Isa 66 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that renders recompense to his enemies. Isa 66 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. Isa 66 8 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. Isa 66 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? says your God. Isa 66 10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her: Isa 66 11 That you may nurse, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. Isa 66 12 For thus says 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 nurse, you shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. Isa 66 13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. Isa 66 14 And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the grass: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. Isa 66 15 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. Isa 66 16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. Isa 66 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens following one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, says the LORD. Isa 66 18 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. Isa 66 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those of them that escape unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the coastlands afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. Isa 66 20 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 camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. Isa 66 21 And I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says the LORD. Isa 66 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your descendants and your name remain. Isa 66 23 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, says the LORD. Isa 66 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the corpses 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 abhorrence unto all flesh. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 1 Jer 1 1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: Jer 1 2 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. Jer 1 3 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. Jer 1 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jer 1 5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations. Jer 1 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. Jer 1 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you you shall speak. Jer 1 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD. Jer 1 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. Jer 1 10 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. Jer 1 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what see you? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Jer 1 12 Then said the LORD unto me, You have well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. Jer 1 13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What see you? And I said, I see a boiling pot; and it is facing away from the north. Jer 1 14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. Jer 1 15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set everyone his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about, and against all the cities of Judah. Jer 1 16 And I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands. Jer 1 17 You therefore prepare yourself, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command you: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them. Jer 1 18 For, behold, I have made you this day a fenced city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. Jer 1 19 And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 2 Jer 2 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jer 2 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your betrothal, when you followed me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Jer 2 3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, says the LORD. Jer 2 4 Hear you the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Jer 2 5 Thus says the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? Jer 2 6 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? Jer 2 7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. Jer 2 8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. Jer 2 9 Therefore I will yet plead with you, says the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. Jer 2 10 For pass over the coasts of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. Jer 2 11 Has a nation changed its gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. Jer 2 12 Be astonished, O you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you very desolate, says the LORD. Jer 2 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed themselves out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. Jer 2 14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he plundered? Jer 2 15 The young lions roared upon him, and growled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. Jer 2 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahpanes have broken the crown of your head. Jer 2 17 Have you not brought this unto yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way? Jer 2 18 And now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? Jer 2 19 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, says the Lord GOD of hosts. Jer 2 20 For from of old I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands; and you said, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree you wander, playing the harlot. Jer 2 21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a wild vine unto me? Jer 2 22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord GOD. Jer 2 23 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; Jer 2 24 A wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs in the wind in her desire; in her mating time who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. Jer 2 25 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. Jer 2 26 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, Jer 2 27 Saying to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have 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. Jer 2 28 But where are your gods that you have made youself? 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. Jer 2 29 Why will you plead with me? you all have transgressed against me, says the LORD. Jer 2 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. Jer 2 31 O generation, see you the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? why say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto you? Jer 2 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. Jer 2 33 Why beautify your way to seek love? therefore have you also taught the wicked ones your ways. Jer 2 34 Also on your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but plainly upon all these things. Jer 2 35 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. Jer 2 36 Why gad you about so much to change your way? you also shall be ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assyria. Jer 2 37 Yea, you shall go forth from him, with your hands upon your head: for the LORD has rejected your trusted ones, and you shall not prosper in them. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 3 Jer 3 1 They say, If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man's, may he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says the LORD. Jer 3 2 Lift up your eyes unto the high places, and see where you have not been lain with. In the ways have you sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your harlotries and with your wickedness. Jer 3 3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and you had a harlot's forehead, you refused to be ashamed. Jer 3 4 Will you not from this time cry unto me, My father, you are the guide of my youth? Jer 3 5 Will he reserve his anger forever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done all the evil things that you could. Jer 3 6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she has gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot. Jer 3 7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn you unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. Jer 3 8 And I saw, when for all the causes for which 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. Jer 3 9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her harlotry, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with trees. Jer 3 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned unto me with her whole heart, but in pretense, says the LORD. Jer 3 11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel has justified herself more than treacherous Judah. Jer 3 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, says the LORD, and I will not keep anger forever. Jer 3 13 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, says the LORD. Jer 3 14 Turn, O backsliding children, says the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion: Jer 3 15 And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. Jer 3 16 And it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says 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. Jer 3 17 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 hearts. Jer 3 18 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. Jer 3 19 But I said, How shall I put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, You shall call me, My father; and shall not turn away from me. Jer 3 20 Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, says the LORD. Jer 3 21 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. Jer 3 22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto you; for you are the LORD our God. Jer 3 23 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. Jer 3 24 For shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. Jer 3 25 We lie down in our shame, and our disgrace covers 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, Chapter 4 Jer 4 1 If you will return, O Israel, says the LORD, return unto me: and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight, then shall you not be moved. Jer 4 2 And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. Jer 4 3 For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Jer 4 4 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. Jer 4 5 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 fortified cities. Jer 4 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: take refuge, delay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. Jer 4 7 The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he has gone forth from his place to make your land desolate; and your cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. Jer 4 8 For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail: for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned back from us. Jer 4 9 And it shall come to pass at that day, says 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. Jer 4 10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; when the sword reaches unto the soul. Jer 4 11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places blows in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, Jer 4 12 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. Jer 4 13 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 ruined. Jer 4 14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you? Jer 4 15 For a voice declares from Dan, and proclaims affliction from mount Ephraim. Jer 4 16 Make mention to the nations; behold, proclaim against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah. Jer 4 17 Like keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she has been rebellious against me, says the LORD. Jer 4 18 Your way and your doings have procured these things unto you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches unto your heart. Jer 4 19 My soul, my soul! 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. Jer 4 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is plundered: suddenly are my tents plundered, and my curtains in a moment. Jer 4 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? Jer 4 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are stupid children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have no knowledge. Jer 4 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. Jer 4 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro. Jer 4 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. Jer 4 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. Jer 4 27 For thus has the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. Jer 4 28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not relent, neither will I turn back from it. Jer 4 29 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 in it. Jer 4 30 And when you are plundered, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with crimson, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain shall you make yourself fair; your lovers will despise you, they will seek your life. Jer 4 31 For I have heard a voice like a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewails herself, that spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 5 Jer 5 1 Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its broad places, if you can find a man, if there is any that executes justice, that seeks the truth; and I will pardon it. Jer 5 2 And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely. Jer 5 3 O LORD, are not your eyes upon 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. Jer 5 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the law of their God. Jer 5 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the law of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. Jer 5 6 Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the desert shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: everyone that goes out there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. Jer 5 7 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. Jer 5 8 They were as fed horses in the morning: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife. Jer 5 9 Shall I not punish for these things? says the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Jer 5 10 Go you up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not the LORD'S. Jer 5 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD. Jer 5 12 They have lied about the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: Jer 5 13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. Jer 5 14 Therefore thus says 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. Jer 5 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from afar, O house of Israel, says the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you know not, neither understand what they say. Jer 5 16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. Jer 5 17 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 fortified cities, in which you trusted, with the sword. Jer 5 18 Nevertheless in those days, says the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. Jer 5 19 And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Why does the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shall you answer them, Like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours. Jer 5 20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, Jer 5 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not: Jer 5 22 Fear you not me? says the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, who has placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though its waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? Jer 5 23 But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone away. Jer 5 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season: he reserves unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. Jer 5 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you. Jer 5 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men. Jer 5 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich. Jer 5 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yea, they pass over 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 defend. Jer 5 29 Shall I not punish for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Jer 5 30 An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land; Jer 5 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their own power; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end? ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 6 Jer 6 1 O you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal of fire in Beth-haccherem: for evil appears out of the north, and great destruction. Jer 6 2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a lovely and delicate woman. Jer 6 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed everyone in his own place. Jer 6 4 Prepare you war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are lengthening. Jer 6 5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. Jer 6 6 For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Hew you down trees, and cast a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be punished; she is full of oppression in the midst of her. Jer 6 7 As a fountain casts out her waters, so she casts out her wickedness: violence and plundering are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds. Jer 6 8 Be you instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited. Jer 6 9 Thus says 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. Jer 6 10 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. Jer 6 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children in the street, 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. Jer 6 12 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, says the LORD. Jer 6 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest everyone deals falsely. Jer 6 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Jer 6 15 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 punish them they shall be cast down, says the LORD. Jer 6 16 Thus says the LORD, Stand you in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it. Jer 6 17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. Jer 6 18 Therefore hear, you nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. Jer 6 19 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. Jer 6 20 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 unto me. Jer 6 21 Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish. Jer 6 22 Thus says the LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the ends of the earth. Jer 6 23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against you, O daughter of Zion. Jer 6 24 We have heard the report of it: our hands grow feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. Jer 6 25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. Jer 6 26 O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth, and roll yourself about in ashes: make yourself mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. Jer 6 27 I have set you for a tester and a fortress among my people, that you may know and test their way. Jer 6 28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters. Jer 6 29 The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; the smelter refines in vain: for the wicked are not removed. Jer 6 30 Rejected silver shall men call them, because the LORD has rejected them. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 7 Jer 7 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Jer 7 2 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, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD. Jer 7 3 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. Jer 7 4 Trust you not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. Jer 7 5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; Jer 7 6 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: Jer 7 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever. Jer 7 8 Behold, you trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Jer 7 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom you know not; Jer 7 10 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? Jer 7 11 Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD. Jer 7 12 But go you 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. Jer 7 13 And now, because you have done all these works, says the LORD, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, but you heard not; and I called you, but you answered not; Jer 7 14 Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, in which you trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. Jer 7 15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole descendants of Ephraim. Jer 7 16 Therefore pray not for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear you. Jer 7 17 See you not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? Jer 7 18 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. Jer 7 19 Do they provoke me to anger? says the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the shame of their own faces? Jer 7 20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, my 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. Jer 7 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Add your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat the flesh. Jer 7 22 For I spoke 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: Jer 7 23 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 unto you. Jer 7 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil hearts, and went backward, and not forward. Jer 7 25 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: Jer 7 26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. Jer 7 27 Therefore you shall speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to you: you shall also call unto them; but they will not answer you. Jer 7 28 But you shall say unto them, This is a nation that obeys not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receives correction: truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth. Jer 7 29 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. Jer 7 30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, says the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it. Jer 7 31 And 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 commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. Jer 7 32 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there is no room. Jer 7 33 And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away. Jer 7 34 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, Chapter 8 Jer 8 1 At that time, says 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: Jer 8 2 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 worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for refuse upon the face of the earth. Jer 8 3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the rest of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places where I have driven them, says the LORD of hosts. Jer 8 4 Moreover you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD; Shall they fall, and not rise? shall he turn away, and not return? Jer 8 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. Jer 8 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spoke not aright: no man repented himself of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turned to his own course, as the horse rushes into the battle. Jer 8 7 Yea, the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of the LORD. Jer 8 8 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly he made it falsely; the pen of the scribes made it a lie. Jer 8 9. he wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? Jer 8 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for everyone from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest everyone deals falsely. Jer 8 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Jer 8 12 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 punishment they shall be cast down, says the LORD. Jer 8 13 I will surely consume them, says 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. Jer 8 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. Jer 8 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! Jer 8 16 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 in it. Jer 8 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the LORD. Jer 8 18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. Jer 8 19 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 foreign idols? Jer 8 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. Jer 8 21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am mourning; dismay has taken hold on me. Jer 8 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then has not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 9 Jer 9 1 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! Jer 9 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for wayfaring men; that I might leave my people and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. Jer 9 3 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, says the LORD. Jer 9 4 Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and trust you not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders. Jer 9 5 And they will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. Jer 9 6 Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says the LORD. Jer 9 7 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will refine them, and test them; for how shall I deal with the daughter of my people? Jer 9 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait. Jer 9 9 Shall I not visit them for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Jer 9 10 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 beasts are fled; they are gone. Jer 9 11 And I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, and a den of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jer 9 12 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 why is the land perished and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passes through? Jer 9 13 And the LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked in it; Jer 9 14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: Jer 9 15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water poisonous to drink. Jer 9 16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. Jer 9 17 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for skillful women, that they may come: Jer 9 18 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 water. Jer 9 19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we plundered! we are greatly ashamed, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. Jer 9 20 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 everyone her neighbor lamentation. Jer 9 21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the squares. Jer 9 22 Speak, Thus says the LORD, Even the dead bodies of men shall fall as refuse upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them. Jer 9 23 Thus says 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: Jer 9 24 But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD. Jer 9 25 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will punish all them who are circumcised with the uncircumcised; Jer 9 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the farthest corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 10 Jer 10 1 Hear you the word which the LORD speaks unto you, O house of Israel: Jer 10 2 Thus says the LORD, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them. Jer 10 3 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 axe. Jer 10 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it moves not. Jer 10 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must 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. Jer 10 6 Since as there is none like unto you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might. Jer 10 7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for to you is it due: since among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto you. Jer 10 8 But they are altogether senseless and foolish: the wooden idol is a doctrine of vanities. Jer 10 9 Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman, and of the hands of the goldsmith: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skillful men. Jer 10 10 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 endure his indignation. Jer 10 11 Thus shall you 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. Jer 10 12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens at his discretion. Jer 10 13 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 lightnings with rain, and brings forth the wind out of his storehouses. Jer 10 14 Every man is senseless in his knowledge: every goldsmith is put to shame by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. Jer 10 15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their judgment they shall perish. Jer 10 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name. Jer 10 17 Gather up your wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. Jer 10 18 For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may find it so. Jer 10 19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. Jer 10 20 My tent is plundered, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent anymore, and to set up my curtains. Jer 10 21 For the shepherds have become senseless, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. Jer 10 22 Behold, the noise of the report has come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of jackals. Jer 10 23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps. Jer 10 24 O LORD, correct me, but with justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing. Jer 10 25 Pour out your fury upon the nations that know you not, and upon 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, Chapter 11 Jer 11 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Jer 11 2 Hear you the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; Jer 11 3 And say you unto them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeys not the words of this covenant, Jer 11 4 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: Jer 11 5 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. Jer 11 6 Then the LORD said unto 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. Jer 11 7 For I earnestly warned your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and warning, saying, Obey my voice. Jer 11 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked everyone in the imagination of his 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. Jer 11 9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Jer 11 10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who 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. Jer 11 11 Therefore thus says 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. Jer 11 12 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. Jer 11 13 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 unto Baal. Jer 11 14 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 unto me for their trouble. Jer 11 15 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. Jer 11 16 The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, fair, and with good fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. Jer 11 17 For the LORD of hosts, who 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 unto Baal. Jer 11 18 And the LORD has given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then you showed me their doings. Jer 11 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not 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 may be no more remembered. Jer 11 20 But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I revealed my cause. Jer 11 21 Therefore thus says 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: Jer 11 22 Therefore thus says 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: Jer 11 23 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their judgment. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 12 Jer 12 1 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? Jer 12 2 You have planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart. Jer 12 3 But you, O LORD, know me: you have seen me, and tested my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. Jer 12 4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end. Jer 12 5 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, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the jungle of the Jordan? Jer 12 6 For even your brethren, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; yea, they have called a multitude after you: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto you. Jer 12 7 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. Jer 12 8 My heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against me: therefore have I hated it. Jer 12 9 My heritage is unto me like a speckled bird of prey, the birds round about are against her; come you, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. Jer 12 10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. Jer 12 11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourns unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart. Jer 12 12 The plunderers have 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. Jer 12 13 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 harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD. Jer 12 14 Thus says 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. Jer 12 15 And it shall come to pass, after 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. Jer 12 16 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 midst of my people. Jer 12 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, says the LORD. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 13 Jer 13 1 Thus says the LORD unto me, Go and buy you a linen belt, and put it upon your waist, and put it not in water. Jer 13 2 So I bought a belt according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my waist. Jer 13 3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, Jer 13 4 Take the belt that you have bought, which is upon your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole in the rock. Jer 13 5 So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. Jer 13 6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there. Jer 13 7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the belt was ruined, it was profitable for nothing. Jer 13 8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jer 13 9 Thus says the LORD, After this manner will I ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. Jer 13 10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is good for nothing. Jer 13 11 For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so have I caused to cling unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says 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. Jer 13 12 Therefore you shall speak unto them this word; Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Every wineskin shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto you, Do we not certainly know that every wineskin shall be filled with wine? Jer 13 13 Then shall you say unto them, Thus says 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. Jer 13 14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. Jer 13 15 Hear you, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken. Jer 13 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness. Jer 13 17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive. Jer 13 18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your rule shall come down, even the crown of your glory. Jer 13 19 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. Jer 13 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock? Jer 13 21 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? Jer 13 22 And if you say in your heart, Why come these things upon me? For the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered, and your heels made bare. Jer 13 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, that are accustomed to doing evil. Jer 13 24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness. Jer 13 25 This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, says the LORD; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. Jer 13 26 Therefore will I uncover your skirts over your face, that your shame may appear. Jer 13 27 I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the lewdness of your harlotry, and your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto you, O Jerusalem! will you not be made clean? when shall it be? ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 14 Jer 14 1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought. Jer 14 2 Judah mourns, and its gates languish; they mourn for the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. Jer 14 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones for water: they came to the cisterns, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. Jer 14 4 Because the ground is parched, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. Jer 14 5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. Jer 14 6 And the wild donkeys did stand in the high places, they sniffed at the wind like jackals; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass. Jer 14 7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do it for your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. Jer 14 8 O the hope of Israel, its savior 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? Jer 14 9 Why should you be as a man confused, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet you, O LORD, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; leave us not. Jer 14 10 Thus says the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet, therefore the LORD does not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. Jer 14 11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. Jer 14 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer a burnt offering and a grain offering, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. Jer 14 13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. Jer 14 14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart. Jer 14 15 Therefore thus says 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. Jer 14 16 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. Jer 14 17 Therefore you shall say this word unto them; Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is smitten with a great wound, with a very grievous blow. Jer 14 18 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. Jer 14 19 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! Jer 14 20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against you. Jer 14 21 Do not abhor us, for your name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, break not your covenant with us. Jer 14 22 Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? are not you he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon you: for you have made all these things. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 15 Jer 15 1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not turn toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. Jer 15 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says 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. Jer 15 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, says 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. Jer 15 4 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. Jer 15 5 For who shall have pity upon you, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan you? or who shall go aside to ask how you do? Jer 15 6 You have forsaken me, says the LORD, you are gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against you, and destroy you; I am weary of relenting. Jer 15 7 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. Jer 15 8 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 destroyer at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. Jer 15 9 She that has borne seven languishes: she has breathed her last; her sun has gone down while it was yet day: she has been ashamed and confounded: and the rest of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, says the LORD. Jer 15 10 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 for interest, nor men have lent to me for interest; yet everyone of them does curse me. Jer 15 11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with your remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to treat you well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. Jer 15 12 Can anyone break iron, the northern iron and the bronze? Jer 15 13 Your wealth and your treasures will I give as plunder without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders. Jer 15 14 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 upon you. Jer 15 15 O LORD, you know: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered rebuke. Jer 15 16 Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts. Jer 15 17 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. Jer 15 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you be altogether unto me as a deceitful brook, and as waters that fail? Jer 15 19 Therefore thus says 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 unto you; but return not you unto them. Jer 15 20 And I will make you unto this people a fortified bronze 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, says the LORD. Jer 15 21 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, Chapter 16 Jer 16 1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, Jer 16 2 You shall not take you a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters in this place. Jer 16 3 For thus says 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; Jer 16 4 They shall die grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as refuse upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. Jer 16 5 For thus says 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, says the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. Jer 16 6 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: Jer 16 7 Neither shall men break bread for those 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. Jer 16 8 Also you shall not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink. Jer 16 9 For thus says 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. Jer 16 10 And it shall come to pass, when you shall show this people all these words, and they shall say unto 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? Jer 16 11 Then shall you say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; Jer 16 12 And you have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk everyone after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: Jer 16 13 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. Jer 16 14 Therefore, behold, the days come, says 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; Jer 16 15 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 unto their fathers. Jer 16 16 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says the LORD, and they shall catch them; and afterward 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. Jer 16 17 For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from my eyes. Jer 16 18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled my inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable idols. Jer 16 19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations shall come unto you from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit. Jer 16 20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? Jer 16 21 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, Chapter 17 Jer 17 1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; Jer 17 2 While their children remember their altars and their idols poles by the green trees upon the high hills. Jer 17 3 O my mountain in the field, I will give your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, and your high places for sin, throughout all your borders. Jer 17 4 And you, even yourself, shall let go of 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 forever. Jer 17 5 Thus says the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the LORD. Jer 17 6 For he shall be like the shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited. Jer 17 7 Blessed is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. Jer 17 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when the heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. Jer 17 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jer 17 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Jer 17 11 As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. Jer 17 12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. Jer 17 13 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. Jer 17 14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise. Jer 17 15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now. Jer 17 16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd to follow you: neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was right before you. Jer 17 17 Be not a terror unto me: you are my hope in the day of evil. Jer 17 18 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. Jer 17 19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; Jer 17 20 And say unto 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: Jer 17 21 Thus says the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; Jer 17 22 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. Jer 17 23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. Jer 17 24 And it shall come to pass, if you diligently hearken unto me, says 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 on it; Jer 17 25 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 forever. Jer 17 26 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 grain offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD. Jer 17 27 But if you 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 its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 18 Jer 18 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Jer 18 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words. Jer 18 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he worked a work on the wheels. Jer 18 4 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. Jer 18 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jer 18 6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? says the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. Jer 18 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; Jer 18 8 If that nation, against whom I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will change from the evil that I thought to do unto them. Jer 18 9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; Jer 18 10 If it does evil in my sight, that it obeys not my voice, then I will change from the good, with which I said I would benefit them. Jer 18 11 Now therefore go, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I am shaping evil against you, and devise a plan against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. Jer 18 12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own plans, and we will everyone do the imagination of his evil heart. Jer 18 13 Therefore thus says the LORD; Ask you now among the nations, who has heard such things: the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing. Jer 18 14 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? Jer 18 15 Because my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to worthless idols, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in pathways, and not on a highway; Jer 18 16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; everyone that passes by it shall be astonished, and shake his head. Jer 18 17 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. Jer 18 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise plots 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 attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. Jer 18 19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of them that contend with me. Jer 18 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them. Jer 18 21 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. Jer 18 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. Jer 18 23 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, Chapter 19 Jer 19 1 Thus says the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen flask, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests; Jer 19 2 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 you, Jer 19 3 And say, Hear you 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 will bring such evil upon this place, that whosoever hears of it, his ears shall tingle. Jer 19 4 Because they have forsaken me, and have profaned 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; Jer 19 5 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 spoke it, neither came it into my mind: Jer 19 6 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. Jer 19 7 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 dead bodies will I give to be food for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. Jer 19 8 And I will make this city desolate, and a hissing; everyone that passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues. Jer 19 9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend in the siege and distress, with which their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall distress them. Jer 19 10 Then shall you break the flask in the sight of the men that go with you, Jer 19 11 And shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Topheth, till there be no place to bury. Jer 19 12 Thus will I do unto this place, says the LORD, and to its inhabitants, and even make this city as Topheth: Jer 19 13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled like the place of Topheth, 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. Jer 19 14 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, Jer 19 15 Thus says 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, Chapter 20 Jer 20 1 Now Pashhur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. Jer 20 2 Then Pashhur struck 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. Jer 20 3 And it came to pass the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD has not called your name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib. Jer 20 4 For thus says 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. Jer 20 5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all its labors, and all its precious things, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall plunder them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. Jer 20 6 And you, Pashhur, 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. Jer 20 7 O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived: you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am in derision daily, everyone mocks me. Jer 20 8 For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and plunder; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. Jer 20 9 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 from holding it back, and I could not. Jer 20 10 For I heard the mocking of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my friends watched for my fall, saying, Perhaps he will be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. Jer 20 11 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. Jer 20 12 But, O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, and sees the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I opened my cause. Jer 20 13 Sing unto the LORD, praise you the LORD: for he has delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. Jer 20 14 Cursed be the day on which I was born: let not the day on which my mother bore me be blessed. Jer 20 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born unto you; making him very glad. Jer 20 16 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; Jer 20 17 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. Jer 20 18 Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 21 Jer 21 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashhur the son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Mahseiah the priest, saying, Jer 21 2 Inquire, I pray you, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar 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. Jer 21 3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah: Jer 21 4 Thus says 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, who besiege you outside the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. Jer 21 5 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. Jer 21 6 And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. Jer 21 7 And afterward, says 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 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. Jer 21 8 And unto this people you shall say, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. Jer 21 9 He that abides 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 unto him for a prize. Jer 21 10 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. Jer 21 11 And concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear you the word of the LORD; Jer 21 12 O house of David, thus says the LORD; Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is plundered 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. Jer 21 13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, says the LORD; who say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? Jer 21 14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in its forest, and it shall devour all things round about it. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 22 Jer 22 1 Thus says the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, Jer 22 2 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sits upon the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people that enter in by these gates: Jer 22 3 Thus says the LORD; Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver the plundered 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. Jer 22 4 For if you 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. Jer 22 5 But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. Jer 22 6 For thus says the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; You are Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make you a wilderness; and cities which are not inhabited. Jer 22 7 And I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons: and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. Jer 22 8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has the LORD done thus unto this great city? Jer 22 9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them. Jer 22 10 Weep not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. Jer 22 11 For thus says the LORD concerning Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went forth out of this place; He shall not return here any more: Jer 22 12 But he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. Jer 22 13 Woe unto him that builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work; Jer 22 14 That says, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cuts him out windows for it; and it is paneled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. Jer 22 15 Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness, and then it was well with him? Jer 22 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD. Jer 22 17 But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. Jer 22 18 Therefore thus says 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! Jer 22 19 He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. Jer 22 20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from the passes: for all your lovers are destroyed. Jer 22 21 I spoke unto 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. Jer 22 22 The wind shall eat up all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then you shall be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness. Jer 22 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makes your nest in the cedars, how gracious shall you be when pangs come upon you, the pain as of a woman in travail! Jer 22 24 As I live, says the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck you from there; Jer 22 25 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 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. Jer 22 26 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. Jer 22 27 But to the land to which they desire to return, there shall they not return. Jer 22 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel in which is no pleasure? why are they cast out, he and his descendants, and are cast into a land which they know not? Jer 22 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. Jer 22 30 Thus says the LORD, Write this man down as childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his descendants shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 23 Jer 23 1 Woe be unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD. Jer 23 2 Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds that feed my people; You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, says the LORD. Jer 23 3 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. Jer 23 4 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, says the LORD. Jer 23 5 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the earth. Jer 23 6 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. Jer 23 7 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; Jer 23 8 But, The LORD lives, who brought up and who led the descendants 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. Jer 23 9 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. Jer 23 10 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 might is not right. Jer 23 11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, says the LORD. Jer 23 12 Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall in it: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their punishment, says the LORD. Jer 23 13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. Jer 23 14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem a 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 unto me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah. Jer 23 15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the poisonous water: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has profaneness gone forth into all the land. Jer 23 16 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you worthless: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. Jer 23 17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD has said, You shall have peace; and they say unto everyone that walks after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. Jer 23 18 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? Jer 23 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. Jer 23 20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has executed, and till he has performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it perfectly. Jer 23 21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. Jer 23 22 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. Jer 23 23 Am I a God at hand, says the LORD, and not a God afar off? Jer 23 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the LORD. Jer 23 25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. Jer 23 26 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; Jer 23 27 Who 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. Jer 23 28 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? says the LORD. Jer 23 29 Is not my word like a fire? says the LORD; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? Jer 23 30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says the LORD, that steal my words everyone from his neighbor. Jer 23 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, says the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He says. Jer 23 32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, says the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their recklessness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says the LORD. Jer 23 33 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 unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, says the LORD. Jer 23 34 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. Jer 23 35 Thus shall you say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, What has the LORD answered? and, What has the LORD spoken? Jer 23 36 And the burden of the LORD shall you mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. Jer 23 37 Thus shall you say to the prophet, What has the LORD answered you? and, What has the LORD spoken? Jer 23 38 But since you say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus says the LORD; Because you say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of the LORD; Jer 23 39 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: Jer 23 40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 24 Jer 24 1 The LORD showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. Jer 24 2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. Jer 24 3 Then said the LORD unto me, What see you, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. Jer 24 4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jer 24 5 Thus says 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. Jer 24 6 For I will set my 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. Jer 24 7 And I will give them a 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. Jer 24 8 And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus says the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the rest of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: Jer 24 9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their harm, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them. Jer 24 10 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, Chapter 25 Jer 25 1 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; Jer 25 2 Which Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Jer 25 3 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 has come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but you have not hearkened. Jer 25 4 And the LORD has sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. Jer 25 5 They said, Turn you again now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given unto you and to your fathers forever and ever: Jer 25 6 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 harm. Jer 25 7 Yet you have not hearkened unto me, says the LORD; that you might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own harm. Jer 25 8 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts; Because you have not heard my words, Jer 25 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. Jer 25 10 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 lamp. Jer 25 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Jer 25 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, says the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. Jer 25 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that are written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. Jer 25 14 For many nations and great kings shall be served by them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. Jer 25 15 For thus says the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury from my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. Jer 25 16 And they shall drink, and stagger, and go mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Jer 25 17 Then took I the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: Jer 25 18 Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; Jer 25 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; Jer 25 20 And all the foreign 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, Jer 25 21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, Jer 25 22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea, Jer 25 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the farthest corners, Jer 25 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people that dwell in the desert, Jer 25 25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, Jer 25 26 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. Jer 25 27 Therefore you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. Jer 25 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then shall you say unto them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; You shall certainly drink. Jer 25 29 For, lo, 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 upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts. Jer 25 30 Therefore prophesy 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. Jer 25 31 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, says the LORD. Jer 25 32 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the farthest parts of the earth. Jer 25 33 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 refuse upon the ground. Jer 25 34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, you leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are come; and you shall fall like a choice vessel. Jer 25 35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape. Jer 25 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a wailing of the leaders of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD has plundered their pasture. Jer 25 37 And the peaceful habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. Jer 25 38 He has forsaken his lair, like a lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 26 Jer 26 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, Jer 26 2 Thus says 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 you to speak unto them; diminish not a word: Jer 26 3 It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may relent concerning the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. Jer 26 4 And you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD; If you will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, Jer 26 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but you have not hearkened; Jer 26 6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. Jer 26 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. Jer 26 8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had finished 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, You shall surely die. Jer 26 9 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. Jer 26 10 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 entrance of the new gate of the LORD'S house. Jer 26 11 Then spoke the priests and the prophets unto 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. Jer 26 12 Then spoke 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 you have heard. Jer 26 13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will relent concerning the evil that he has pronounced against you. Jer 26 14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seems good and right unto you. Jer 26 15 But know you for certain, that if you put me to death, you shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon its inhabitants: for of a truth the LORD has sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears. Jer 26 16 Then said the princes and all the people unto 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. Jer 26 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying, Jer 26 18 Micah the Moresthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, 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 as the high places of a forest. Jer 26 19 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 relented himself of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. Jer 26 20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: Jer 26 21 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 Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; Jer 26 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. Jer 26 23 And they brought forth Uriah 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. Jer 26 24 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, Chapter 27 Jer 27 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Jer 27 2 Thus says the LORD to me; Make yourself bonds and yokes, and put them upon your neck, Jer 27 3 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 Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; Jer 27 4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall you say unto your masters; Jer 27 5 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 right unto me. Jer 27 6 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. Jer 27 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his own land comes: and then many nations and great kings shall enslave him. Jer 27 8 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, says the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. Jer 27 9 Therefore hearken not you to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: Jer 27 10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and you should perish. Jer 27 11 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, says the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell in it. Jer 27 12 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. Jer 27 13 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? Jer 27 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. Jer 27 15 For I have not sent them, says 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 unto you. Jer 27 16 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says 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. Jer 27 17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste? Jer 27 18 But if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is 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. Jer 27 19 For thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the stands, and concerning the rest of the vessels that remain in this city, Jer 27 20 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; Jer 27 21 Yea, thus says 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; Jer 27 22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, says the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 28 Jer 28 1 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 Azzur the prophet, who was from Gibeon, spoke unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, Jer 28 2 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Jer 28 3 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: Jer 28 4 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, says the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. Jer 28 5 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, Jer 28 6 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'S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. Jer 28 7 Nevertheless hear you now this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people; Jer 28 8 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. Jer 28 9 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. Jer 28 10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it. Jer 28 11 And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus says 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. Jer 28 12 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Jer 28 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says the LORD; You have broken the yokes of wood; but you shall make for them yokes of iron. Jer 28 14 For thus says 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. Jer 28 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie. Jer 28 16 Therefore thus says 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. Jer 28 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 29 Jer 29 1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the rest of the elders who 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; Jer 29 2 (After Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem;) Jer 29 3 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, Jer 29 4 Thus says 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; Jer 29 5 Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; Jer 29 6 Take yourself 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. Jer 29 7 And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in its peace shall you have peace. Jer 29 8 For thus says 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 you cause to be dreamed. Jer 29 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, says the LORD. Jer 29 10 For thus says the LORD, That after seventy years are accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. Jer 29 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jer 29 12 Then shall you call upon me, and you shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. Jer 29 13 And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart. Jer 29 14 And I will be found of you, says 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, says the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive. Jer 29 15 Because you have said, The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon; Jer 29 16 Know that thus says the LORD of the king that sits upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwell in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; Jer 29 17 Thus says 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 bad. Jer 29 18 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 a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them: Jer 29 19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, says the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, says the LORD. Jer 29 20 Hear you therefore the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: Jer 29 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Mahseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; Jer 29 22 And because of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; Jer 29 23 Because they have committed folly 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, says the LORD. Jer 29 24 Thus shall you also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, Jer 29 25 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because you have sent letters in your name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Mahseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, Jer 29 26 The LORD has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that you should be officers in the house of the LORD, over every man that is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in prison, and in the stocks. Jer 29 27 Now therefore why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you? Jer 29 28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build yourselves houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. Jer 29 29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet. Jer 29 30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, Jer 29 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because Shemaiah has prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: Jer 29 32 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his descendants: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, says the LORD; because he has taught rebellion against the LORD. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 30 Jer 30 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Jer 30 2 Thus speaks the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write you all the words that I have spoken unto you in a book. Jer 30 3 For, lo, the days come, says the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of 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 shall possess it. Jer 30 4 And these are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah. Jer 30 5 For thus says the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. Jer 30 6 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? Jer 30 7 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. Jer 30 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds, and strangers shall no more enslave them: Jer 30 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. Jer 30 10 Therefore fear you not, O my servant Jacob, says the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save you from afar, and your descendants from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. Jer 30 11 For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet will I not make a full end of you: but I will correct you in just measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished. Jer 30 12 For thus says the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is grievous. Jer 30 13 There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines. Jer 30 14 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. Jer 30 15 Why cry you over your affliction? your sorrow is incurable for the multitude of your iniquity: because your sins were increased, I have done these things unto you. Jer 30 16 Therefore all they that devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and they that plunder you shall be plunder, and all that prey upon you will I make a prey. Jer 30 17 For I will restore health unto you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says the LORD; because they called you an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeks after. Jer 30 18 Thus says the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be built upon its own mound, and the palace shall stand in its proper place. Jer 30 19 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. Jer 30 20 Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. Jer 30 21 And their nobles shall be from 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 devoted his heart to approach unto me? says the LORD. Jer 30 22 And you shall be my people, and I will be your God. Jer 30 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goes forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. Jer 30 24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has done it, and until he has performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 31 Jer 31 1 At the same time, says the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Jer 31 2 Thus says the LORD, The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to give him rest. Jer 31 3 The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you. Jer 31 4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with your timbrels, and shall go forth in the dances of them that make merry. Jer 31 5 You shall yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. Jer 31 6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God. Jer 31 7 For thus says the LORD; Sing 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. Jer 31 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the ends 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 there. Jer 31 9 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, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. Jer 31 10 Hear the word of the LORD, O you nations, and declare it in the coastlands afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock. Jer 31 11 For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. Jer 31 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for grain, 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. Jer 31 13 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. Jer 31 14 And I will fill to the full the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the LORD. Jer 31 15 Thus says 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. Jer 31 16 Thus says the LORD; Restrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears: for your work shall be rewarded, says the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. Jer 31 17 And there is hope in your end, says the LORD, that your children shall come again to their own border. Jer 31 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: restore me, and I shall return; for you are the LORD my God. Jer 31 19 Surely after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck myself upon the thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Jer 31 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart is troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD. Jer 31 21 Set up signposts, make yourself landmarks: set your heart toward the highway, even the way which you went: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities. Jer 31 22 How long will you go about, O you backsliding daughter? for the LORD has created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall protect a man. Jer 31 23 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Yet again they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless you, O home of justice, and mountain of holiness. Jer 31 24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all its cities together, farmers, and they that go forth with flocks. Jer 31 25 For I have fully satisfied the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. Jer 31 26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. Jer 31 27 Behold, the days come, says 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. Jer 31 28 And it shall come to pass, that 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, says the LORD. Jer 31 29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. Jer 31 30 But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eats the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. Jer 31 31 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Jer 31 32 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; my covenant which they broke, although I was a husband unto them, says the LORD: Jer 31 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says 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. Jer 31 34 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 unto the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Jer 31 35 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 divides the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: Jer 31 36 If those fixed orders depart from before me, says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever. Jer 31 37 Thus says the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the descendants of Israel for all that they have done, says the LORD. Jer 31 38 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that the city shall be built for the LORD from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner. Jer 31 39 And the measuring line shall yet go straight over to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah. Jer 31 40 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 forever. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 32 Jer 32 1 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. Jer 32 2 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. Jer 32 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; Jer 32 4 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; Jer 32 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, says the LORD: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper. Jer 32 6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jer 32 7 Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come unto you, saying, Buy my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is yours to buy it. Jer 32 8 So Hanamel my 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 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. Jer 32 9 And I bought the field of Hanamel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. Jer 32 10 And I signed the deed, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. Jer 32 11 So I took the deed of purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: Jer 32 12 And I gave the deed of purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that signed the deed of purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. Jer 32 13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying, Jer 32 14 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these deeds, this deed of purchase, which is sealed, and this deed which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days. Jer 32 15 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. Jer 32 16 Now when I had delivered the deed of purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, Jer 32 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm, and there is nothing too hard for you: Jer 32 18 You show lovingkindness unto 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, Jer 32 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: Jer 32 20 Who has set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and have made yourself a name, as at this day; Jer 32 21 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 an outstretched arm, and with great terror; Jer 32 22 And have given them this land, which you did swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; Jer 32 23 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 disaster to come upon them: Jer 32 24 Behold the siege mounds, they have 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 you have spoken has come to pass; and, behold, you see it. Jer 32 25 And you have said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. Jer 32 26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, Jer 32 27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? Jer 32 28 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: Jer 32 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire to 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. Jer 32 30 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, says the LORD. Jer 32 31 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 unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, Jer 32 32 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. Jer 32 33 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. Jer 32 34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. Jer 32 35 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. Jer 32 36 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 the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; Jer 32 37 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 unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: Jer 32 38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: Jer 32 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: Jer 32 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Jer 32 41 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. Jer 32 42 For thus says the LORD; As I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. Jer 32 43 And fields shall be bought in this land, of which you say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. Jer 32 44 Men shall buy fields for money, and sign deeds, 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, says the LORD. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 33 Jer 33 1 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, Jer 33 2 Thus says the LORD the maker of the earth, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; Jer 33 3 Call unto me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not. Jer 33 4 For thus says 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 siege mounds, and by the sword; Jer 33 5 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, all for whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. Jer 33 6 Behold, I will bring it health and healing, and I will heal them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. Jer 33 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. Jer 33 8 And 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, and by which they have transgressed against me. Jer 33 9 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 unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I provide for it. Jer 33 10 Thus says 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, Jer 33 11 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 forever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captives of the land, as at the first, says the LORD. Jer 33 12 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all its cities, shall be a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. Jer 33 13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, 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 counts them, says the LORD. Jer 33 14 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. Jer 33 15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. Jer 33 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name by which it shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. Jer 33 17 For thus says the LORD; David shall never lack a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; Jer 33 18 Neither shall the priests, the Levites, lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to burn grain offerings, and to sacrifice continually. Jer 33 19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, Jer 33 20 Thus says 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; Jer 33 21 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. Jer 33 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. Jer 33 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, Jer 33 24 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, as if they should be no more a nation before them. Jer 33 25 Thus says the LORD; If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; Jer 33 26 Then will I cast away the descendants of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 34 Jer 34 1 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 its cities, saying, Jer 34 2 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 will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: Jer 34 3 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. Jer 34 4 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: Jer 34 5 But you shall die in peace: and with the ceremonial fires of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they burn incense for you; and they will lament you, saying, Alas lord! for I have pronounced the word, says the LORD. Jer 34 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, Jer 34 7 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 fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah. Jer 34 8 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; Jer 34 9 That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should enslave them, that is, a Jew his brother. Jer 34 10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that everyone should let his manservant, and everyone his maidservant, go free, that none should enslave them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. Jer 34 11 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. Jer 34 12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Jer 34 13 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, Jer 34 14 At the end of seven years let you go every man his brother, a Hebrew, who has been sold unto you; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. Jer 34 15 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: Jer 34 16 But you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had set at liberty, at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. Jer 34 17 Therefore thus says the LORD; You have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, everyone to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, says 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. Jer 34 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in two, and passed between its parts, Jer 34 19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf; Jer 34 20 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 food unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. Jer 34 21 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 has gone up from you. Jer 34 22 Behold, I will command, says 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, Chapter 35 Jer 35 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, Jer 35 2 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. Jer 35 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; Jer 35 4 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, who was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: Jer 35 5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink wine. Jer 35 6 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 forever: Jer 35 7 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 are sojourners. Jer 35 8 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; Jer 35 9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: Jer 35 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. Jer 35 11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar 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. Jer 35 12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, Jer 35 13 Thus says 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 hearken to my words? says the LORD. Jer 35 14 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 you hearkened not unto me. Jer 35 15 I have sent also unto 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 hearkened unto me. Jer 35 16 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 hearkened unto me: Jer 35 17 Therefore thus says 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. Jer 35 18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus says 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: Jer 35 19 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 forever. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 36 Jer 36 1 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, Jer 36 2 Take you a scroll of a book, and write on it all the words that I have spoken unto you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke unto you, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. Jer 36 3 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. Jer 36 4 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 scroll of a book. Jer 36 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am confined; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: Jer 36 6 Therefore go you, and read in the scroll, which you have 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 you shall read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. Jer 36 7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return everyone from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people. Jer 36 8 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. Jer 36 9 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. Jer 36 10 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 entrance of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people. Jer 36 11 When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, Jer 36 12 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. Jer 36 13 Then Micaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. Jer 36 14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand, and came unto them. Jer 36 15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. Jer 36 16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one to another, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. Jer 36 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth? Jer 36 18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. Jer 36 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go hide, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you are. Jer 36 20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. Jer 36 21 So the king sent Jehudi to bring the scroll: 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 who stood beside the king. Jer 36 22 Now the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. Jer 36 23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four columns, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. Jer 36 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. Jer 36 25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the scroll: but he would not hear them. Jer 36 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and 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. Jer 36 27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the scroll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, Jer 36 28 Take you again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. Jer 36 29 And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus says the LORD; You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from there man and beast? Jer 36 30 Therefore thus says 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. Jer 36 31 And I will punish him and his descendants 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. Jer 36 32 Then took Jeremiah another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote in it 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, Chapter 37 Jer 37 1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. Jer 37 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah. Jer 37 3 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. Jer 37 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. Jer 37 5 Then Pharaoh's army had come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. Jer 37 6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Jer 37 7 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall you say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. Jer 37 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. Jer 37 9 Thus says the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. Jer 37 10 For though you had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. Jer 37 11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans had left from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, Jer 37 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself there in the midst of the people. Jer 37 13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are deserting to the Chaldeans. Jer 37 14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I desert not to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. Jer 37 15 Therefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. Jer 37 16 When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; Jer 37 17 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, he said, you shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. Jer 37 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, How have I offended against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison? Jer 37 19 Where are now your prophets who prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? Jer 37 20 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. Jer 37 21 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 was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 38 Jer 38 1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, Jer 38 2 Thus says 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 prize, and shall live. Jer 38 3 Thus says the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. Jer 38 4 Therefore the princes said unto 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 unto them: for this man seeks not the welfare of this people, but the harm. Jer 38 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not able to do anything against you. Jer 38 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sank in the mire. Jer 38 7 Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; Jer 38 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying, Jer 38 9 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 cistern; and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. Jer 38 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern, before he dies. Jer 38 11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there old clothes and old rags, and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah. Jer 38 12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old clothes and rags under your armpits under the ropes. And Jeremiah did so. Jer 38 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the cistern: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. Jer 38 14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entrance that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask of you a thing; hide nothing from me. Jer 38 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, will you not hearken unto me? Jer 38 16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly unto 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. Jer 38 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If you will assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house: Jer 38 18 But if you will 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 you shall not escape out of their hand. Jer 38 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. Jer 38 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beseech you, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto you: so it shall be well unto you, and your soul shall live. Jer 38 21 But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has shown me: Jer 38 22 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, Your friends have set upon you, and have prevailed against you: your feet have sunk in the mire, and they have turned away from you. Jer 38 23 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. Jer 38 24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die. Jer 38 25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come unto you, and say unto you, Declare unto us now what you have said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said unto you: Jer 38 26 Then you shall 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. Jer 38 27 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 ceased speaking with him; for the conversation had not been heard. Jer 38 28 So Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 39 Jer 39 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. Jer 39 2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken into. Jer 39 3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon. Jer 39 4 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 between the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. Jer 39 5 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. Jer 39 6 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. Jer 39 7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. Jer 39 8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. Jer 39 9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that deserted fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. Jer 39 10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. Jer 39 11 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying, Jer 39 12 Take him, and look well after him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto you. Jer 39 13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban the Rabsaris, and Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon's other officers; Jer 39 14 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. Jer 39 15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Jer 39 16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says 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 you. Jer 39 17 But I will deliver you in that day, says the LORD: and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid. Jer 39 18 For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but your life shall be for a prize unto you: because you have put your trust in me, says the LORD. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 40 Jer 40 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzar-adan 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, who were carried away captive unto Babylon. Jer 40 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD your God has pronounced this evil upon this place. Jer 40 3 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 has come upon you. Jer 40 4 And now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which were upon your hand. If it seems good unto you to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well after you: but if it seems wrong unto you to come with me into Babylon, remain here: behold, all the land is before you: where it seems good and convenient for you to go, there go. Jer 40 5 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 unto you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him rations and a gift, and let him go. Jer 40 6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. Jer 40 7 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 the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; Jer 40 8 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 Maacathite, they and their men. Jer 40 9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore 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. Jer 40 10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, who will come unto 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. Jer 40 11 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; Jer 40 12 Even all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. Jer 40 13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, Jer 40 14 And said unto 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. Jer 40 15 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 who are gathered unto you should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? Jer 40 16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing: for you speak falsely of Ishmael. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 41 Jer 41 1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the royal family, 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. Jer 41 2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. Jer 41 3 Ishmael also killed all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. Jer 41 4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, Jer 41 5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. Jer 41 6 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. Jer 41 7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the midst of a pit, he, and the men that were with him. Jer 41 8 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 refrained, and killed them not with their brethren. Jer 41 9 Now the pit in which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was that which Asa the king had made for defense against Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. Jer 41 10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan 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. Jer 41 11 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, Jer 41 12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great pool that is in Gibeon. Jer 41 13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. Jer 41 14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. Jer 41 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. Jer 41 16 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: Jer 41 17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, on their way to go into Egypt, Jer 41 18 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, Chapter 42 Jer 42 1 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, Jer 42 2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech you, our supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us unto the LORD your God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do behold us:) Jer 42 3 That the LORD your God may show us the way in which we may walk, and the thing that we may do. Jer 42 4 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. Jer 42 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things which the LORD your God shall send by you to us. Jer 42 6 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. Jer 42 7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. Jer 42 8 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, Jer 42 9 And said unto them, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom you sent me to present your supplication before him; Jer 42 10 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 relent concerning the disaster that I have brought upon you. Jer 42 11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; be not afraid of him, says the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. Jer 42 12 And I will show mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. Jer 42 13 But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, Jer 42 14 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: Jer 42 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, you remnant of Judah; Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; Jer 42 16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which you feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, of which you were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die. Jer 42 17 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 disaster that I will bring upon them. Jer 42 18 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As my anger and my fury has been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when you shall enter into Egypt: and you shall be an oath, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more. Jer 42 19 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. Jer 42 20 For you were hypocrites in your hearts, when you 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. Jer 42 21 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 which he has sent me unto you. Jer 42 22 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, Chapter 43 Jer 43 1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had finished 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, Jer 43 2 Then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, You speak falsely: the LORD our God has not sent you to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: Jer 43 3 But Baruch the son of Neriah sets you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. Jer 43 4 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. Jer 43 5 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; Jer 43 6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan 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. Jer 43 7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. Jer 43 8 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, Jer 43 9. ake great stones in your hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick pavement, which is at the entrance of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; Jer 43 10 And say unto them, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar 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. Jer 43 11 And when he comes, he shall strike 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. Jer 43 12 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. Jer 43 13 He shall break also the sacred pillars of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 44 Jer 44 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying, Jer 44 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; You have seen all the destruction that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwells in them, Jer 44 3 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, nor you, nor your fathers. Jer 44 4 Yet I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. Jer 44 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. Jer 44 6 Therefore 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. Jer 44 7 Therefore now thus says 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 infant, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; Jer 44 8 In that you provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have 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? Jer 44 9 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? Jer 44 10 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. Jer 44 11 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for a catastrophe, and to cut off all Judah. Jer 44 12 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 oath, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. Jer 44 13 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: Jer 44 14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but those that shall escape. Jer 44 15 Then all the men who 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, Jer 44 16 As for the word that you have spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto you. Jer 44 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goes 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 food, and were well-off, and saw no evil. Jer 44 18 But since we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. Jer 44 19 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, apart from our husbands? Jer 44 20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people who had given him that answer, saying, Jer 44 21 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? Jer 44 22 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 it is this day. Jer 44 23 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 has happened unto you, as it is this day. Jer 44 24 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: Jer 44 25 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled 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 unto her: you will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. Jer 44 26 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, says 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. Jer 44 27 Behold, I will watch over them for harm, 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 is an end of them. Jer 44 28 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 theirs. Jer 44 29 And this shall be a sign unto you, says the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for harm: Jer 44 30 Thus says the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra 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 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 45 Jer 45 1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke 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, Jer 45 2 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, unto you, O Baruch; Jer 45 3 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. Jer 45 4 Thus shall you say unto him, The LORD says 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. Jer 45 5 And seek you great things for yourself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring disaster upon all flesh, says the LORD: but your life will I give unto you for a prize in all places where you go. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 46 Jer 46 1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the nations; Jer 46 2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. Jer 46 3 Order the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. Jer 46 4 Harness the horses; and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; polish the spears, and put on the armor. Jer 46 5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled in haste, and look not back: for fear was all around, says the LORD. Jer 46 6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. Jer 46 7 Who is this that comes up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? Jer 46 8 Egypt rises up like a flood, and its waters are moved like the rivers; and he says, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and its inhabitants. Jer 46 9 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. Jer 46 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be filled full and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. Jer 46 11 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. Jer 46 12 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. Jer 46 13 The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt. Jer 46 14 Declare you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say you, Stand fast, and prepare you; for the sword shall devour all around you. Jer 46 15 Why are your valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them. Jer 46 16 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. Jer 46 17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has passed the time appointed. Jer 46 18 As I live, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel is by the sea, so shall he come. Jer 46 19 O you daughter dwelling in Egypt, prepare yourself to go into captivity: for Memphis shall become a waste and desolate without an inhabitant. Jer 46 20 Egypt is like a beautiful heifer, but destruction comes; it comes out of the north. Jer 46 21 Also her hired soldiers are in the midst of her like fatted calves; for they also are turned back, and have fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity had come upon them, and the time of their punishment. Jer 46 22 Her sound shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, like hewers of wood. Jer 46 23 They shall cut down her forest, says the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. Jer 46 24 The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. Jer 46 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says; Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings: even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: Jer 46 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says the LORD. Jer 46 27 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 descendants from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. Jer 46 28 Fear you not, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD: for I am with you; for I will make a complete end of all the nations where I have driven you: but I will not make a complete end of you, but correct you in measure; yet will I not leave you entirely unpunished. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 47 Jer 47 1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza. Jer 47 2 Thus says 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 in it; the city, and them that dwell in it: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail. Jer 47 3 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 because of feebleness of hands; Jer 47 4 Because of the day that comes to plunder all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains: for the LORD will plunder the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. Jer 47 5 Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself? Jer 47 6 O you sword of the LORD, how long will it be before you are quiet? put yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still. Jer 47 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD has given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the seashore? there has he appointed it. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 48 Jer 48 1 Against Moab thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is plundered: Kiriathaim is put to shame and taken: the stronghold is put to shame and dismayed. Jer 48 2 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. Jer 48 3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, plundering and great destruction. Jer 48 4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. Jer 48 5 For in the ascent of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. Jer 48 6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the bush in the wilderness. Jer 48 7 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. Jer 48 8 And the plunderer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD has spoken. Jer 48 9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them. Jer 48 10 Cursed is he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed is he that keeps back his sword from blood. Jer 48 11 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his dregs, 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. Jer 48 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will send unto him wine tippers, that shall tip him over, and shall empty his vessels, and break his jars. Jer 48 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence. Jer 48 14 How say you, We are mighty and strong men for the war? Jer 48 15 Moab is plundered, and gone up out of her cities, and her chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. Jer 48 16 The calamity of Moab is near at hand, and his affliction hastens quickly. Jer 48 17 All you that are about him, bemoan him; and all you that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod! Jer 48 18 You daughter that does inhabit Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the plunderer of Moab shall come upon you, and he shall destroy your strongholds. Jer 48 19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch; ask him that flees, and her that escapes, and say, What has happened? Jer 48 20 Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered, Jer 48 21 And judgment has come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath, Jer 48 22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim, Jer 48 23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon, Jer 48 24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. Jer 48 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the LORD. Jer 48 26 Make him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. Jer 48 27 For was not Israel a derision unto you? was he found among thieves? for when you spoke of him, you wagged your head. Jer 48 28 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 cave's mouth. Jer 48 29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceedingly proud) his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. Jer 48 30 I know his wrath, says the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. Jer 48 31 Therefore will I wail for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres. Jer 48 32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer: your plants have gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the plunderer has fallen upon your summer fruit and upon your vintage. Jer 48 33 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. Jer 48 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, like a heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. Jer 48 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says the LORD, he that offers in the high places, and he that burns incense to his gods. Jer 48 36 Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he has gotten have perished. Jer 48 37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be gashes, and upon the loins sackcloth. Jer 48 38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets: for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure, says the LORD. Jer 48 39 They shall wail, saying, How it is broken down! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismay to all them about him. Jer 48 40 For thus says the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle. and shall spread his wings over Moab. Jer 48 41 Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in birth pangs. Jer 48 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the LORD. Jer 48 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the LORD. Jer 48 44 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 upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their punishment, says the LORD. Jer 48 45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of exhaustion: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the brow of Moab, the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. Jer 48 46 Woe be unto you, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perish: for your sons are taken captives, and your daughters captives. Jer 48 47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 49 Jer 49 1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus says the LORD; Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? Jer 49 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, says 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, says the LORD. Jer 49 3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is plundered: cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird yourselves with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro inside the walls; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. Jer 49 4 Why boast yourself in the valleys, your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come against me? Jer 49 5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon you, says the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that are about you; and you shall be driven out every man straight before him; and none shall gather up the fugitives. Jer 49 6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, says the LORD. Jer 49 7 Concerning Edom, thus says the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? has counsel perished from the prudent? has their wisdom vanished? Jer 49 8 Flee you, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will punish him. Jer 49 9 If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. Jer 49 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his descendants are plundered, and his brethren, and his neighbors, and he is not. Jer 49 11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me. Jer 49 12 For thus says the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk; and are you he that shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it. Jer 49 13 For I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes. Jer 49 14 I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the nations, saying, Gather you together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. Jer 49 15 For, lo, I will make you small among the nations, and despised among men. Jer 49 16 Your fierceness 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, says the LORD. Jer 49 17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: everyone that goes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues. Jer 49 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighboring cities, says the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. Jer 49 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the thickets 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 arraign me? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? Jer 49 20 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. Jer 49 21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry its noise was heard at the Red sea. Jer 49 22 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 birth pangs. Jer 49 23 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. Jer 49 24 Damascus has grown feeble, and turns herself to flee, and fear has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. Jer 49 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! Jer 49 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, says the LORD of hosts. Jer 49 27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad. Jer 49 28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall strike, thus says the LORD; Arise, go up to Kedar, and plunder the men of the east. Jer 49 29 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. Jer 49 30 Flee, get far off, dwell in the depths, O you inhabitants of Hazor, says the LORD; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you. Jer 49 31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwells without care, says the LORD, which has neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. Jer 49 32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a plunder: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all its sides, says the LORD. Jer 49 33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for jackals, and a desolation forever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. Jer 49 34 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, Jer 49 35 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. Jer 49 36 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 where the outcasts of Elam shall not come. Jer 49 37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those that seek their life: and I will bring disaster upon them, even my fierce anger, says the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: Jer 49 38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there the king and the princes, says the LORD. Jer 49 39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, says the LORD. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 50 Jer 50 1 The word that the LORD spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. Jer 50 2 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. Jer 50 3 For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it: they shall move, they shall depart, both man and beast. Jer 50 4 In those days, and in that time, says 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. Jer 50 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces toward it, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. Jer 50 6 My people have 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. Jer 50 7 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. Jer 50 8 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks. Jer 50 9 For, lo, I will raise up 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 skilled warrior; none shall return in vain. Jer 50 10 And Chaldea shall be a plunder: all that plunder her shall be satisfied, says the LORD. Jer 50 11 Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, O you destroyers of my heritage, because you have grown fat like a heifer threshing grain, and bellow like bulls; Jer 50 12 Your mother shall be utterly confounded; she that bore you shall be ashamed: behold, the least of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. Jer 50 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: everyone that goes by Babylon shall be appalled, and hiss at all her plagues. Jer 50 14 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. Jer 50 15 Shout against her round about: she has given her hand: her foundations have fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do unto her. Jer 50 16 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 everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land. Jer 50 17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria has devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones. Jer 50 18 Therefore thus says 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. Jer 50 19 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. Jer 50 20 In those days, and in that time, says 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 preserve. Jer 50 21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, says the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded you. Jer 50 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. Jer 50 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations! Jer 50 24 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 contended against the LORD. Jer 50 25 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. Jer 50 26 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. Jer 50 27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day has come, the time of their punishment. Jer 50 28 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. Jer 50 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none of them escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do unto her: for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. Jer 50 30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, says the LORD. Jer 50 31 Behold, I am against you, O you most proud, says the Lord GOD of hosts: for your day has come, the time that I will punish you. Jer 50 32 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. Jer 50 33 Thus says 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. Jer 50 34 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, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon. Jer 50 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, says the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. Jer 50 36 A sword is upon the diviners; and they shall become fools: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. Jer 50 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mixed 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. Jer 50 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad over their idols. Jer 50 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert shall dwell there with the jackals, and the ostriches shall dwell in it: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. Jer 50 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell in it. Jer 50 41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the ends of the earth. Jer 50 42 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 upon horses, everyone set in array, like a man for the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon. Jer 50 43 The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands grew feeble: anguish took hold of him, and birth pangs as of a woman in travail. Jer 50 44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the thickets 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 arraign me? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? Jer 50 45 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. Jer 50 46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. ------------------------Jeremiah, Chapter 51 Jer 51 1 Thus says 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; Jer 51 2 And will send unto Babylon winnowers, that shall winnow her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. Jer 51 3 Against him that bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifts himself up in his armor: and spare you not her young men; destroy you utterly all her army. Jer 51 4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. Jer 51 5 For Israel has not been forsaken, nor Judah by his God, by the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. Jer 51 6 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. Jer 51 7 Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunk: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Jer 51 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. Jer 51 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go everyone into his own country: for her judgment reaches unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. Jer 51 10 The LORD has brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. Jer 51 11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance for his temple. Jer 51 12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD has both purposed and done that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon. Jer 51 13 O you that dwell by many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your covetousness. Jer 51 14 The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts; and they shall lift up a shout against you. Jer 51 15 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. Jer 51 16 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 lightnings with rain, and brings forth the wind out of his storehouses. Jer 51 17 Every man is senseless by his knowledge; every goldsmith is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. Jer 51 18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their judgment they shall perish. Jer 51 19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the maker of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name. Jer 51 20 You are my battle-axe and weapons of war: for with you will I break in pieces the nations, and with you will I destroy kingdoms; Jer 51 21 And with you will I break in pieces the horse and its rider; and with you will I break in pieces the chariot and its rider; Jer 51 22 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 maiden; Jer 51 23 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. Jer 51 24 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, says the LORD. Jer 51 25 Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, says the LORD, who destroy all the earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain. Jer 51 26 And they shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate forever, says the LORD. Jer 51 27 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 Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts. Jer 51 28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, their captains, and all their rulers, and all the land of their dominion. Jer 51 29 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. Jer 51 30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight, they have remained in their strongholds: their might has failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. Jer 51 31 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, Jer 51 32 And that the fords are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are terrified. Jer 51 33 For thus says 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. Jer 51 34 Nebuchadnezzar 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 monster, he has filled his belly with my delicacies, he has cast me out. Jer 51 35 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. Jer 51 36 Therefore thus says 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. Jer 51 37 And Babylon shall become a heap, a dwellingplace for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant. Jer 51 38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall growl as lions' whelps. Jer 51 39 In their excitement I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the LORD. Jer 51 40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats. Jer 51 41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! Jer 51 42 The sea has come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves. Jer 51 43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land in which no man dwells, neither does any son of man pass by there. Jer 51 44 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 unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. Jer 51 45 My people, go you out of the midst of her, and deliver yourselves every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. Jer 51 46 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. Jer 51 47 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. Jer 51 48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for Babylon: for the plunderers shall come unto her from the north, says the LORD. Jer 51 49 As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. Jer 51 50 You that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. Jer 51 51 We are ashamed, because we have heard reproach: shame has covered our faces: for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house. Jer 51 52 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan. Jer 51 53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall plunderers come unto her, says the LORD. Jer 51 54 A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: Jer 51 55 Because the LORD has plundered Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is raised: Jer 51 56 Because the plunderer has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, everyone of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely repay. Jer 51 57 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, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. Jer 51 58 Thus says 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 nations, because of the fire, and they shall be weary. Jer 51 59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was the quartermaster. Jer 51 60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. Jer 51 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, and shall see, and shall read all these words; Jer 51 62 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 forever. Jer 51 63 And it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates: Jer 51 64 And you shall 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, Chapter 52 Jer 52 1 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. Jer 52 2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. Jer 52 3 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. Jer 52 4 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 army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it, and built a siege wall against it round about. Jer 52 5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. Jer 52 6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. Jer 52 7 Then the city wall was broken through, 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. Jer 52 8 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. Jer 52 9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he pronounced judgment upon him. Jer 52 10 And the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he killed also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. Jer 52 11 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. Jer 52 12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, who served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem, Jer 52 13 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: Jer 52 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. Jer 52 15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the rest of the people that remained in the city, and those that had deserted, that deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. Jer 52 16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for farmers. Jer 52 17 Also the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the LORD, and the stands, and the bronze sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke, and carried all their bronze to Babylon. Jer 52 18 The pots also, and the shovels, and the wick trimmers, and the basins, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered, they took away. Jer 52 19 And the basins, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the pots, and the lamps, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. Jer 52 20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls that were under the stands, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. Jer 52 21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and bands of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. Jer 52 22 And a capital of bronze was upon it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the captials round about, all of bronze. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. Jer 52 23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were a hundred round about. Jer 52 24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: Jer 52 25 He took also out of the city a eunuch, who had charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were the king's counsel, who were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the army, 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. Jer 52 26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. Jer 52 27 And the king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of its own land. Jer 52 28 These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: Jer 52 29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: Jer 52 30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuzar-adan 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. Jer 52 31 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 Evil-merodach 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, Jer 52 32 And spoke kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, Jer 52 33 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. Jer 52 34 And for his provision, there was a regular ration given him from the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. ------------------------Lamentations, Chapter 1 Lam 1 1 How does the city sit lovely, that was full of people! how has she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how has she become a slave! Lam 1 2 She weeps bitterly 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 have become her enemies. Lam 1 3 Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest: all her persecutors overtook her in her distress. Lam 1 4 The roads to 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. Lam 1 5 Her adversaries have become the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children have gone into captivity before the enemy. Lam 1 6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty has departed: her princes have become like harts that find no pasture, and they have gone without strength before the pursuer. Lam 1 7 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. Lam 1 8 Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sighs, and turns away. Lam 1 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembers not her latter end; therefore she came down awesomely: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy has magnified himself. Lam 1 10 The adversary has spread out his hand over all her precious things: for she has seen that the nations entered into her sanctuary, whom you did command that they should not enter into your congregation. Lam 1 11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their treasures for food to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I have become despised. Lam 1 12 Is it nothing to you, all you that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, which the LORD has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. Lam 1 13 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. Lam 1 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are woven together, and come up upon 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. Lam 1 15 The Lord has trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst 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 winepress. Lam 1 16 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. Lam 1 17 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 an unclean thing among them. Lam 1 18 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 have gone into captivity. Lam 1 19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders died in the city, while they sought their food to relieve their souls. Lam 1 20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my soul is troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as death. Lam 1 21 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 announced, and they shall be like unto me. Lam 1 22 Let all their wickedness come before you; and do unto them, as you have done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. ------------------------Lamentations, Chapter 2 Lam 2 1 How the Lord has 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! Lam 2 2 The Lord has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied: he has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought them down to the ground: he has polluted the kingdom and its princes. Lam 2 3 He has cut off in his fierce anger all the might 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. Lam 2 4 He has bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and has slain all that were pleasant to the eye in the tent of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. Lam 2 5 The Lord was as an enemy: he has swallowed up Israel, he has swallowed up all her palaces: he has destroyed his strongholds, and has increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. Lam 2 6 And he has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were 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. Lam 2 7 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. Lam 2 8 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. Lam 2 9 Her gates are 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; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. Lam 2 10 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. Lam 2 11 My eyes do fail with tears, my soul is troubled, my heart is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the infants faint in the streets of the city. Lam 2 12 They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? when they faint as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom. Lam 2 13 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 run is vast as the sea: who can heal you? Lam 2 14 Your prophets have seen vain and foolish things for you: and they have not uncovered your iniquity, to turn away your captivity; but have given you false oracles and causes of banishment. Lam 2 15 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? Lam 2 16 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. Lam 2 17 The LORD has done that which he had purposed; 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 might of your adversaries. Lam 2 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give yourself no relief; let not your eyes rest. Lam 2 19 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 at the head of every street. Lam 2 20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom you have done this. Shall the women eat their offspring, the children of their tender care? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? Lam 2 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword; you have slain them in the day of your anger; you have killed, and not pitied. Lam 2 22 You have 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 cared for and brought up has my enemy consumed. ------------------------Lamentations, Chapter 3 Lam 3 1 I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. Lam 3 2 He has led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. Lam 3 3 Surely against me has he turned; he turns his hand against me all the day. Lam 3 4 My flesh and my skin has he made old: he has broken my bones. Lam 3 5 He has besieged me, and surrounded me with gall and travail. Lam 3 6 He has set me in dark places, like they that are long dead. Lam 3 7 He has hedged me in, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy. Lam 3 8 Also when I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer. Lam 3 9 He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he has made my paths crooked. Lam 3 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. Lam 3 11 He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he has made me desolate. Lam 3 12 He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. Lam 3 13 He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my heart. Lam 3 14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. Lam 3 15 He has filled me with bitterness, he has made me drunk with wormwood. Lam 3 16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he has covered me with ashes. Lam 3 17 And you have removed my soul far off from peace: I forgot prosperity. Lam 3 18 And I said, My strength and my hope has perished from the LORD: Lam 3 19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. Lam 3 20 My soul has them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. Lam 3 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. Lam 3 22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. Lam 3 23 They are new every morning: great is your faithfulness. Lam 3 24 The LORD is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him. Lam 3 25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. Lam 3 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. Lam 3 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Lam 3 28 He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it upon him. Lam 3 29 He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. Lam 3 30 He gives his cheek to him that strikes him: he is filled full with reproach. Lam 3 31 For the Lord will not cast off forever: Lam 3 32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. Lam 3 33 For he does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. Lam 3 34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, Lam 3 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, Lam 3 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approves not. Lam 3 37 Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord commands it not? Lam 3 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceeds not evil and good? Lam 3 39 Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Lam 3 40 Let us search and examine our ways, and turn again to the LORD. Lam 3 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. Lam 3 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: you have not pardoned. Lam 3 43 You have covered with anger, and persecuted us: you have slain, you have not pitied. Lam 3 44 You have covered yourself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. Lam 3 45 You have made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. Lam 3 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. Lam 3 47 Fear and a snare has come upon us, desolation and destruction. Lam 3 48 My eye runs down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. Lam 3 49 My eye flows down, and ceases not, without any intermission, Lam 3 50 Till the LORD looks down, and beholds from heaven. Lam 3 51 My eye affects my heart because of all the daughters of my city. Lam 3 52 My enemies chased me hard, like a bird, without cause. Lam 3 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. Lam 3 54 Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off. Lam 3 55 I called upon your name, O LORD, out of the lowest dungeon. Lam 3 56 You have heard my voice: hide not your ear at my breathing, at my cry. Lam 3 57 You drew near in the day that I called upon you: you said, Fear not. Lam 3 58 O Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life. Lam 3 59 O LORD, you have seen my wrong: judge you my cause. Lam 3 60 You have seen all their vengeance and all their plots against me. Lam 3 61 You have heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their plots against me; Lam 3 62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their whispering against me all the day. Lam 3 63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music. Lam 3 64 Render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. Lam 3 65 Give them sorrow of heart, your curse unto them. Lam 3 66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD. ------------------------Lamentations, Chapter 4 Lam 4 1 How has the gold become dim! how has the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street. Lam 4 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Lam 4 3 Even the jackals draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. Lam 4 4 The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaks it unto them. Lam 4 5 They that did eat delicacies are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace ash heaps. Lam 4 6 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, with no hands laid on her. Lam 4 7 Her princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their appearance was of sapphire: Lam 4 8 Their appearance is now blacker than coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered, it has become like a dry stick. Lam 4 9 They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for lack of the fruits of the field. Lam 4 10 The hands of the compassionate women have boiled their own children: they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. Lam 4 11 The LORD has accomplished his fury; he has poured out his fierce anger, and has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured its foundations. Lam 4 12 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. Lam 4 13 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, Lam 4 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. Lam 4 15 They cried unto them, Depart; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn there. Lam 4 16 The anger of the LORD has scattered them; he will no longer regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders. Lam 4 17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed, watching for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. Lam 4 18 They hunt our steps, so that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end has come. Lam 4 19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. Lam 4 20 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 nations. Lam 4 21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwells in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto you: you shall be drunk, and shall make yourself naked. Lam 4 22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: he will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins. ------------------------Lamentations, Chapter 5 Lam 5 1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. Lam 5 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. Lam 5 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. Lam 5 4 We have drunk our water at a price; our wood is sold unto us. Lam 5 5 Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest. Lam 5 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. Lam 5 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. Lam 5 8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that does deliver us out of their hand. Lam 5 9 We got our bread at the peril of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness. Lam 5 10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. Lam 5 11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maidens in the cities of Judah. Lam 5 12 Princes were hung up by their hands: the faces of elders were not honored. Lam 5 13 They took the young men to grind, and the children stagger under loads of wood. Lam 5 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. Lam 5 15 The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance has turned into mourning. Lam 5 16 The crown has fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! Lam 5 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. Lam 5 18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. Lam 5 19 You, O LORD, remain forever; your throne from generation to generation. Lam 5 20 Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time? Lam 5 21 Turn us back to you, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. Lam 5 22 But you have utterly rejected us; you are very angry against us. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 1 Eze 1 1 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. Eze 1 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, Eze 1 3 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. Eze 1 4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire engulfing itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of its midst as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire. Eze 1 5 Also out of its midst came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. Eze 1 6 And each one had four faces, and each one had four wings. Eze 1 7 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 color of burnished bronze. Eze 1 8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four had their faces and their wings. Eze 1 9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went each one straight forward. Eze 1 10 As for the likeness of their faces, the four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and the four had the face of an ox on the left side; the four also had the face of an eagle. Eze 1 11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of each one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. Eze 1 12 And they went each one straight forward: wherever the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. Eze 1 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: they went back and forth among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. Eze 1 14 And the living creatures ran back and forth like the appearance of a flash of lightning. Eze 1 15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, a wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, with its four faces. Eze 1 16 The appearance of the wheels and their workings was like the color of beryl: and the four had the same likeness: and their appearance and their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel. Eze 1 17 When they went, they went in any of four directions: and they turned not when they went. Eze 1 18 As for their rims, they were so high that they were awesome; and their rims were full of eyes, round about the four of them. Eze 1 19 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. Eze 1 20 Wherever the spirit was to go, they went, there was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up with them: for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. Eze 1 21 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 along with them: for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. Eze 1 22 And the likeness of the firmament above the heads of the living creature was as the color of awesome crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. Eze 1 23 And under the firmament were their wings spread out straight, the one toward the other: each one had two, which covered on this side, and each one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. Eze 1 24 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 tumult, as the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings. Eze 1 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. Eze 1 26 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. Eze 1 27 And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his waist even upward, and from the appearance of his waist even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. Eze 1 28 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 spoke. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 2 Eze 2 1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon your feet, and I will speak unto you. Eze 2 2 And the Spirit entered into me when he spoke unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spoke unto me. Eze 2 3 And he said unto 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 unto this very day. Eze 2 4 For they are impudent children and stubborn. I do send you unto them; and you shall say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD. Eze 2 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they refuse, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them. Eze 2 6 And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are 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. Eze 2 7 And you shall speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they refuse: for they are most rebellious. Eze 2 8 But you, son of man, hear what I say unto you; Be not you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat what I give you. Eze 2 9 And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a scroll of a book was in it; Eze 2 10 And he spread it before me; and it was written inside and outside: and there was written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 3 Eze 3 1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that you find; eat this scroll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. Eze 3 2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that scroll. Eze 3 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. Eze 3 4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. Eze 3 5 For you are not sent to a people of foreign speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel; Eze 3 6 Not to many people of foreign speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have hearkened unto you. Eze 3 7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto you; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted. Eze 3 8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. Eze 3 9 Like adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house. Eze 3 10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears. Eze 3 11 And go, get you to them of the captivity, unto the children of your people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they refuse. Eze 3 12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a loud rumbling, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. Eze 3 13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a noise of a loud rumbling. Eze 3 14 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. Eze 3 15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. Eze 3 16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 3 17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. Eze 3 18 When I say unto 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. Eze 3 19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he turns not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. Eze 3 20 Again, When a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock 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. Eze 3 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous sins not, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul. Eze 3 22 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 you. Eze 3 23 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. Eze 3 24 Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spoke with me, and said unto me, Go, shut yourself within your house. Eze 3 25 But you, O son of man, behold, they shall put cords upon you, and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them: Eze 3 26 And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be dumb, and shall not be to them one who reproves: for they are a rebellious house. Eze 3 27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; He that hears, let him hear; and he that refuses, let him refuse: for they are a rebellious house. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 4 Eze 4 1 You also, son of man, take you a clay tablet, and lay it before you, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: Eze 4 2 And lay siege against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and place battering rams against it round about. Eze 4 3 Moreover take unto you an iron plate, 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. Eze 4 4 Lie also upon your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that you shall lie upon it you shall bear their iniquity. Eze 4 5 For I have laid upon 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. Eze 4 6 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. Eze 4 7 Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it. Eze 4 8 And, behold, I will put cords upon you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to another, till you have ended the days of your siege. Eze 4 9 Take also unto yourself wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make yourself bread of it, according to the number of the days that you shall lie upon your side, three hundred and ninety days shall you eat of it. Eze 4 10 And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it. Eze 4 11 You shall drink also water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shall you drink. Eze 4 12 And you shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it, using human waste, in their sight. Eze 4 13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations, where I will drive them. Eze 4 14 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. Eze 4 15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given you cow's dung for human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it. Eze 4 16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay: Eze 4 17 That they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and waste away for their iniquity. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 5 Eze 5 1 And you, son of man, take a sharp knife, take a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon your head and upon your beard: then take balances to weigh and divide the hair. Eze 5 2 You shall burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and you shall take a third part, and strike about it with a sword: and a third part you shall scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. Eze 5 3 You shall also take some of them , and bind them in your garments. Eze 5 4 Then take some of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for from there shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. Eze 5 5 Thus says the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. Eze 5 6 And she has changed my ordinances into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my ordinances and my statutes, they have not walked in them. Eze 5 7 Therefore thus says 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 ordinances, neither have done according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you; Eze 5 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against you, and will execute judgments in the midst of you in the sight of the nations. Eze 5 9 And I will do in you that which I have not done, and the like of which I will not do any more, because of all your abominations. Eze 5 10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of you, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you, and the whole remnant of you will I scatter into all the winds. Eze 5 11 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; neither shall my eye spare, neither will I have any pity. Eze 5 12 A third part of you shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst 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. Eze 5 13 Thus shall my 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. Eze 5 14 Moreover I will make you a waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about you, in the sight of all that pass by. Eze 5 15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about you, when I shall execute judgments on you in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. Eze 5 16 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 cut off your supply of bread: Eze 5 17 So will I send upon you famine and wild beasts, and they shall bereave you; and pestilence and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword upon you. I the LORD have spoken it. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 6 Eze 6 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 6 2 Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, Eze 6 3 And say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says 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. Eze 6 4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. Eze 6 5 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. Eze 6 6 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 destroyed, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. Eze 6 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 6 8 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. Eze 6 9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their adulterous heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. Eze 6 10 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. Eze 6 11 Thus says the Lord GOD; Strike 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. Eze 6 12 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 upon them. Eze 6 13 Then shall you 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 incense to all their idols. Eze 6 14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 7 Eze 7 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 7 2 Also, you son of man, thus says the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end has come upon the four corners of the land. Eze 7 3 Now has the end come upon you, and I will send my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways, and will recompense upon you all your abominations. Eze 7 4 And my eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 7 5 Thus says the Lord GOD; An evil, a special evil, behold, has come. Eze 7 6 An end has come, the end has come: it watches for you; behold, it has come. Eze 7 7 The morning has come unto you, O you that dwell in the land: the time has come, the day of trouble is near, and not the rejoicing upon the mountains. Eze 7 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon you, and accomplish my anger upon you: and I will judge you according to your ways, and will recompense you for all your abominations. Eze 7 9 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 midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD that strikes. Eze 7 10 Behold the day, behold, it has come: the morning has gone forth; the rod has blossomed, pride has budded. Eze 7 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them. Eze 7 12 The time has come, the day draws near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all their multitude. Eze 7 13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision concerns the whole multitude, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. Eze 7 14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goes to the battle: for my wrath is upon all their multitude. Eze 7 15 The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine inside: he that is in the field shall die by the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. Eze 7 16 But they that escape them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. Eze 7 17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. Eze 7 18 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. Eze 7 19 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 stomachs: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. Eze 7 20 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 from it: therefore have I set it far from them. Eze 7 21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for plunder, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil; and they shall pollute it. Eze 7 22 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. Eze 7 23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. Eze 7 24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. Eze 7 25 Destruction comes; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. Eze 7 26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders. Eze 7 27 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. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 8 Eze 8 1 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 upon me. Eze 8 2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his waist even downward, fire; and from his waist even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of amber. Eze 8 3 And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looks toward the north; where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy. Eze 8 4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the plain. Eze 8 5 Then he said unto me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now in the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes in the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entrance. Eze 8 6 He said furthermore unto 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. Eze 8 7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. Eze 8 8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold a door. Eze 8 9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. Eze 8 10 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 upon the wall round about. Eze 8 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders 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. Eze 8 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his idols? for they say, The LORD sees us not; the LORD has forsaken the land. Eze 8 13 He said also unto me, Turn you yet again, and you shall see greater abominations that they do. Eze 8 14 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. Eze 8 15 Then said he unto me, Have you seen this, O son of man? turn you yet again, and you shall see greater abominations than these. Eze 8 16 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 worshiped the sun toward the east. Eze 8 17 Then he said unto 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, lo, they put the branch to their nose. Eze 8 18 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. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 9 Eze 9 1 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. Eze 9 2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lies toward the north, and every man a weapon for slaughter 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 bronze altar. Eze 9 3 And the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it 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; Eze 9 4 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 are done in its midst. Eze 9 5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go you after him through the city, and kill: let not your eye spare, neither have you pity: Eze 9 6 Slay utterly old and young, both maidens, 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 elders who were before the house. Eze 9 7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go you forth. And they went forth, and killed in the city. Eze 9 8 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! will you destroy all the rest of Israel in your pouring out of your fury upon Jerusalem? Eze 9 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD sees not. Eze 9 10 And as for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their heads. Eze 9 11 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. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 10 Eze 10 1 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. Eze 10 2 And he spoke unto 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. Eze 10 3 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. Eze 10 4 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. Eze 10 5 And the sound of the cherubim's wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaks. Eze 10 6 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. Eze 10 7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out. Eze 10 8 And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings. Eze 10 9 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. Eze 10 10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. Eze 10 11 When they went, they went upon 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. Eze 10 12 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 the four had. Eze 10 13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. Eze 10 14 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. Eze 10 15 And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. Eze 10 16 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. Eze 10 17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creatures was in them. Eze 10 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. Eze 10 19 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'S house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. Eze 10 20 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. Eze 10 21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. Eze 10 22 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. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 11 Eze 11 1 Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S 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. Eze 11 2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city: Eze 11 3 Who say, It is not near for us to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh. Eze 11 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. Eze 11 5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus says the LORD; Thus have you said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, all of them. Eze 11 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain. Eze 11 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Your slain whom you 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. Eze 11 8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord GOD. Eze 11 9 And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and will execute judgments among you. Eze 11 10 You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 11 11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the flesh in its midst; but I will judge you at the border of Israel: Eze 11 12 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 nations that are round about you. Eze 11 13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel? Eze 11 14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 11 15 Son of man, your brethren, even your brethren, the men of your kindred, and all the house of Israel entirely, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. Eze 11 16 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the nations, 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. Eze 11 17 Therefore say, Thus says 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. Eze 11 18 And they shall come there, and they shall take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there. Eze 11 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh: Eze 11 20 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. Eze 11 21 But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, says the Lord GOD. Eze 11 22 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. Eze 11 23 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. Eze 11 24 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. Eze 11 25 Then I spoke unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shown me. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 12 Eze 12 1 The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, Eze 12 2 Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. Eze 12 3 Therefore, you son of man, prepare you belongings for moving, and move by day in their sight; and you shall move from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house. Eze 12 4 Then shall you bring forth your belongings by day in their sight, as belongings for moving: and you shall go forth at evening in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. Eze 12 5 Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry out your belongings through it. Eze 12 6 In their sight shall you bear it upon 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 unto the house of Israel. Eze 12 7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my belongings by day, as belongings for captivity, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bore it upon my shoulder in their sight. Eze 12 8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, Eze 12 9 Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto you, What do you? Eze 12 10 Say you unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them. Eze 12 11 Say, I am your sign: like I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall move and go into captivity. Eze 12 12 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 go out through it: he shall cover his face, so that he sees not the ground with his eyes. Eze 12 13 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. Eze 12 14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them. Eze 12 15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. Eze 12 16 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 nations where they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 12 17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Eze 12 18 Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with anxiety; Eze 12 19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus says the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with dismay, that their land may be emptied from all who are in it, because of the violence of all them that dwell in it. Eze 12 20 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. Eze 12 21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 12 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails? Eze 12 23 Tell them therefore, Thus says 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 fulfillment of every vision. Eze 12 24 For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. Eze 12 25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall no more be delayed: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, says the Lord GOD. Eze 12 26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Eze 12 27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of the times that are far off. Eze 12 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be delayed any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 13 Eze 13 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 13 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say you unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear you the word of the LORD; Eze 13 3 Thus says the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Eze 13 4 O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. Eze 13 5 You have not gone up into the breaches, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. Eze 13 6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD says: and the LORD has not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. Eze 13 7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, whenever you say, The LORD says it; although I have not spoken? Eze 13 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, says the Lord GOD. Eze 13 9 And my 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 register of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. Eze 13 10 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 mortar: Eze 13 11 Say unto 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 break it. Eze 13 12 Lo, when the wall has fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it? Eze 13 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; I will even break 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. Eze 13 14 So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be uncovered, and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in its midst: and you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 13 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; Eze 13 16 That is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, says the Lord GOD. Eze 13 17 Likewise, you son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy you against them, Eze 13 18 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew charms upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads, of every length, to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and will you save the souls alive that belong to you? Eze 13 19 And will you profane 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? Eze 13 20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your charms, with which you hunt the souls there like birds, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that you hunt like birds. Eze 13 21 Your 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 you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 13 22 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 turn from his wicked way, to save his life: Eze 13 23 Therefore you shall see no more false visions, nor practice divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and you shall know that I am the LORD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 14 Eze 14 1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. Eze 14 2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 14 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their faces: should I be inquired of at all by them? Eze 14 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumblingblock 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; Eze 14 5 That I may seize the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. Eze 14 6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. Eze 14 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourns in Israel, who separates himself from me, and sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumblingblock 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: Eze 14 8 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 you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 14 9 And if the prophet is deceived when he has 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. Eze 14 10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that inquired of him; Eze 14 11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be defiled any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, says the Lord GOD. Eze 14 12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, Eze 14 13 Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will break its supply of bread, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: Eze 14 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver only their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord GOD. Eze 14 15 If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, so that it is desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: Eze 14 16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. Eze 14 17 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: Eze 14 18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. Eze 14 19 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: Eze 14 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall only deliver their own souls by their righteousness. Eze 14 21 For thus says the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four severe judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the wild beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? Eze 14 22 Yet, behold, in it shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and you shall see their way and their doings: and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. Eze 14 23 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, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 15 Eze 15 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 15 2 Son of man, How is the wood of the vine tree better than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? Eze 15 3 Shall wood be taken of it to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on? Eze 15 4 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 fit for any work? Eze 15 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work: how much less shall it be fit yet for any work, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned? Eze 15 6 Therefore thus says 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. Eze 15 7 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. Eze 15 8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 16 Eze 16 1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 16 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, Eze 16 3 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Your birth and your nativity are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite. Eze 16 4 And as for your nativity, in the day you were born your navel was not cut, neither were you washed in water to cleanse you; you were not rubbed with salt at all, nor swaddled at all. Eze 16 5 No eye pitied you, to do any of these unto you, to have compassion upon you; but you were cast out in the open field, and you were loathed, in the day that you were born. Eze 16 6 And when I passed by you, and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said unto you when you were in your blood, Live; yea, I said unto you when you were in your blood, Live. Eze 16 7 I have caused you to multiply as the bud of the field, and you have increased and become great, and you are come to excellent beauty: your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown, yet you were naked and bare. Eze 16 8 Now when I passed by you, and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yea, I swore unto you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine. Eze 16 9 Then I washed you with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil. Eze 16 10 I clothed you also with embroidered work, and gave you sandals of badgers' skin, and I clothed you with fine linen, and I covered you with silk. Eze 16 11 I adorned you also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon your hands, and a chain on your neck. Eze 16 12 And I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head. Eze 16 13 Thus were you adorned with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you did eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and you were exceedingly beautiful, and you did prosper into a kingdom. Eze 16 14 And your renown went forth among the nations for your beauty: for it was perfect through my splendor, which I had put upon you, says the Lord GOD. Eze 16 15 But you did trust in your own beauty, and played the harlot because of your renown, and poured out your harlotry on every one that passed by; his it was. Eze 16 16 And of your garments you did take, and adorned your high places with various colors, and played the harlot on them: the like things have never been, neither shall be. Eze 16 17 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 harlotry with them, Eze 16 18 And took your embroidered garments, and covered them: and you have set my oil and my incense before them. Eze 16 19 My food 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 aroma: and thus it was, says the Lord GOD. Eze 16 20 Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne unto me, and these have you sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this act of your harlotries a small matter, Eze 16 21 That you have slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? Eze 16 22 And in all your abominations and your harlotries you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and were polluted in your blood. Eze 16 23 And it came to pass after all your wickedness, (woe, woe unto you! says the Lord GOD;) Eze 16 24 That you have also built unto you an eminent place, and have made yourself a high place in every street. Eze 16 25 You have built your high place at the head of every street, and have made your beauty to be abhorred, and have offered yourself to everyone that passed by, and multiplied your harlotries. Eze 16 26 You have also played the harlot with the Egyptians your neighbors, strong in lust; and have increased your harlotries, to provoke me to anger. Eze 16 27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your allowance of food, and delivered you unto the will of them that hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way. Eze 16 28 You have played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yea, you have played the harlot with them, and yet could not be satisfied. Eze 16 29 You have moreover multiplied your harlotry with trading in the land of Chaldea; and yet you were not satisfied with this. Eze 16 30 How weak is your heart, says the Lord GOD, seeing you do all these things, the work of a brazen harlot; Eze 16 31 In that you build your shrine at the head of every street, and make your high place in every street; and have not been as a harlot, in that you scorned payment; Eze 16 32 But as a wife that commits adultery, who takes strangers instead of her husband! Eze 16 33 They give gifts to all harlots: but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and hire them, that they may come unto you on every side for your harlotry. Eze 16 34 And you are different from other women in your harlotries, therefore none follows you to commit harlotries: and in that you give a reward, and no reward is given unto you, therefore you are different. Eze 16 35 Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: Eze 16 36 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your filthiness was poured out, and your nakedness uncovered through your harlotries with your lovers, and with all the idols of your abominations, and by the blood of your children, which you did give unto them; Eze 16 37 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 uncover your nakedness unto them, that they may see all your nakedness. Eze 16 38 And I will judge you, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring blood upon you in fury and jealousy. Eze 16 39 And I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your shrine, and shall break down your high places: they shall strip you also of your clothes, and shall take your beautiful jewels, and leave you naked and bare. Eze 16 40 They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords. Eze 16 41 And they shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments upon 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. Eze 16 42 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. Eze 16 43 Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have enraged me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense your way upon your head, says the Lord GOD: and you shall not commit this lewdness in addition to all your abominations. Eze 16 44 Behold, every one that uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. Eze 16 45 You are your mother's daughter, that loathes her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. Eze 16 46 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. Eze 16 47 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. Eze 16 48 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. Eze 16 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom, pride, fulness of food, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. Eze 16 50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw fit. Eze 16 51 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. Eze 16 52 You also, who 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: yea, be disgraced also, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters. Eze 16 53 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 midst of them: Eze 16 54 That you may bear your own shame, and may be disgraced in all that you have done, in that you are a comfort unto them. Eze 16 55 When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state, then you and your daughters shall return to your former state. Eze 16 56 For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride, Eze 16 57 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. Eze 16 58 You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says the LORD. Eze 16 59 For thus says the Lord GOD; I will even deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant. Eze 16 60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish unto you an everlasting covenant. Eze 16 61 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 unto you for daughters, but not by your covenant. Eze 16 62 And I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall know that I am the LORD: Eze 16 63 That you may remember, and be ashamed, and never open your mouth any more because of your shame, when I provide toward you an atonement for all that you have done, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 17 Eze 17 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 17 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; Eze 17 3 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had various colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: Eze 17 4 He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of trade; he set it in a city of merchants. Eze 17 5 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. Eze 17 6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. Eze 17 7 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 bed of its planting. Eze 17 8 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 splendid vine. Eze 17 9 Say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, so that it withers? it shall wither in all its leaves of spring, not requiring great power or many people to pluck it up by its roots. Eze 17 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the bed where it grew. Eze 17 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 17 12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know you not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem, and has taken its king, and its princes, and led them with him to Babylon; Eze 17 13 And has taken the king's descendant, and made a covenant with him, and has taken an oath from him: he has also taken the mighty of the land: Eze 17 14 That the kingdom might be humble, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. Eze 17 15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that does such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? Eze 17 16 As I live, says 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 midst of Babylon he shall die. Eze 17 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, by casting up seige mounds, and building walls, to cut off many persons: Eze 17 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and has done all these things, he shall not escape. Eze 17 19 Therefore thus says 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 upon his own head. Eze 17 20 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 execute judgment on him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me. Eze 17 21 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. Eze 17 22 Thus says 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 a high and prominent mountain: Eze 17 23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a splendid cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every sort; in the shadow of its branches shall they dwell. Eze 17 24 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. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 18 Eze 18 1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, Eze 18 2 What mean you, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? Eze 18 3 As I live, says the Lord GOD, you shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Eze 18 4 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. Eze 18 5 But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right, Eze 18 6 And has not eaten upon the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near a woman during her impurity, Eze 18 7 And has not oppressed any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has robbed none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment; Eze 18 8 He that has not lent money for interest, neither has taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man, Eze 18 9 Has walked in my statutes, and has kept my judgments faithfully; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD. Eze 18 10 If he begets a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that does any one of these things, Eze 18 11 And that does not any of those duties, but even has eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife, Eze 18 12 Has oppressed the poor and needy, has robbed by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination, Eze 18 13 Has lent money for interest, 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 upon him. Eze 18 14 Now, lo, if he begets a son, that sees all his father's sins which he has done, and considers, and does not the same, Eze 18 15 That has not eaten upon the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife, Eze 18 16 Neither has oppressed any, has not withheld the pledge, neither has robbed by violence, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment, Eze 18 17 That has withheld his hand from the poor, that has not received from money interest 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. Eze 18 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. Eze 18 19 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. Eze 18 20 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 upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. Eze 18 21 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. Eze 18 22 All his transgressions that he has committed, they shall not be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live. Eze 18 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord GOD: and not that he should turn from his ways, and live? Eze 18 24 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 remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die. Eze 18 25 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? Eze 18 26 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. Eze 18 27 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. Eze 18 28 Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Eze 18 29 Yet says 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? Eze 18 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Eze 18 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel? Eze 18 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dies, says the Lord GOD: therefore turn yourselves, and live. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 19 Eze 19 1 Moreover take you up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, Eze 19 2 And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her cubs among young lions. Eze 19 3 And she brought up one of her cubs: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. Eze 19 4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. Eze 19 5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion. Eze 19 6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. Eze 19 7 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. Eze 19 8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. Eze 19 9 And they put him in a cage in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him in restraint, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. Eze 19 10 Your mother is like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. Eze 19 11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres 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. Eze 19 12 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. Eze 19 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. Eze 19 14 And fire has gone out of a rod of her branches, which has devoured her fruit, so that she has no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 20 Eze 20 1 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. Eze 20 2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, Eze 20 3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto 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. Eze 20 4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: Eze 20 5 And say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand unto the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; Eze 20 6 In the day that I lifted up my hand unto them, to bring them forth from the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: Eze 20 7 Then said I unto 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. Eze 20 8 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. Eze 20 9 But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the nations, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. Eze 20 10 Therefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. Eze 20 11 And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man does, he shall even live by them. Eze 20 12 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 sanctifies them. Eze 20 13 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 does, he shall even live by them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. Eze 20 14 But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the nations, in whose sight I brought them out. Eze 20 15 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; Eze 20 16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. Eze 20 17 Nevertheless my eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. Eze 20 18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk you not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: Eze 20 19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; Eze 20 20 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. Eze 20 21 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 by 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. Eze 20 22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth. Eze 20 23 I lifted up my hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; Eze 20 24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols. Eze 20 25 Therefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they should not live; Eze 20 26 And I defiled 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. Eze 20 27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. Eze 20 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for 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 aroma, and poured out there their drink offerings. Eze 20 29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place to which you go? And its name is called Bamah unto this day. Eze 20 30 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Are you defiled after the manner of your fathers? and commit you harlotry after their abominations? Eze 20 31 For when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even unto 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. Eze 20 32 And that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, that you say, We will be as the Gentiles, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. Eze 20 33 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: Eze 20 34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out. Eze 20 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face. Eze 20 36 Like I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, says the Lord GOD. Eze 20 37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: Eze 20 38 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. Eze 20 39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord GOD; Go, serve everyone his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not hearken unto me: but defile my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. Eze 20 40 For on my holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel, says 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 offerings, with all your holy things. Eze 20 41 I will accept you with your sweet aroma, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the nations. Eze 20 42 And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I lifted up my hand in an oath to give it to your fathers. Eze 20 43 And there shall you remember your ways, and all your doings, in which you have been defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed. Eze 20 44 And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O you house of Israel, says the Lord GOD. Eze 20 45 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 20 46 Son of man, set your face toward the south, and proclaim your word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; Eze 20 47 And say to the forest of the south, 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 flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned in it. Eze 20 48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. Eze 20 49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables? ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 21 Eze 21 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 21 2 Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and proclaim your word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, Eze 21 3 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 the righteous and the wicked. Eze 21 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: Eze 21 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more. Eze 21 6 Sigh therefore, you son of man, with breaking heart; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. Eze 21 7 And it shall be, when they say unto 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, says the Lord GOD. Eze 21 8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 21 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished: Eze 21 10 It is sharpened to make a great slaughter; it is polished that it may flash like lightning: should we then make mirth? it despised the rod of my son, like every tree. Eze 21 11 And he has given it to be polished, that it may be used: this sword is sharpened, and it is polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. Eze 21 12 Cry and wail, 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: strike therefore upon your thigh. Eze 21 13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword despise even the rod? it shall be no more, says the Lord GOD. Eze 21 14 You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together, and let the sword strike twice, even the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which enters into their private chambers. Eze 21 15 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 polished for the slaughter. Eze 21 16 Go you one way or the other, either on the right hand, or on the left, wherever your face is set. Eze 21 17 I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it. Eze 21 18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, Eze 21 19 Also, you son of man, mark you two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both of the two shall come forth out of one land: and choose you a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. Eze 21 20 Mark the way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified. Eze 21 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook his arrows, he consulted with images, he looked at the liver. Eze 21 22 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 set battering rams against the gates, to cast up a seige mound, and to build a wall. Eze 21 23 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. Eze 21 24 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 doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that you are come to remembrance, you shall be taken with the hand. Eze 21 25 And you, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, Eze 21 26 Thus says the Lord GOD; Remove the turban, and take off the crown: this shall not remain the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. Eze 21 27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him. Eze 21 28 And you, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is polished, to consume because of the flashing: Eze 21 29 While they see false visions for you, while they divine a lie unto you, to bring you upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day has come, when their iniquity shall have an end. Eze 21 30 Shall I cause it to return into its sheath? I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your nativity. Eze 21 31 And I will pour out my indignation upon you, I will blow against you in the fire of my wrath, and deliver you into the hand of brutal men, skilful to destroy. Eze 21 32 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. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 22 Eze 22 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 22 2 Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? yea, you shall show her all her abominations. Eze 22 3 Then say you, Thus says the Lord GOD, The city sheds blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and makes idols within herself to defile herself. Eze 22 4 You have 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 have come even unto your years: therefore have I made you a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking to all countries. Eze 22 5 Those that are near, and those that are far from you, shall mock you, who are infamous and full of tumult. Eze 22 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, each one in you used his power to shed blood. Eze 22 7 In you have they made light of father and mother: in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow. Eze 22 8 You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my sabbaths. Eze 22 9 In you are men that slander to shed blood: and in you they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of you they commit lewdness. Eze 22 10 In you have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in you have they violated her that was set apart for her impurity. Eze 22 11 And one has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has violated his sister, his father's daughter. Eze 22 12 In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten me, says the Lord GOD. Eze 22 13 Behold, therefore I have struck my hands together at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you. Eze 22 14 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. Eze 22 15 And I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you in the countries, and will consume your filthiness out of you. Eze 22 16 And you shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 22 17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 22 18 Son of man, the house of Israel has to me become dross: all they are bronze, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. Eze 22 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. Eze 22 20 As they gather silver, and bronze, 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 my anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. Eze 22 21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst. Eze 22 22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; and you shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you. Eze 22 23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 22 24 Son of man, say unto her, You are the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. Eze 22 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in her midst. Eze 22 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and the common, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Eze 22 27 Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. Eze 22 28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus says the Lord GOD, when the LORD has not spoken. Eze 22 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery, and have oppressed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. Eze 22 30 And I sought for a man among them, that 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. Eze 22 31 Therefore have I poured out my indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 23 Eze 23 1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Eze 23 2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: Eze 23 3 And they committed harlotries in Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they handled the breasts of their virginity. Eze 23 4 And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah. Eze 23 5 And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors, Eze 23 6 Who were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. Eze 23 7 Thus she committed her harlotries 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. Eze 23 8 Neither left she her harlotries brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the breasts of her virginity, and poured their harlotry upon her. Eze 23 9 Therefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. Eze 23 10 These uncovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. Eze 23 11 And when her sister Oholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries. Eze 23 12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbors, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. Eze 23 13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both the same way, Eze 23 14 And that she increased her harlotries: for when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion, Eze 23 15 Girded with belts upon their waists, exceeding in flowing turbans upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: Eze 23 16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. Eze 23 17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their harlotry, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. Eze 23 18 So she uncovered her harlotries, and uncovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like my mind was alienated from her sister. Eze 23 19 Yet she multiplied her harlotries, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, in which she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. Eze 23 20 For she doted upon her paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. Eze 23 21 Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth, in handling of your breasts by the Egyptians for the sake of the bosom of your youth. Eze 23 22 Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says 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; Eze 23 23 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. Eze 23 24 And they shall come against you with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, who shall set against you buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I commit set judgment unto them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments. Eze 23 25 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 survivors shall be devoured by the fire. Eze 23 26 They shall also strip you out of your clothes, and take away your fine jewels. Eze 23 27 Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your harlotry brought from the land of Egypt: so that you shall not lift up your eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt anymore. Eze 23 28 For thus says 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: Eze 23 29 And they shall deal with you hatefully, and shall take away all the fruit of your labor, and shall leave you naked and bare: and the nakedness of your harlotries shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotries. Eze 23 30 I will do these things unto you, because you have played the harlot after the nations, and because you are polluted with their idols. Eze 23 31 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I give her cup into your hand. Eze 23 32 Thus says the Lord GOD; You shall drink of your sister's cup deep and large: you shall be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it contains much. Eze 23 33 You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of horror and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria. Eze 23 34 You shall even drink it and drain it out, and you shall break its sherds, and tear your own breasts: for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD. Eze 23 35 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore bear you also your lewdness and your harlotries. Eze 23 36 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; Eze 23 37 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 unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. Eze 23 38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. Eze 23 39 For when they had slain their children for their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of my house. Eze 23 40 And furthermore, that you have sent for men to come from afar, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom you did wash yourself, painted your eyes, and decked yourself with ornaments, Eze 23 41 And sat upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, upon which you have set my incense and my oil. Eze 23 42 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, who put bracelets upon their wrists, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. Eze 23 43 Then said I unto her that had grown old in adulteries, Will they now commit harlotries with her, and she with them? Eze 23 44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that plays the harlot: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women. Eze 23 45 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 on their hands. Eze 23 46 For thus says the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be removed and plundered. Eze 23 47 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. Eze 23 48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. Eze 23 49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols: and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 24 Eze 24 1 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD come unto me, saying, Eze 24 2 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. Eze 24 3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: Eze 24 4 Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. Eze 24 5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe its bones in it. Eze 24 6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is in it, and whose scum has not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. Eze 24 7 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; Eze 24 8 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. Eze 24 9 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. Eze 24 10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. Eze 24 11 Then set it empty upon its coals, that the bronze of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be melted in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. Eze 24 12 She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. Eze 24 13 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 upon you. Eze 24 14 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 you, says the Lord GOD. Eze 24 15 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 24 16 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. Eze 24 17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the turban of your head upon you, and put on your shoes upon your feet, and cover not your lips, and eat not man's bread of sorrow. Eze 24 18 So I spoke unto the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. Eze 24 19 And the people said unto me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you so do? Eze 24 20 Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 24 21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword. Eze 24 22 And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. Eze 24 23 And your turban shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. Eze 24 24 Thus Ezekiel is unto 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. Eze 24 25 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 upon which they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, Eze 24 26 That he that escapes in that day shall come unto you, to cause you to hear it with your ears? Eze 24 27 In that day shall your mouth be opened to him who has escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more dumb: and you shall be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 25 Eze 25 1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Eze 25 2 Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; Eze 25 3 And say unto the Ammonites, 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 desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; Eze 25 4 Behold, therefore I will deliver you to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in you, and make their dwellings in you: they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. Eze 25 5 And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the Ammonites a resting place for flocks: and you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 25 6 For thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain against the land of Israel; Eze 25 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out my hand upon you, and will deliver you for a plunder to the nations; 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. Eze 25 8 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations; Eze 25 9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, Eze 25 10 Unto the men of the east together with the Ammonites, and will give them as a possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. Eze 25 11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 25 12 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and revenged itself upon them; Eze 25 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out my hand against 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. Eze 25 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon 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, says the Lord GOD. Eze 25 15 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy for the old hatred; Eze 25 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out my hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. Eze 25 17 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. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 26 Eze 26 1 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, Eze 26 2 Son of man, because that Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned over unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: Eze 26 3 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 causes its waves to come up. Eze 26 4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. Eze 26 5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD: and it shall become a plunder to the nations. Eze 26 6 And her daughters who are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 26 7 For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and many people. Eze 26 8 He shall slay with the sword your daughters in the field: and he shall set up a seige wall against you, and cast a mound against you, and lift up a large shield against you. Eze 26 9 And he shall set battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers. Eze 26 10 Because 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 in which is made a breach. Eze 26 11 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. Eze 26 12 And they shall plunder 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 midst of the water. Eze 26 13 And I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be no more heard. Eze 26 14 And I will make you like the top of a rock: you shall be a place to spread nets upon; you shall be rebuilt no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, says the Lord GOD. Eze 26 15 Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre; Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of you? Eze 26 16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their embroidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at you. Eze 26 17 And they shall take up a lamentation for you, and say to you, How are you destroyed, that were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, which was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who cause their terror to be on all that inhabit it! Eze 26 18 Now shall the coastlands tremble in the day of your fall; yea, the coastlands that are by the sea shall be troubled at your departure. Eze 26 19 For thus says 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 upon you, and great waters shall cover you; Eze 26 20 When I shall bring you down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old, and shall set you in the lowest 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 give glory in the land of the living; Eze 26 21 I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more: though you are sought for, yet shall you never be found again, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 27 Eze 27 1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Eze 27 2 Now, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre; Eze 27 3 And say unto Tyre, O you that are situated at the entrance of the sea, which are a merchant of the people for many coastlands, Thus says the Lord GOD; O Tyre, you have said, I am of perfect beauty. Eze 27 4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty. Eze 27 5 They have made all your ship planks of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you. Eze 27 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; the company of Ashurites have made your planks of inlaid ivory, brought out of the coasts of Kittim. Eze 27 7 Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was that which you spread forth to be your sail; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was that which covered you. Eze 27 8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyre, that were in you, were your pilots. Eze 27 9 The elders of Gebal and its wise men were in you as your caulkers: all the ships of the sea with their oarsmen were in you to market your merchandise. Eze 27 10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in your army, your men of war: they hung the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor. Eze 27 11 The men of Arvad with your army were upon your walls round about, and the Gammadim were in your towers: they hung their shields upon your walls round about; they have made your beauty perfect. Eze 27 12 Tarshish was your merchant because of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your wares. Eze 27 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of bronze in your market. Eze 27 14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in your wares with horses and horsemen and mules. Eze 27 15 The men of Dedan were your merchants; many coastlands were the markets of your hand: they brought you for a present tusks of ivory and ebony. Eze 27 16 Syria was your merchant because of the multitude of the wares of your making: they traded in your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. Eze 27 17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your merchants: they traded in your market wheat from Minnith, and olives, and honey, and oil, and balm. Eze 27 18 Damascus was your merchant in the multitude of the wares of your making, for the multitude of great wealth; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. Eze 27 19 Dedan also and Javan going to and fro traded in your wares: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus, were in your market. Eze 27 20 Dedan was your merchant in saddle blankets for riding. Eze 27 21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they traded with you in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they your merchants. Eze 27 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were your merchants: they traded in your fairs with the best of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. Eze 27 23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were your merchants. Eze 27 24 These were your merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and embroidered work, and in rugs of many colors, bound with cords, and made secure, among your merchandise. Eze 27 25 The ships of Tarshish were carriers for you in your market: and you were filled, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. Eze 27 26 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas. Eze 27 27 Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the traders of your merchandise, and all your men of war, that are in you, and in all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of your ruin. Eze 27 28 The pasture lands shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. Eze 27 29 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; Eze 27 30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow in the ashes: Eze 27 31 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. Eze 27 32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyre, like that destroyed in the midst of the sea? Eze 27 33 When your wares went forth out on the seas, you filled many people; you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise. Eze 27 34 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 midst of you shall fall. Eze 27 35 All the inhabitants of the coastlands shall be astonished at you, and their kings shall be greatly afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. Eze 27 36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at you; you shall become a terror, and never shall be any more. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 28 Eze 28 1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Eze 28 2 Son of man, say unto the prince 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 God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God: Eze 28 3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you: Eze 28 4 With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries: Eze 28 5 By your great wisdom and by your trade have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches: Eze 28 6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have set your heart as the heart of God; Eze 28 7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon you, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness. Eze 28 8 They shall bring you down to the pit, and you shall die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. Eze 28 9 Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am a god? but you shall be a man, and no god, in the hand of him that slays you. Eze 28 10 You shall die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD. Eze 28 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 28 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus says the Lord GOD; You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Eze 28 13 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 timbrels and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created. Eze 28 14 You are the anointed cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Eze 28 15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till iniquity was found in you. Eze 28 16 By the multitude of your trade they have filled the midst 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 midst of the stones of fire. Eze 28 17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may behold you. Eze 28 18 You have defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your trading; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of you, it shall devour you, and I will bring you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold you. Eze 28 19 All they that know you among the people shall be astonished at you: you shall be a horror, and never shall you be anymore. Eze 28 20 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 28 21 Son of man, set your face against Sidon, and prophesy against it, Eze 28 22 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst 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. Eze 28 23 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. Eze 28 24 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. Eze 28 25 Thus says 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 nations, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. Eze 28 26 And they shall dwell safely in it, 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. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 29 Eze 29 1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 29 2 Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: Eze 29 3 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, who has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself. Eze 29 4 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 midst of your rivers, and all the fish of your rivers shall stick to your scales. Eze 29 5 And I will leave you thrown into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers: you shall fall upon the open fields; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given you for food to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. Eze 29 6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of rod to the house of Israel. Eze 29 7 When they took hold of you by your hand, you did break, and tear all their shoulders: and when they leaned upon you, you broke, and made all their backs to shake. Eze 29 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and cut off man and beast out of you. Eze 29 9 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. Eze 29 10 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 unto the border of Ethiopia. Eze 29 11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. Eze 29 12 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. Eze 29 13 Yet thus says the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people among whom they were scattered: Eze 29 14 And I will bring again the captives 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 lowly kingdom. Eze 29 15 It shall be the lowest 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. Eze 29 16 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. Eze 29 17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 29 18 Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed raw: yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it: Eze 29 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her wealth, and take her plunder; and it shall be the wages for his army. Eze 29 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor for which he served against it, because they wrought for me, says the Lord GOD. Eze 29 21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth to speak in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 30 Eze 30 1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Eze 30 2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Wail, Alas for the day! Eze 30 3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time for the nations. Eze 30 4 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. Eze 30 5 Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed people, and Cub, and the men of the land that are in league, shall fall with them by the sword. Eze 30 6 Thus says 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, says the Lord GOD. Eze 30 7 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. Eze 30 8 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. Eze 30 9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the secure Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it comes. Eze 30 10 Thus says the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. Eze 30 11 He and his people with him, the most 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. Eze 30 12 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 in it, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. Eze 30 13 Thus says the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Memphis; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. Eze 30 14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. Eze 30 15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. Eze 30 16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be torn asunder, and Memphis shall have distresses daily. Eze 30 17 The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. Eze 30 18 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. Eze 30 19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 30 20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 30 21 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 bandage to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. Eze 30 22 Therefore thus says 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. Eze 30 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. Eze 30 24 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. Eze 30 25 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. Eze 30 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 31 Eze 31 1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 31 2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom are you like in your greatness? Eze 31 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with forest shade, and of a high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. Eze 31 4 The waters made it great, the deep set it up on high with its rivers running round about its plants, and sent out its little rivers unto all the trees of the field. Eze 31 5 Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when it shot forth. Eze 31 6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in its boughs, and under its branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under its shadow dwelt all great nations. Eze 31 7 Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches: for its root reached to great waters. Eze 31 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it: the fir trees were not like its boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like its branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto it in its beauty. Eze 31 9 I have made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it. Eze 31 10 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have lifted up yourself in height, and it has shot up its top among the thick boughs, and its heart is lifted up in its height; Eze 31 11 I have therefore delivered it into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with it: I have driven it out for its wickedness. Eze 31 12 And strangers, the most terrible of the nations, have cut it off, and have left it: upon the mountains and in all the valleys its branches are fallen, and its boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth have gone down from its shadow, and have left it. Eze 31 13 Upon its ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon its branches: Eze 31 14 So that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their tops 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 lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. Eze 31 15 Thus says the Lord GOD; In the day when it went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for it, and I restrained its floods, and the great waters were held back: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. Eze 31 16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to sheol 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 lower parts of the earth. Eze 31 17 They also went down into sheol with it with them that are slain with the sword; and they that were its arm, that dwelt under its shadow in the midst of the nations. Eze 31 18 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 unto the lower parts of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 32 Eze 32 1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 32 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, You are like a young lion of the nations, and you are as a monster in the seas: and you came forth with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers. Eze 32 3 Thus says 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. Eze 32 4 Then will I leave you upon the land, I will cast you forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon you, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with you. Eze 32 5 And I will lay your flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with your dead bodies. Eze 32 6 I will also water with your blood the land in which you swim, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of you. Eze 32 7 And when I shall put you out, I will cover the heaven, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. Eze 32 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord GOD. Eze 32 9 I will also trouble the hearts of many people, when I shall bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known. Eze 32 10 Yea, I will make many people appalled at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid of 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. Eze 32 11 For thus says the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you. Eze 32 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause your multitude to fall, the most terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall plunder the pomp of Egypt, and all its multitude shall be destroyed. Eze 32 13 I will destroy also all its beasts from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. Eze 32 14 Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, says the Lord GOD. Eze 32 15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that of which it was full, when I shall strike all them that dwell in it, then shall they know that I am the LORD. Eze 32 16 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, says the Lord GOD. Eze 32 17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 32 18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the lower parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. Eze 32 19 Whom do you surpass in beauty? go down, and be placed with the uncircumcised. Eze 32 20 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. Eze 32 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of sheol with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. Eze 32 22 Asshur is there and all her company: their graves are about her: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: Eze 32 23 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. Eze 32 24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the lower 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. Eze 32 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about her: 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: they are put in the midst of them that are slain. Eze 32 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitudes: their graves are round about them: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. Eze 32 27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to sheol 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. Eze 32 28 Yea, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shall lie with them that are slain with the sword. Eze 32 29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, who 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. Eze 32 30 There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. Eze 32 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, says the Lord GOD. Eze 32 32 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, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 33 Eze 33 1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 33 2 Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man from their territory, and set him for their watchman: Eze 33 3 If when he sees the sword come upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people; Eze 33 4 Then whosoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and takes not warning; if the sword comes, and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. Eze 33 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that takes warning shall deliver his soul. Eze 33 6 But if the watchman sees the sword come, and blows not the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. Eze 33 7 So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. Eze 33 8 When I say unto 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. Eze 33 9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. Eze 33 10 Therefore, O you son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus you speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we waste away in them, how should we then live? Eze 33 11 Say unto them, As I live, says 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? Eze 33 12 Therefore, you son of man, say unto 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 by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins. Eze 33 13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trusts in his own righteousness, and commits iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he has committed, he shall die for it. Eze 33 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right; Eze 33 15 If the wicked restores the pledge, gives back that which he has stolen, walks in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. Eze 33 16 None of his sins that he has committed shall be mentioned unto him: he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. Eze 33 17 Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. Eze 33 18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die for it. Eze 33 19 But if the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live by it. Eze 33 20 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. Eze 33 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. Eze 33 22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon 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. Eze 33 23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 33 24 Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places 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 an inheritance. Eze 33 25 Therefore say unto them, Thus says 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? Eze 33 26 You stand upon your sword, you work abomination, and you defile every one his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess the land? Eze 33 27 Say you thus unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that 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 they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. Eze 33 28 For I will make 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. Eze 33 29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. Eze 33 30 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, everyone to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that comes forth from the LORD. Eze 33 31 And they come unto 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. Eze 33 32 And, lo, you are unto 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. Eze 33 33 And when this comes to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet has been among them. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 34 Eze 34 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 34 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Eze 34 3 You eat the fat, and you clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you feed not the flock. Eze 34 4 The diseased have you not strengthened, neither have you healed those who were sick, neither have you bound up those who were broken, neither have you brought again those who were driven away, neither have you sought those who were lost; but with force and with cruelty have you ruled them. Eze 34 5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. Eze 34 6 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. Eze 34 7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; Eze 34 8 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food 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; Eze 34 9 Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; Eze 34 10 Thus says 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 food for them. Eze 34 11 For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out. Eze 34 12 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 on a cloudy and dark day. Eze 34 13 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. Eze 34 14 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 rich pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. Eze 34 15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD. Eze 34 16 I will seek those who were lost, and bring again those who were driven away, and will bind up those who were broken, and will strengthen those who were sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. Eze 34 17 And as for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between the rams and the male goats. Eze 34 18 Seems it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but must you tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but must you foul the rest with your feet? Eze 34 19 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. Eze 34 20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and between the lean sheep. Eze 34 21 Because you have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad; Eze 34 22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. Eze 34 23 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. Eze 34 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. Eze 34 25 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. Eze 34 26 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. Eze 34 27 And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its 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 who enslaved them. Eze 34 28 And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. Eze 34 29 And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more. Eze 34 30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord GOD. Eze 34 31 And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 35 Eze 35 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 35 2 Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, Eze 35 3 And say unto 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 most desolate. Eze 35 4 I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate, and you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 35 5 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 came to an end: Eze 35 6 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will prepare you unto blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, even blood shall pursue you. Eze 35 7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passes out and him that returns. Eze 35 8 And I will fill its mountains with its slain men: in your hills, and in your valleys, and in all your rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword. Eze 35 9 I will make you perpetual desolations, and your cities shall not return: and you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 35 10 Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess them; although the LORD was there: Eze 35 11 Therefore, as I live, says 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. Eze 35 12 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 to us to consume. Eze 35 13 Thus with your mouth you have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. Eze 35 14 Thus says the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. Eze 35 15 As you did rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto you: you shall be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 36 Eze 36 1 Also, you son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: Eze 36 2 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: Eze 36 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession unto the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers, and are slandered by the people: Eze 36 4 Therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says 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 rest of the nations that are round about; Eze 36 5 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, which have given my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with spiteful minds, to cast it out to plunder. Eze 36 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations: Eze 36 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; I have lifted up my hand, Surely the nations that are about you, they shall bear their shame. Eze 36 8 But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are soon to come. Eze 36 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and you shall be tilled and sown: Eze 36 10 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 built: Eze 36 11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you according to your former times, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 36 12 Yea, 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 bereave them of children. Eze 36 13 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, You land devours up men, and has bereaved your nation of children; Eze 36 14 Therefore you shall devour men no more, neither bereave your nation of children any more, says the Lord GOD. Eze 36 15 Neither will I cause men to hear in you the shame of the nations any more, neither shall you bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shall you cause your nation to fall any more, says the Lord GOD. Eze 36 16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 36 17 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 woman in her impurity. Eze 36 18 Therefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols with which they had polluted it: Eze 36 19 And I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. Eze 36 20 And when they entered unto the nations, where they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and have gone forth out of his land. Eze 36 21 But I had pity because of my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, where they went. Eze 36 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; I do this not for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went. Eze 36 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. Eze 36 24 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Eze 36 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. Eze 36 26 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 a heart of flesh. Eze 36 27 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. Eze 36 28 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. Eze 36 29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. Eze 36 30 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 nations. Eze 36 31 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. Eze 36 32 Not for your sakes do I this, says the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. Eze 36 33 Thus says 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 ruins shall be rebuilt. Eze 36 34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, instead of lying desolate in the sight of all that passed by. Eze 36 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities have become fortified, and are inhabited. Eze 36 36 Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD rebuild the ruined places, and replant that which was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. Eze 36 37 Thus says 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. Eze 36 38 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. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 37 Eze 37 1 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, Eze 37 2 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. Eze 37 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, you know. Eze 37 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy to these bones, and say unto them, O you dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Eze 37 5 Thus says the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live: Eze 37 6 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 you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 37 7 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 its bone. Eze 37 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them over: but there was no breath in them. Eze 37 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus says the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. Eze 37 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. Eze 37 11 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 on our part. Eze 37 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus says 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. Eze 37 13 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, Eze 37 14 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, says the LORD. Eze 37 15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Eze 37 16 Moreover, you son of man, take you 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: Eze 37 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in your hand. Eze 37 18 And when the children of your people shall speak unto you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these? Eze 37 19 Say unto 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 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. Eze 37 20 And the sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. Eze 37 21 And say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, where they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: Eze 37 22 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: Eze 37 23 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, in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. Eze 37 24 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. Eze 37 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, in which your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell there, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever. Eze 37 26 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 forevermore. Eze 37 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Eze 37 28 And the nations shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 38 Eze 38 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Eze 38 2 Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, Eze 38 3 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: Eze 38 4 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: Eze 38 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Eze 38 6 Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his hordes: and many people with you. Eze 38 7 Be prepared, and prepare for yourself, you, and all your company that are assembled unto you, and be a guard for them. Eze 38 8 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 desolate: but they were brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. Eze 38 9 You shall ascend and come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your hordes, and many people with you. Eze 38 10 Thus says 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: Eze 38 11 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, Eze 38 12 To take plunder, and to carry off spoil; to turn your hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, who have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. Eze 38 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all its villages, shall say unto you, Have you come to take plunder? 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? Eze 38 14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus says the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwell safely, shall you not know it? Eze 38 15 And you shall come from your place out of the north parts, you, and many people with you, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: Eze 38 16 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 nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, O Gog, before their eyes. Eze 38 17 Thus says the Lord GOD; Are you he of whom I have spoken in former times by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them? Eze 38 18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. Eze 38 19 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; Eze 38 20 So that the fish 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. Eze 38 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, says the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. Eze 38 22 And I will enter into judgment against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Eze 38 23 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. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 39 Eze 39 1 Therefore, you son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: Eze 39 2 And I will turn you back, and leave but the sixth part of you, and will cause you to come up from the far north, and will bring you upon the mountains of Israel: Eze 39 3 And I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. Eze 39 4 You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the people that are with you: I will give you unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. Eze 39 5 You shall fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD. Eze 39 6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell securely in the coastlands: and they shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 39 7 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 nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. Eze 39 8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, says the Lord GOD; this is the day of which I have spoken. Eze 39 9 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 war clubs, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: Eze 39 10 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 plunder those that plundered them, and rob those that robbed them, says the Lord GOD. Eze 39 11 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 travelers on the east of the sea: and it shall block the way of the travelers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog. Eze 39 12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. Eze 39 13 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, says the Lord GOD. Eze 39 14 And they shall set apart men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the travelers those that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they make a search. Eze 39 15 And the travelers that pass through the land, when any sees a man's bone, then shall they set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. Eze 39 16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land. Eze 39 17 And, you son of man, thus says 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 you may eat flesh, and drink blood. Eze 39 18 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 fatlings of Bashan. Eze 39 19 And you shall eat fat till you are full, and drink blood till you are drunk, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. Eze 39 20 Thus you shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, says the Lord GOD. Eze 39 21 And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. Eze 39 22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward. Eze 39 23 And the nations 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. Eze 39 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hidden my face from them. Eze 39 25 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captives of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; Eze 39 26 After they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid. Eze 39 27 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; Eze 39 28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, who caused them to be led into captivity among the nations: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. Eze 39 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 40 Eze 40 1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured, on the very same day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me there. Eze 40 2 In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was a structure like a city on the south. Eze 40 3 And he brought me there, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring rod; and he stood in the gate. Eze 40 4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you; for to the intent that I might show them unto you are you brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel. Eze 40 5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring rod of six cubits long by the cubit and a handbreadth: so he measured the width of the building, one rod; and the height, one rod. Eze 40 6 Then came he unto the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its stairs, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one rod wide; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one rod wide. Eze 40 7 And every little chamber was one rod long, and one rod wide; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the inside gate was one rod. Eze 40 8 He measured also the porch of the inside gate, one rod. Eze 40 9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inside. Eze 40 10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; the three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. Eze 40 11 And he measured the width of the entrance of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. Eze 40 12 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. Eze 40 13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the width was five and twenty cubits, from door to door. Eze 40 14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate. Eze 40 15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. Eze 40 16 And there were narrow windows in the little chambers, to their posts inside the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inside: and upon each post were palm trees. Eze 40 17 Then he brought me into the outer court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. Eze 40 18 And the pavement by the side of the gates corresponding to the length of the gates was the lower pavement. Eze 40 19 Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gate unto the front of the outside inner court, a hundred cubits eastward and northward. Eze 40 20 And the gate of the outer court that faced the north, he measured its length, and its width. Eze 40 21 And its little chambers were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and arches were the same as the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and its width five and twenty cubits. Eze 40 22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were the same as the measure of the gate that looks toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and its arches were before them. Eze 40 23 And the gate of the inner court was opposite the gate facing north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits. Eze 40 24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured its posts and arches according to these same measurements. Eze 40 25 And there were windows in it and in its arches round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the width five and twenty cubits. Eze 40 26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon its posts. Eze 40 27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits. Eze 40 28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these same measurements; Eze 40 29 And its little chambers, and its posts, and its arches, according to these same measurements: and there were windows in it and in its arches round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits wide. Eze 40 30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits wide. Eze 40 31 And its arches were toward the outer court; and palm trees were upon its posts: and the ascent to it had eight steps. Eze 40 32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these same measurements. Eze 40 33 And its little chambers, and its posts, and its arches, were according to these same measurements: and there were windows in it and in its arches round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits wide. Eze 40 34 And its arches were toward the outer court; and palm trees were upon its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps. Eze 40 35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these same measurements; Eze 40 36 Its little chambers, its posts, and its arches, and the windows in it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the width five and twenty cubits. Eze 40 37 And its posts were toward the outer court; and palm trees were upon its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps. Eze 40 38 And the chambers and its entrance were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. Eze 40 39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay on them the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering. Eze 40 40 And on the outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables. Eze 40 41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, on which they slew their sacrifices. Eze 40 42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high: on which also they laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice. Eze 40 43 And inside were hooks, a hand wide, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. Eze 40 44 And outside the inner gate were the chambers for the singers in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate; facing toward the south: one at the side of the east gate facing toward the north. Eze 40 45 And he said unto me, This chamber, facing toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers in charge of the house. Eze 40 46 And the chamber facing toward the north is for the priests, the keepers in charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, who come near to the LORD to minister unto him. Eze 40 47 So he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits wide, foursquare; and the altar that was in front of the house. Eze 40 48 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 width of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. Eze 40 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 41 Eze 41 1 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits wide on the one side, and six cubits wide on the other side, which was the width of the tabernacle. Eze 41 2 And the width 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 its length, forty cubits: and the width, twenty cubits. Eze 41 3 Then went he inside, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the width of the door, seven cubits. Eze 41 4 So he measured its length, twenty cubits; and its width, twenty cubits, beyond the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place. Eze 41 5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the width of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. Eze 41 6 And the side chambers were three stories, one over another, and thirty in each story; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have support, but they were not supported by the wall of the house. Eze 41 7 And the side chambers became wider as they ascended from story to story, corresponding to the enlargement of the offset from story to story round about the house; on the side of the house a stairway led upward, and thus one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story. Eze 41 8 I saw also an elevation of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full rod of six great cubits. Eze 41 9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber on the outside, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were inside. Eze 41 10 And between the chambers was a width of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. Eze 41 11 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 width of the place that was left was five cubits round about. Eze 41 12 Now the building that was facing the separate courtyard at the end toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and its length ninety cubits. Eze 41 13 So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the separate courtyard, and the building, with its walls, a hundred cubits long; Eze 41 14 Also the width of the face of the house, and of the separate courtyard toward the east, a hundred cubits. Eze 41 15 And he measured the length of the building opposite the separate courtyard which was behind it, and its galleries on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; Eze 41 16 The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, opposite the door, paneled with wood round about, from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; Eze 41 17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. Eze 41 18 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; Eze 41 19 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. Eze 41 20 From the ground to above the door were cherubim and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple. Eze 41 21 The posts of the temple were square, and also the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one like the appearance of the other. Eze 41 22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and its length two cubits; and its corners, and its length, and its walls, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD. Eze 41 23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. Eze 41 24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two swinging leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. Eze 41 25 And there were carved on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, as were carved upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch outside. Eze 41 26 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. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 42 Eze 42 1 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was opposite the separate courtyard, and which was opposite the building facing north. Eze 42 2 Facing the length, which was a hundred cubits, was the north door, and the width was fifty cubits. Eze 42 3 Opposite the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and facing the pavement which was for the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. Eze 42 4 And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits width toward the inside, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north. Eze 42 5 Now the upper chambers were narrower: for the galleries took more space away from these, than from the lower, and the middle chambers of the building. Eze 42 6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars like the pillars of the courts: therefore the upper chambers were narrowed, more than the lower and the middle chambers from the ground. Eze 42 7 And the wall that was outside, opposite the chambers, toward the outer court at the front of the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. Eze 42 8 For the length of the chambers that were on the outer court was fifty cubits: while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits. Eze 42 9 And below these chambers was an entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court. Eze 42 10 There were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separate courtyard, and opposite the building. Eze 42 11 And the walk was before them, and they were like the appearance of the chambers which were facing the north, as long as they, and as wide as they: and all their exits were according to their plans, as were their doors. Eze 42 12 And like the doors of the chambers that were facing the south there was a door in front of the walk, even the walk directly in front of the wall facing the east, as one enters them. Eze 42 13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separate courtyard, they are 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 grain offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. Eze 42 14 When the priests enter them, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments in which they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people. Eze 42 15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out through the gate which faces toward the east, and measured it round about. Eze 42 16 He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods, with the measuring rod all around. Eze 42 17 He measured the north side, five hundred rods, with the measuring rod all around. Eze 42 18 He measured the south side, five hundred rods, with the measuring rod. Eze 42 19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred rods with the measuring rod. Eze 42 20 He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall all around, five hundred rods long, and five hundred wide, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the common place. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 43 Eze 43 1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east: Eze 43 2 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. Eze 43 3 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. Eze 43 4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate which faces toward the east. Eze 43 5 So the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. Eze 43 6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. Eze 43 7 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 forever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their harlotry, nor by the dead bodies of their kings on their high places. Eze 43 8 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: therefore I have consumed them in my anger. Eze 43 9 Now let them put away their harlotry, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them forever. Eze 43 10 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. Eze 43 11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, show them the form of the house, and its plan, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its design, and all its ordinances, and all its forms, and all its laws: and write it in their sight, that they may keep its whole design, and all its ordinances, and do them. Eze 43 12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole area round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. Eze 43 13 And these are the measurements of the altar by cubits: The cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth; the base shall be a cubit high, and the width a cubit, and its rim all around its edge shall be a span: and this shall be the height of the altar. Eze 43 14 And from the base upon the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge even to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the width one cubit. Eze 43 15 So the altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and extending upward shall be four horns. Eze 43 16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve wide, square in the four corners. Eze 43 17 And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides; and the rim around it shall be half a cubit wide; and its base shall be a cubit all around; and its steps shall face toward the east. Eze 43 18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings on it, and to sprinkle blood on it. Eze 43 19 And you shall give to the priests, the Levites, that are of the descendants of Zadok, who approach unto me, to minister unto me, says the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. Eze 43 20 And you shall take some of its blood, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the rim around it: thus shall you cleanse and purge it. Eze 43 21 You shall take the bullock also of the sin offering, and shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary. Eze 43 22 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. Eze 43 23 When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. Eze 43 24 And you shall 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. Eze 43 25 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. Eze 43 26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. Eze 43 27 And when these days are completed, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and thereafter, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 44 Eze 44 1 Then he brought me back to the gate of the outer sanctuary which faces toward the east; and it was shut. Eze 44 2 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, has entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. Eze 44 3 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 same way. Eze 44 4 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 upon my face. Eze 44 5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I say unto you concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all its laws; and mark well those who may enter the house, going out from the sanctuary. Eze 44 6 And you shall say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; O you house of Israel, let there be an end of all your abominations, Eze 44 7 In that you have brought into my sanctuary foreigners, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when you offer my food, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. Eze 44 8 And you have not kept charge of my holy things: but you have set others as keepers of my charge in my sanctuary instead of yourselves. Eze 44 9 Thus says the Lord GOD; No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigner that is among the children of Israel. Eze 44 10 And the Levites who have gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. Eze 44 11 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. Eze 44 12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. Eze 44 13 And they shall not come near unto me, to serve 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. Eze 44 14 But I will make them to keep charge of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall be done in it. Eze 44 15 But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept 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, says the Lord GOD: Eze 44 16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. Eze 44 17 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, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and inside. Eze 44 18 They shall have linen turbans upon their heads, and shall have linen trousers upon their bodies; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat. Eze 44 19 And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which 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. Eze 44 20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads. Eze 44 21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. Eze 44 22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is divorced: but they shall take maidens of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest. Eze 44 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. Eze 44 24 And in controversy they shall stand as judges; 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. Eze 44 25 And they shall come near 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. Eze 44 26 And after he is cleansed, they shall count unto him seven days. Eze 44 27 And in the day that he goes into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord GOD. Eze 44 28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession. Eze 44 29 They shall eat the grain offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. Eze 44 30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every offering of all, of every sort of your offerings, shall be the priest's: you shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in your house. Eze 44 31 The priests shall not eat of anything that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 45 Eze 45 1 Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer a district unto the LORD, a holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand rods, and the width shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all its territory all around. Eze 45 2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in width, square all around; and fifty cubits round about for its open space. Eze 45 3 And of this measure shall you measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the width of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place. Eze 45 4 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 a holy place for the sanctuary. Eze 45 5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of width, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for cities to live in. Eze 45 6 And you shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand wide, and five and twenty thousand long, adjacent to the district of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. Eze 45 7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the district of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, bordering the district of the holy portion, and bordering the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall correspond to one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border. Eze 45 8 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. Eze 45 9 Thus says the Lord GOD; Enough, O princes of Israel: remove violence and plunder, and execute justice and righteousness, take away your evictions of my people, says the Lord GOD. Eze 45 10 You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. Eze 45 11 The ephah and the bath shall be the same measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure of it shall be according to the homer. Eze 45 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your mina. Eze 45 13 This is the offering that you shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat, and you shall give the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley: Eze 45 14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, you shall offer the tenth part of a bath from a cor, which is a homer of ten baths; for ten baths are a homer: Eze 45 15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the rich pastures of Israel; for a grain offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, says the Lord GOD. Eze 45 16 All the people of the land shall give this offering for the prince in Israel. Eze 45 17 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and grain offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the grain offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel. Eze 45 18 Thus says 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: Eze 45 19 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court. Eze 45 20 And so you shall do the seventh day of the month for every one that sins through error or in ignorance: so shall you reconcile the house. Eze 45 21 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. Eze 45 22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. Eze 45 23 And the 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. Eze 45 24 And he shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil for each ephah. Eze 45 25 In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the same in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the grain offering, and according to the oil. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 46 Eze 46 1 Thus says the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that faces 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. Eze 46 2 And the prince shall enter by way of the porch of that gate from outside, 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 out; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. Eze 46 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD on the sabbaths and on the new moons. Eze 46 4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD on the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. Eze 46 5 And the grain offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and a hin of oil to each ephah. Eze 46 6 And on 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. Eze 46 7 And he shall prepare a grain offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as much as he is able, and a hin of oil to each ephah. Eze 46 8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go out by the same way. Eze 46 9 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 out by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate by which he came in, but shall go out opposite it. Eze 46 10 And the prince shall be in the midst of them, and when they go in, he shall go in; and when they go out, he shall go out. Eze 46 11 And at the feasts and at the appointed seasons the grain offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as much as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to each ephah. Eze 46 12 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 faces 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 out; and after his going out one shall shut the gate. Eze 46 13 You shall daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: you shall prepare it every morning. Eze 46 14 And you shall prepare a grain offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour; a grain offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD. Eze 46 15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the grain offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. Eze 46 16 Thus says the Lord GOD; If the prince gives a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance of it shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance. Eze 46 17 But if he gives a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; afterward it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons', for them. Eze 46 18 Moreover the prince shall not take any 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. Eze 46 19 After that he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which faced toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. Eze 46 20 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 grain offering; that they bear them not out into the outer court, to sanctify the people. Eze 46 21 Then he brought me forth 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. Eze 46 22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty wide: these four corners were of the same measure. Eze 46 23 And there was a row of building stones all around in them, all around the four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows of stones all around. Eze 46 24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifices of the people. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 47 Eze 47 1 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 front of the house faced toward the east, and the waters came down from under the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. Eze 47 2 Then he brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around the way outside to the outer gate by the way that faces eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. Eze 47 3 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 up to the ankles. Eze 47 4 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 waist. Eze 47 5 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. Eze 47 6 And he said unto me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river. Eze 47 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. Eze 47 8 Then he said 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 of the sea shall be healed. Eze 47 9 And it shall come to pass, that everything 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 there: for they shall be healed; and everything shall live where the river comes. Eze 47 10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishermen shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; there shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be the same kinds as the fish of the great sea, exceedingly many. Eze 47 11 But its swamps and its marshes shall not be healed; they shall be given over to salt. Eze 47 12 And by the river upon its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall its fruit be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to its months, because the waters flowed out of the sanctuary: and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for medicine. Eze 47 13 Thus says the Lord GOD; This shall be the borders, by which you shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. Eze 47 14 And you shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. Eze 47 15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the road to Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; Eze 47 16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. Eze 47 17 And the border from the sea shall be to Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. Eze 47 18 And the east side you shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by the Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side. Eze 47 19 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. Eze 47 20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till one comes opposite Hamath. This is the west side. Eze 47 21 So shall you divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. Eze 47 22 And it shall come to pass, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall bare children among you: and they shall be unto you as if born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. Eze 47 23 And it shall come to pass, that in whatever tribe the stranger sojourns, there shall you give him his inheritance, says the Lord GOD. ------------------------Ezechiel, Chapter 48 Eze 48 1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north border along the road to Hethlon, as one enters Hamath, to Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, in the direction of Hamath; for these are the sides east and west; a portion for Dan. Eze 48 2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Asher. Eze 48 3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, a portion for Naphtali. Eze 48 4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Manasseh. Eze 48 5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Ephraim. Eze 48 6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, a portion for Reuben. Eze 48 7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Judah. Eze 48 8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the district which you shall offer of five and twenty thousand rods in width, 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. Eze 48 9 The district that you shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in width. Eze 48 10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy district; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in width, and toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst of it. Eze 48 11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; who have kept my charge, who went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. Eze 48 12 And this district of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. Eze 48 13 And opposite the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in width: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the width ten thousand. Eze 48 14 And they shall not sell any of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. Eze 48 15 And the five thousand, that are left in the width opposite the five and twenty thousand, shall be an ordinary area for the city, for dwelling, and for common land: and the city shall be in the midst of it. Eze 48 16 And these shall be its measurementss; 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. Eze 48 17 And the common land of the city shall be to the north two hundred and fifty, and to the south two hundred and fifty, and to the east two hundred and fifty, and to the west two hundred and fifty. Eze 48 18 And the rest in length alongside the district of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be adjacent to the district of the holy portion; and its increase shall be for food unto them that serve the city. Eze 48 19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel. Eze 48 20 All the district shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: you shall set apart the holy district as a square, with the possession of the city. Eze 48 21 And the rest shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy district, and of the possession of the city, next to the five and twenty thousand of the district toward the east border, and westward next to the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, adjacent to the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy district; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it. Eze 48 22 Moreover apart 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. Eze 48 23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. Eze 48 24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon shall have a portion. Eze 48 25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar a portion. Eze 48 26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun a portion. Eze 48 27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad a portion. Eze 48 28 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. Eze 48 29 This is the land which you shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, says the Lord GOD. Eze 48 30 And these are the exits of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred cubits by measure. Eze 48 31 And the gates of the city shall be according to the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, one gate for Levi. Eze 48 32 And on the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, one gate for Dan. Eze 48 33 And on the south side four thousand and five hundred cubits by measure: and three gates; one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, one gate for Zebulun. Eze 48 34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, one gate for Naphtali. Eze 48 35 It was all around eighteen thousand cubits by measure: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. ------------------------Daniel, Chapter 1 Dan 1 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. Dan 1 2 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. Dan 1 3 And the king spoke unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's descendants, and of the princes; Dan 1 4 Young men in whom was no blemish, but handsome, and skilful in all wisdom, and gifted 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 language of the Chaldeans. Dan 1 5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's food, and of the wine which he drank: so training them three years, that at the end of that time they might stand before the king. Dan 1 6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: Dan 1 7 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. Dan 1 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Dan 1 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favor and kindness with the prince of the eunuchs. Dan 1 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the young men who are of your age? then shall you make me endanger my head to the king. Dan 1 11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, Dan 1 12 Test your servants, I beseech you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink. Dan 1 13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before you, and the countenance of the young men that eat of the portion of the king's food: and as you see fit, deal with your servants. Dan 1 14 So he consented to them in this matter, and tested them ten days. Dan 1 15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared better and fatter in flesh than all the young men who did eat the portion of the king's food. Dan 1 16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their food, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them vegetables. Dan 1 17 As for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. Dan 1 18 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. Dan 1 19 And the king spoke with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. Dan 1 20 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. Dan 1 21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. ------------------------Daniel, Chapter 2 Dan 2 1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, by which his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him. Dan 2 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. Dan 2 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. Dan 2 4 Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Aramaic, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. Dan 2 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you will not make known unto me the dream, with its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap. Dan 2 6 But if you show the dream, and its interpretation, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream, and its interpretation. Dan 2 7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it. Dan 2 8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that you would gain the time, because you see the thing is gone from me. Dan 2 9 But if you will not make known unto 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 its interpretation. Dan 2 10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can tell the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. Dan 2 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is none other that can reveal it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. Dan 2 12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. Dan 2 13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. Dan 2 14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: Dan 2 15 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. Dan 2 16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation. Dan 2 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: Dan 2 18 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. Dan 2 19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. Dan 2 20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: Dan 2 21 And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings, and sets up kings: he gives wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: Dan 2 22 He reveals the deep and secret things: he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. Dan 2 23 I thank you, and praise you, O God of my fathers, who has given me wisdom and might, and has made known unto me now what we desired of you: for you have now made known unto us the king's matter. Dan 2 24 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 show unto the king the interpretation. Dan 2 25 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. Dan 2 26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, are you able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation? Dan 2 27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers, cannot show unto the king; Dan 2 28 But there is a God in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known to king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, are these; Dan 2 29 As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind upon your bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that reveals secrets makes known to you what shall come to pass. Dan 2 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than anyone living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that you might know the thoughts of your heart. Dan 2 31 You, O king, saw, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its form was frightening. Dan 2 32 This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, Dan 2 33 Its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay. Dan 2 34 You saw till a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces. Dan 2 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. Dan 2 36 This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king. Dan 2 37 You, O king, are a king of kings: for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. Dan 2 38 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. Dan 2 39 And after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and another third kingdom of bronze, which shall bear rule over all the earth. Dan 2 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: since iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things: and as iron that breaks all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. Dan 2 41 And as you saw the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it the strength of the iron, just as you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. Dan 2 42 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. Dan 2 43 And as you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the descendants of men: but they shall not hold one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. Dan 2 44 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 forever. Dan 2 45 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: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure. Dan 2 46 Then king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and incense unto him. Dan 2 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is God of gods, and Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you could reveal this secret. Dan 2 48 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. Dan 2 49 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, Chapter 3 Dan 3 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and its width six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Dan 3 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the administrators, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Dan 3 3 Then the satraps, the administrators, and governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials 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. Dan 3 4 Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, Dan 3 5 That at what time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up: Dan 3 6 And whosoever falls not down and worships shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Dan 3 7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Dan 3 8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. Dan 3 9 They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever. Dan 3 10 You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image: Dan 3 11 And whosoever falls not down and worships, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Dan 3 12 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. Dan 3 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. Dan 3 14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do you not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? Dan 3 15 Now if you are ready that at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, 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 midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? Dan 3 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. Dan 3 17 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. Dan 3 18 But if not, be it known unto you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up. Dan 3 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. Dan 3 20 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. Dan 3 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, and their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Dan 3 22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Dan 3 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Dan 3 24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spoke, and said unto his counselors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. Dan 3 25 He answered and said, Lo, 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. Dan 3 26 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 out of the midst of the fire. Dan 3 27 And the satraps, administrators, and governors, and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed, neither were their coats affected, nor had the smell of fire come upon them. Dan 3 28 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's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. Dan 3 29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, who speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap: because there is no other God that can deliver in this way. Dan 3 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. ------------------------Daniel, Chapter 4 Dan 4 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. Dan 4 2 I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the most high God has worked for me. Dan 4 3 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. Dan 4 4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace: Dan 4 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. Dan 4 6 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. Dan 4 7 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 its interpretation. Dan 4 8 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, Dan 4 9 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 its interpretation. Dan 4 10 Thus were the visions of my head in my bed; I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great. Dan 4 11 The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached unto heaven, and its sight to the end of all the earth: Dan 4 12 Its leaves were fair, and its fruit much, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in its boughs, and all flesh was fed from it. Dan 4 13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher, a holy one came down from heaven; Dan 4 14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches: Dan 4 15 Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, 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: Dan 4 16 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. Dan 4 17 This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision 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 whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowliest of men. Dan 4 18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now you, O Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but you are able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you. Dan 4 19 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 its interpretation, trouble you. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, may the dream be for them that hate you, and its interpretation for your enemies. Dan 4 20 The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and its sight to all the earth; Dan 4 21 Whose leaves were fair, and its fruit much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: Dan 4 22 It is you, O king, that have grown and become strong: for your greatness has grown, and reached unto heaven, and your dominion to the end of the earth. Dan 4 23 And since the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, 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; Dan 4 24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which has come upon my lord the king: Dan 4 25 That they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like 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 whomever he will. Dan 4 26 And since they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; your kingdom shall be sure unto you, after you shall have known that the heavens do rule. Dan 4 27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto you, and break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of your tranquillity. Dan 4 28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. Dan 4 29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. Dan 4 30 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? Dan 4 31 While the word was 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. Dan 4 32 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 like 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 whomever he will. Dan 4 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair had grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. Dan 4 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes unto heaven, and my understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honored him that lives forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: Dan 4 35 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 restrain his hand, or say unto him, What do you? Dan 4 36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my honor and brightness returned unto me; and my counselors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. Dan 4 37 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, Chapter 5 Dan 5 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Dan 5 2 Belshazzar, while 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 lords, his wives, and his concubines, might drink from them. Dan 5 3 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 lords, his wives, and his concubines, drank from them. Dan 5 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone. Dan 5 5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote opposite the lampstand upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Dan 5 6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened, and his knees struck one against another. Dan 5 7 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, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. Dan 5 8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king its interpretation. Dan 5 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonished. Dan 5 10 Now the queen because of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever: let not your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance be changed: Dan 5 11 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; Dan 5 12 Because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and solving of riddles, and explaining of problems, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation. Dan 5 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spoke and said unto Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? Dan 5 14 I have even heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. Dan 5 15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me its interpretation: but they could not show the interpretation of the thing: Dan 5 16 And I have heard of you, that you can make interpretations, and explain doubts: now if you can read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. Dan 5 17 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 unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. Dan 5 18 O king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor: Dan 5 19 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. Dan 5 20 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: Dan 5 21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys: 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 whomever he will. Dan 5 22 And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this; Dan 5 23 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 bronze, 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: Dan 5 24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. Dan 5 25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. Dan 5 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it. Dan 5 27 TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting. Dan 5 28 PERES; Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. Dan 5 29 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. Dan 5 30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. Dan 5 31 And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. ------------------------Daniel, Chapter 6 Dan 6 1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be over the whole kingdom; Dan 6 2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the satraps might give accounts unto them, and the king should suffer no loss. Dan 6 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Dan 6 4 Then the presidents and satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. Dan 6 5 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. Dan 6 6 Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live forever. Dan 6 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the satraps, the counselors, and the advisors, 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, except from you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Dan 6 8 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. Dan 6 9 Therefore king Darius signed the written decree. Dan 6 10 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 before. Dan 6 11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. Dan 6 12 Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree; have you not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of 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 alters not. Dan 6 13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who 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. Dan 6 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was greatly 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. Dan 6 15 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 establishes may be changed. Dan 6 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said unto Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you. Dan 6 17 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. Dan 6 18 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. Dan 6 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. Dan 6 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a grieved voice unto 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? Dan 6 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live forever. Dan 6 22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: because before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, have I done no wrong. Dan 6 23 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 harm was found upon him, because he believed in his God. Dan 6 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came at the bottom of the den. Dan 6 25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. Dan 6 26 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 forever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. Dan 6 27 He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. Dan 6 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. ------------------------Daniel, Chapter 7 Dan 7 1 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. Dan 7 2 Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. Dan 7 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. Dan 7 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till its wings 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. Dan 7 5 And behold another beast, a second, like a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. Dan 7 6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon its back four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. Dan 7 7 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 its feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. Dan 7 8 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. Dan 7 9 I beheld till the thrones were set in place, 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 its wheels as burning fire. Dan 7 10 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. Dan 7 11 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. Dan 7 12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. Dan 7 13 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. Dan 7 14 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. Dan 7 15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. Dan 7 16 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. Dan 7 17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. Dan 7 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever. Dan 7 19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of bronze; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; Dan 7 20 And of the ten horns that were on its head, and of the other which came up, and before which three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke very great things, whose look was greater than its fellows. Dan 7 21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Dan 7 22 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. Dan 7 23 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. Dan 7 24 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. Dan 7 25 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. Dan 7 26 But the court shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. Dan 7 27 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. Dan 7 28 Here is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. ------------------------Daniel, Chapter 8 Dan 8 1 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. Dan 8 2 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. Dan 8 3 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. Dan 8 4 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. Dan 8 5 And as I was considering, behold, a male 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. Dan 8 6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran at him in the fury of his power. Dan 8 7 And I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with rage against him, and struck 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 upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. Dan 8 8 Therefore the male goat grew very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. Dan 8 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which grew exceedingly great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land. Dan 8 10 And it grew 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. Dan 8 11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. Dan 8 12 And a host was given him to oppose the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it did this, and prospered. Dan 8 13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint who 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? Dan 8 14 And he said unto me, For two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. Dan 8 15 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 one having the appearance of a man. Dan 8 16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. Dan 8 17 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: that for the time of the end shall be the vision. Dan 8 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. Dan 8 19 And he said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. Dan 8 20 The ram which you saw having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. Dan 8 21 And the male goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. Dan 8 22 As for that horn being broken, and the four that stood up in its place, four kingdoms shall stand up out of that nation, but not with its power. Dan 8 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to their fullness, a king of bold countenance, and understanding riddles, shall stand up. Dan 8 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy awesomely, and shall prosper, and thrive, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. Dan 8 25 And through his cunning also he shall cause deceit to prosper under his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and without warning shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken, by no human hand. Dan 8 26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: therefore shut up the vision; for it shall be many days hence. Dan 8 27 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, Chapter 9 Dan 9 1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the descendants of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; Dan 9 2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood from the books the number of the years, of which the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Dan 9 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: Dan 9 4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and awesome God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; Dan 9 5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from your precepts and from your judgments: Dan 9 6 Neither have we hearkened unto 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. Dan 9 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs unto you, but unto us shame of face, 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 where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you. Dan 9 8 O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. Dan 9 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; Dan 9 10 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. Dan 9 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed your law, even by departing, that they might not obey your 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. Dan 9 12 And he has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven has not been done as has been done upon Jerusalem. Dan 9 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand your truth. Dan 9 14 Therefore has the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he does: for we obeyed not his voice. Dan 9 15 And now, O Lord our God, who has brought your people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and has gotten yourself renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. Dan 9 16 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 have become a reproach to all that are about us. Dan 9 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of your servant, and his supplications, and cause your face to shine upon your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. Dan 9 18 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 righteousness, but for your great mercies. Dan 9 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for your own sake, O my God: for your city and your people are called by your name. Dan 9 20 And 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 for the holy mountain of my God; Dan 9 21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. Dan 9 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give you skill and understanding. Dan 9 23 At the beginning of your supplications the commandment came forth, and I have come to show you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. Dan 9 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon 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. Dan 9 25 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 troublesome times. Dan 9 26 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 its end shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan 9 27 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 offering 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, Chapter 10 Dan 10 1 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. Dan 10 2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. Dan 10 3 I ate no pleasant food, neither came meat nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. Dan 10 4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; Dan 10 5 Then I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose waist was girded with fine gold of Uphaz: Dan 10 6 His body also was like beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as torches of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished bronze, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. Dan 10 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great trembling fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Dan 10 8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my vigor was turned in me into ruin, and I retained no strength. Dan 10 9 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, with my face toward the ground. Dan 10 10 And, behold, a hand touched me, which made me tremble upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. Dan 10 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto you, and stand upright: for unto you am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. Dan 10 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that you did set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come because of your words. Dan 10 13 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; for I had remained there with the kings of Persia. Dan 10 14 Now I have come to make you understand what shall befall your people in the latter days: for the vision is for many days yet to come. Dan 10 15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. Dan 10 16 And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, because of the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. Dan 10 17 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. Dan 10 18 Then there came again and touched me one having the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, Dan 10 19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto you, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me. Dan 10 20 Then said he, Know you why I come unto you? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I have gone forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come. Dan 10 21 But I will show you that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that upholds me in these things, but Michael your prince. ------------------------Daniel, Chapter 11 Dan 11 1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. Dan 11 2 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 them all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. Dan 11 3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. Dan 11 4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these. Dan 11 5 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. Dan 11 6 And at the end of some 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 her authority; 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. Dan 11 7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his place, who 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: Dan 11 8 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. Dan 11 9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. Dan 11 10 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. Dan 11 11 And the king of the south shall be moved with rage, 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. Dan 11 12 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. Dan 11 13 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 equipment. Dan 11 14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the violent men of your people shall exalt themselves to fulfill the vision; but they shall fall. Dan 11 15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a siege mound, and take the most fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not withstand, neither his choice troups, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. Dan 11 16 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. Dan 11 17 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, to destroy it: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. Dan 11 18 After this shall he turn his face unto the coastlands, and shall take many: but a ruler for his own behalf shall bring the reproach brought by him to cease; with his reproach removed he shall cause it to turn back on him. Dan 11 19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fortress of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. Dan 11 20 Then shall arise in his place a raiser of taxes in the glorious kingdom: but within a few days he shall be destroyed, but neither in anger, nor in battle. Dan 11 21 And in his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honor of royalty: but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by flatteries. Dan 11 22 And with the force of a flood shall they be swept away from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. Dan 11 23 And after the league is made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small number of people. Dan 11 24 He shall enter peaceably even into the richest 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 plunder, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time. Dan 11 25 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 devise plans against him. Dan 11 26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his rich food shall destroy him, and his army shall be swept away: and many shall fall down slain. Dan 11 27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper: for the end shall yet be at the time appointed. Dan 11 28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; but his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall work his will, and return to his own land. Dan 11 29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be like the former, or like the latter. Dan 11 30 For the ships of Kittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and rage against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and show favor toward them that forsake the holy covenant. Dan 11 31 And forces shall apper on his part, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate. Dan 11 32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flattery: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and take action. Dan 11 33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by plunder, many days. Dan 11 34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be aided with a little help: but many shall join to them with flattery. Dan 11 35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to test them, and to purify them, and to make them white, until the time of the end: because it is yet for the time appointed. Dan 11 36 And the king shall do according to his will; and 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 wrath is accomplished: for what has been determined shall be done. Dan 11 37 Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. Dan 11 38 But in their place he shall honor the god of fortresses: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. Dan 11 39 Thus shall he do in the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge and advance its glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. Dan 11 40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south attack 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 through. Dan 11 41 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 most of the children of Ammon. Dan 11 42 He shall stretch forth his hand also against the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. Dan 11 43 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 follow in his train. Dan 11 44 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 to utterly sweep away many. Dan 11 45 And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. ------------------------Daniel, Chapter 12 Dan 12 1 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. Dan 12 2 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. Dan 12 3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. Dan 12 4 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. Dan 12 5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood two others, the one on this bank of the river, and the other on that bank of the river. Dan 12 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be till the end of these wonders? Dan 12 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and swore by him that lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when he shall have accomplished the shattering of the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. Dan 12 8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? Dan 12 9 And he said, Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Dan 12 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. Dan 12 11 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. Dan 12 12 Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. Dan 12 13 But go you your way till the end: for you shall rest, and stand in your allotted place at the end of the days. ------------------------Hosea, Chapter 1 Hos 1 1 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. Hos 1 2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto you a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry: for the land has committed great harlotry, departing from the LORD. Hos 1 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; who conceived, and bore him a son. Hos 1 4 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. Hos 1 5 And it shall come to pass on that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. Hos 1 6 And she conceived again, and bore 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. Hos 1 7 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. Hos 1 8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son. Hos 1 9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for you are not my people, and I will not be your God. Hos 1 10 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, you are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, you are the sons of the living God. Hos 1 11 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, Chapter 2 Hos 2 1 Say you unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. Hos 2 2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her harlotry out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; Hos 2 3 Lest I strip her naked, and make her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and make her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. Hos 2 4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of harlotry. Hos 2 5 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. Hos 2 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and make a wall, so that she shall not find her paths. Hos 2 7 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. Hos 2 8 For she did not know that I gave her grain, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. Hos 2 9 Therefore will I return, and take away my grain in its time, and my wine in its season, and will take back my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. Hos 2 10 And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand. Hos 2 11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. Hos 2 12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, of which 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. Hos 2 13 And I will punish her for the days of Baalim, when she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgot me, says the LORD. Hos 2 14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. Hos 2 15 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. Hos 2 16 And it shall be at that day, says the LORD, that you shall call me Ishi; and shall call me no more Baali. Hos 2 17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. Hos 2 18 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 abolish the bow and the sword and the battle from the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. Hos 2 19 And I will betroth you unto me forever; yea, I will betroth you unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. Hos 2 20 I will even betroth you unto me in faithfulness: and you shall know the LORD. Hos 2 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, says the LORD, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth; Hos 2 22 And the earth shall answer with grain, and wine, and oil; and they shall answer Jezreel. Hos 2 23 And I will sow her for myself in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them who were not my people, you are my people; and they shall say, you are my God. ------------------------Hosea, Chapter 3 Hos 3 1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her lover, and an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love cakes of raisins. Hos 3 2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley: Hos 3 3 And I said unto her, you shall abide with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, and you shall not be for another man: so will I also be to you. Hos 3 4 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: Hos 3 5 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, Chapter 4 Hos 4 1 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. Hos 4 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break all restraint, and bloodshed touches bloodshed. Hos 4 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away. Hos 4 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for your people are as they that strive with the priest. Hos 4 5 Therefore shall you fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with you in the night, and I will destroy your mother. Hos 4 6 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: because you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. Hos 4 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. Hos 4 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. Hos 4 9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them for their deeds. Hos 4 10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase: because they have ceased to obey the LORD. Hos 4 11 Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart. Hos 4 12 My people ask counsel of their idols of wood, and their staff advises unto them: for the spirit of harlotry has caused them to err, and they have played the harlot against their God. Hos 4 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because its shadow is good: therefore your daughters shall commit harlotry, and your spouses shall commit adultery. Hos 4 14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for the men themselves are gone apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: therefore the people that do not understand shall fall. Hos 4 15 Though you, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not unto Gilgal, neither go up to Bethaven, nor swear, As the LORD lives. Hos 4 16 For Israel slides back like a stubborn heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in an open pasture. Hos 4 17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. Hos 4 18 Their drink is sour: they have committed harlotry continually: her rulers love shame more than glory. Hos 4 19 The wind has bound her up in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. ------------------------Hosea, Chapter 5 Hos 5 1 Hear you this, O priests; and hearken, you house of Israel; and give you ear, O house of the king; for judgment is for you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. Hos 5 2 And the revolters are deeply involved in slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. Hos 5 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry, and Israel is defiled. Hos 5 4 They will not change their deeds to turn unto their God: for the spirit of harlotry is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. Hos 5 5 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. Hos 5 6 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. Hos 5 7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten pagan children: now a new moon shall devour them with their hertiage. Hos 5 8 Blow the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, beware, O Benjamin. Hos 5 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. Hos 5 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the landmark: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. Hos 5 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after a human commandment. Hos 5 12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness. Hos 5 13 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. Hos 5 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and none shall rescue him. Hos 5 15 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, Chapter 6 Hos 6 1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up. Hos 6 2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Hos 6 3 Let us know, let us press 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. Hos 6 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto you? O Judah, what shall I do unto you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away. Hos 6 5 Therefore have I hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth. Hos 6 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Hos 6 7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. Hos 6 8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is defiled with blood. Hos 6 9 And as bands of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. Hos 6 10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the harlotry of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. Hos 6 11 Also, O Judah, he has appointed a harvest for you, when I return the captives of my people. ------------------------Hosea, Chapter 7 Hos 7 1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief comes in, and bands of robbers plunder outside. Hos 7 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own deeds have surrounded them; they are before my face. Hos 7 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. Hos 7 4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceases to stir the fire after he has kneaded the dough, until it is leavened. Hos 7 5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers. Hos 7 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns as a flaming fire. Hos 7 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings have fallen: there is none among them that calls unto me. Hos 7 8 Ephraim, he has mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. Hos 7 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knows not. Hos 7 10 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. Hos 7 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without sense: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. Hos 7 12 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 has heard. Hos 7 13 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. Hos 7 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they wailed upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and wine, and they rebel against me. Hos 7 15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise evil against me. Hos 7 16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a treacherous bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the insolence of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. ------------------------Hosea, Chapter 8 Hos 8 1 Set the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come as an eagle over the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. Hos 8 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know you. Hos 8 3 Israel has cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. Hos 8 4 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. Hos 8 5 Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be before they attain to innocence? Hos 8 6 For from Israel is even this: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. Hos 8 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: the stalk has no bud: it shall yield no meal: if so be it does yield, the aliens shall swallow it up. Hos 8 8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which is no pleasure. Hos 8 9 For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey alone by itself: Ephraim has hired lovers. Hos 8 10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little because of the burden of the king of princes. Hos 8 11 Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin offerings, the altars shall be unto him for sinning. Hos 8 12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. Hos 8 13 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 punish their sins: they shall return to Egypt. Hos 8 14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour his palaces. ------------------------Hosea, Chapter 9 Hos 9 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for you have played the harlot against your God, you have loved for hire upon every threshing floor. Hos 9 2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. Hos 9 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. Hos 9 4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them like the bread of mourners; all that eat of it shall be defiled: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. Hos 9 5 What will you do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD? Hos 9 6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the precious things of their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tents. Hos 9 7 The days of punishment have come, the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, because of the multitude of your iniquity, and the great hatred. Hos 9 8 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. Hos 9 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will punish their sins. Hos 9 10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and they became abominations like the thing they loved. Hos 9 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, no birth, no pregnancy, no conception. Hos 9 12 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! Hos 9 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. Hos 9 14 Give them, O LORD: what will you give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. Hos 9 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are rebels. Hos 9 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even their beloved children. Hos 9 17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. ------------------------Hosea, Chapter 10 Hos 10 1 Israel is an empty vine, he brings forth fruit unto 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. Hos 10 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he shall break down their altars, he shall ruin their images. Hos 10 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then could a king do for us? Hos 10 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field. Hos 10 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for its people shall mourn over it, and its idolatrous priests shall wail over it, for its glory has departed from it. Hos 10 6 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. Hos 10 7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. Hos 10 8 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. Hos 10 9 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. Hos 10 10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall be bound for their two transgressions. Hos 10 11 And Ephraim is as a heifer that is trained, and loves to tread out the grain; but I harnessed her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to pull a plow; Judah shall plow, and Jacob must break his clods. Hos 10 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you. Hos 10 13 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. Hos 10 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. Hos 10 15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. ------------------------Hosea, Chapter 11 Hos 11 1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. Hos 11 2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. Hos 11 3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. Hos 11 4 I drew them with cords of compassion, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke from their jaws, and I laid food before them. Hos 11 5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. Hos 11 6 And the sword shall rage against his cities, and shall consume his districts, and devour them, because of their own counsels. Hos 11 7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. Hos 11 8 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 Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassion is stirred. Hos 11 9 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 midst of you: and I will not enter into the city. Hos 11 10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall come trembling from the west. Hos 11 11 They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, says the LORD. Hos 11 12 Ephraim surrounds me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet walks with God, and is faithful with the saints. ------------------------Hosea, Chapter 12 Hos 12 1 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. Hos 12 2 The LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds will he recompense him. Hos 12 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: Hos 12 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us; Hos 12 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial name. Hos 12 6 Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God continually. Hos 12 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress. Hos 12 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found myself wealth: in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin. Hos 12 9 And I that am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt will yet make you to dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast. Hos 12 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and gave symbols, by the witness of the prophets. Hos 12 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the fields. Hos 12 12 And Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. Hos 12 13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. Hos 12 14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his bloodguilt upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. ------------------------Hosea, Chapter 13 Hos 13 1 When Ephraim spoke trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended through Baal worship, he died. Hos 13 2 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 craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. Hos 13 3 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. Hos 13 4 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 besides me. Hos 13 5 I did know you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. Hos 13 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. Hos 13 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: Hos 13 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the fat of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. Hos 13 9 O Israel, you have destroyed yourself; but in me is your help. Hos 13 10 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? Hos 13 11 I gave you a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath. Hos 13 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. Hos 13 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long where children are born. Hos 13 14 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: pity shall be hid from my eyes. Hos 13 15 Though he is 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 plunder the treasury of every precious thing. Hos 13 16 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, Chapter 14 Hos 14 1 O Israel, return unto the LORD your God; for you have fallen because of your iniquity. Hos 14 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we offer the sacrifices of our lips. Hos 14 3 Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, you are our gods: for in you the fatherless finds mercy. Hos 14 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger has turned away from him. Hos 14 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. Hos 14 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon. Hos 14 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and grow as the vine: their scent shall be as the wine of Lebanon. Hos 14 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green cypress tree. In me is your fruit found. Hos 14 9 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 stumble in them. ------------------------Joel, Chapter 1 Joel 1 1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. Joel 1 2 Hear this, you aged men, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this hpppened in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Joel 1 3 Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. Joel 1 4 That which the cutting locust has left has the swarming locust eaten; and that which the swarming locust has left has the crawling locust eaten; and that which the crawling locust has left has the consuming locust eaten. Joel 1 5 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 6 For a nation has come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness. Joel 1 7 He has laid my vine waste, and splintered my fig tree: he has stripped it bare, and cast it away; its branches are made white. Joel 1 8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. Joel 1 9 The grain offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn. Joel 1 10 The field is wasted, the land mourns; for the grain is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes. Joel 1 11 Be ashamed, O you farmers; wail, O you vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field has perished. Joel 1 12 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 has withered away from the sons of men. Joel 1 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: wail, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the grain offering and the drink offering is withheld from the house of your God. Joel 1 14 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 unto the LORD. Joel 1 15 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 16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? Joel 1 17 The seed shrivels under the clods, the storehouses are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain has withered. Joel 1 18 How the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. Joel 1 19 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 20 The beasts of the field cry also unto you: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. ------------------------Joel, Chapter 2 Joel 2 1 Blow 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 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, through the years of many generations. Joel 2 3 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; yea, and nothing shall escape them. Joel 2 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Joel 2 5 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 6 Before their face the people shall be in great pain: all faces are drained of color. Joel 2 7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march each one on his way, and they shall not break their ranks: Joel 2 8 Neither shall one jostle another; they shall walk each one in his path: and when they lunge between the swords, they shall not be wounded. Joel 2 9 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 10 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 11 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 endure it? Joel 2 12 Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn you even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: Joel 2 13 And tear your hearts, 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 relents from sending calamity. Joel 2 14 Who knows if he will return and have pity, and leave a blessing behind him; even a grain offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Joel 2 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Joel 2 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that nurse: let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her chamber. Joel 2 17 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 nations should rule over them: why should they say among the people, Where is their God? Joel 2 18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. Joel 2 19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you grain, and wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied with them: and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations: Joel 2 20 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 eastern sea, and his back toward the western sea, and his stench shall come up, and his foul smell shall come up, because he has done great things. Joel 2 21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. Joel 2 22 Be not afraid, you beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring up, for the tree bears her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. Joel 2 23 Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he has given you the former rain faithfully, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. Joel 2 24 And the threshing floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. Joel 2 25 And I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, and the consuming locust, and the cutting locust, my great army which I sent among you. Joel 2 26 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 ashamed. Joel 2 27 And you 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 28 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 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. Joel 2 30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. Joel 2 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes. Joel 2 32 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 has said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. ------------------------Joel, Chapter 3 Joel 3 1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, Joel 3 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will enter into judgment with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and have divided up my land. Joel 3 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. Joel 3 4 Yea, and what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coasts of Phlistia? will you render me a recompense? and if you recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head; Joel 3 5 Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my precious things: Joel 3 6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have you sold unto the Greeks, that you might remove them far from their border. Joel 3 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place to which you have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head: Joel 3 8 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 9 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 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Joel 3 11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all you nations, and gather yourselves together round about: there cause your mighty ones to come down, O LORD. Joel 3 12 Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about. Joel 3 13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great. Joel 3 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. Joel 3 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. Joel 3 16 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 17 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 18 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 from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. Joel 3 19 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 20 But Judah shall dwell forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. Joel 3 21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwells in Zion. ------------------------Amos, Chapter 1 Amos 1 1 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 2 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 3 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: Amos 1 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. Amos 1 5 I will break also the gate of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holds the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, says the LORD. Amos 1 6 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: Amos 1 7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour its palaces: Amos 1 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holds the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn my hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord GOD. Amos 1 9 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: Amos 1 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, which shall devour its palaces. Amos 1 11 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; 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 forever: Amos 1 12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Amos 1 13 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped up the women with child in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: Amos 1 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: Amos 1 15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, says the LORD. ------------------------Amos, Chapter 2 Amos 2 1 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: Amos 2 2 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 3 And I will cut off the judge from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him, says the LORD. Amos 2 4 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked: Amos 2 5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. Amos 2 6 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; Amos 2 7 That trample on the dust of the earth which is 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 maiden, to defile my holy name: Amos 2 8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes taken in pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. Amos 2 9 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 10 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 11 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O you children of Israel? says the LORD. Amos 2 12 But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. Amos 2 13 Behold, I am weighted down under you, as a cart is weighted down that is full of sheaves. Amos 2 14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his power, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: Amos 2 15 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 16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, says the LORD. ------------------------Amos, Chapter 3 Amos 3 1 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 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. Amos 3 3 Can two walk together, except they are agreed? Amos 3 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? will a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing? Amos 3 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no trap is for it? shall one take up a snare from the earth, having taken nothing at all? Amos 3 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be calamity in a city, and the LORD has not done it? Amos 3 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets. Amos 3 8 The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy? Amos 3 9 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 its midst, and the oppressed in its midst. Amos 3 10 For they know not to do right, says the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. Amos 3 11 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even all around the land; and he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be plundered. Amos 3 12 Thus says 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 on the edge of a couch. Amos 3 13 Hear you, and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, Amos 3 14 That in the day that I shall punish the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also punish the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. Amos 3 15 And I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, says the LORD.. ------------------------Amos, Chapter 4 Amos 4 1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. Amos 4 2 The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness: Lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. Amos 4 3 And you shall go out through the breaches, every cow straight before her; and you shall cast them into the palace, says the LORD. Amos 4 4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: Amos 4 5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this you love, O you children of Israel, says the Lord GOD. Amos 4 6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places: yet have you not returned unto me, says the LORD. Amos 4 7 And also I have withheld 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 part was rained upon, and the part upon which it rained not withered. Amos 4 8 So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have you not returned unto me, says the LORD. Amos 4 9 I have smitten you with blight and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the locust devoured them: yet have you not returned unto me, says the LORD. Amos 4 10 I have sent among you a plague 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 stench of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have you not returned unto me, says the LORD. Amos 4 11 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 unto me, says the LORD. Amos 4 12 Therefore thus will I do unto you, O Israel: and because I will do this unto you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel. Amos 4 13 For, lo, he that forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares unto man what is his thought, that makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. ------------------------Amos, Chapter 5 Amos 5 1 Hear you this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. Amos 5 2 The virgin of Israel has fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. Amos 5 3 For thus says the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall have left a hundred, and that which went forth by a hundred shall have left ten, to the house of Israel. Amos 5 4 For thus says the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek me, and you shall live: Amos 5 5 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 6 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 7 You who turn justice to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Amos 5 8 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 upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: Amos 5 9 That strengthens the plundered against the strong, so that the plundered shall come against the fortress. Amos 5 10 They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly. Amos 5 11 Since therefore you tread upon 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 12 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 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. Amos 5 14 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 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. Amos 5 16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, says 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 skilful in lamentation to wailing. Amos 5 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through you, says the LORD. Amos 5 18 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 19 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 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? Amos 5 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not take delight in your solemn assemblies. Amos 5 22 Though you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fatted beasts. Amos 5 23 Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your harps. Amos 5 24 But let justice run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Amos 5 25 Have you offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? Amos 5 26 But you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your star god, your images, which you made for yourselves. Amos 5 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. ------------------------Amos, Chapter 6 Amos 6 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, who are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! Amos 6 2 Pass you unto Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or their borders greater than your borders? Amos 6 3 You that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; Amos 6 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch yourselves upon your couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; Amos 6 5 That chant to the sound of the harp, and invent for yourselves instruments of music, like David; Amos 6 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint yourselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. Amos 6 7 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 8 The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, says 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 in it. Amos 6 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. Amos 6 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burns 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 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 11 For, behold, the LORD commands, and he will strike the great house into pieces, and the little house into bits. Amos 6 12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: Amos 6 13 You rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, Have we not taken to us authority by our own strength? Amos 6 14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the river of Arabah. ------------------------Amos, Chapter 7 Amos 7 1 Thus has the Lord GOD showed unto me; and, behold, he formed locusts 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 2 And it came to pass, that when they had finished 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 3 The LORD relented concerning this: It shall not be, says the LORD. Amos 7 4 Thus has the Lord GOD showed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part of the land. Amos 7 5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. Amos 7 6 The LORD relented concerning this: This also shall not be, says the Lord GOD. Amos 7 7 Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. Amos 7 8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what see you? 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 anymore: Amos 7 9 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 10 Then Amaziah the priest of 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 11 For thus Amos says, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. Amos 7 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O you seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: Amos 7 13 But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the king's house. Amos 7 14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: Amos 7 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. Amos 7 16 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 17 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 by a survey line; and you shall die in a defiled land: and Israel shall surely go forth into captivity from his land. ------------------------Amos, Chapter 8 Amos 8 1 Thus has the Lord GOD showed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. Amos 8 2 And he said, Amos, what see you? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end has come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them anymore. Amos 8 3 And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, says the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth in silence. Amos 8 4 Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Amos 8 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? 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 6 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 7 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. Amos 8 8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwells in it? and it shall rise up wholly as the river; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the river of Egypt. Amos 8 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth on a clear day: Amos 8 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon every waist, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and its end as a bitter day. Amos 8 11 Behold, the days come, says 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 12 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 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. Amos 8 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Your god, O Dan, lives; and, The way of Beersheba lives; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. ------------------------Amos, Chapter 9 Amos 9 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Strike the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and break them on the heads of 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 2 Though they dig into sheol, there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, there will I bring them down: Amos 9 3 And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them from there; and though they are hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them: Amos 9 4 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 harm, and not for good. Amos 9 5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that touches the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell in it shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like the river; and shall be drowned, as by the river of Egypt. Amos 9 6 It is he that builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault upon the earth; he that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. Amos 9 7 Are you not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? says 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 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD. Amos 9 9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. Amos 9 10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The calamity shall not overtake nor meet us. Amos 9 11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up its breaches; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will rebuild it as in the days of old: Amos 9 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the nations, who are called by my name, says the LORD that does this. Amos 9 13 Behold, the days come, says 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 flow with it. Amos 9 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall rebuild the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink their wine; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. Amos 9 15 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, says the LORD your God. ------------------------Obadiah, Chapter 1 Oba 1 1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a message from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, Arise you, and let us rise up against her in battle. Oba 1 2 Behold, I have made you small among the nations: you are greatly despised. Oba 1 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that says in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Oba 1 4 Though you exalt yourself as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there will I bring you down, says the LORD. Oba 1 5 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? Oba 1 6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his treasures sought out! Oba 1 7 All the men in your confederacy have forced you even to the border: the men that were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you; they that eat your bread have laid a trap under you: there is no understanding of it. Oba 1 8 Shall I not in that day, says the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountains of Esau? Oba 1 9 And your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mountains of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. Oba 1 10 For your violence against your brother Jacob shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever. Oba 1 11 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 upon Jerusalem, even you were as one of them. Oba 1 12 But you should not have looked down 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. Oba 1 13 You should not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, you should not have looked down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; Oba 1 14 Neither should you have stood at the crossroads, 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. Oba 1 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done unto you: your reward shall return upon your own head. Oba 1 16 For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had never been. Oba 1 17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Oba 1 18 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 them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD has spoken it. Oba 1 19 And they of the south shall possess the mountains of Esau; and they of the lowlands the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. Oba 1 20 And the captives of this host of the children of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. Oba 1 21 And saviors shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S. ------------------------Jonah, Chapter 1 Jonah 1 1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Jonah 1 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before me. Jonah 1 3 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 its fare, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. Jonah 1 4 But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken. Jonah 1 5 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 had gone down into the lower part of the ship; and he had lain down, and was fast asleep. Jonah 1 6 So the captain came to him, and said unto him, What mean you, O sleeper? arise, call upon your God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. Jonah 1 7 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 8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray you, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is your occupation? and from where come you? what is your country? and of what people are you? Jonah 1 9 And he said unto them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land. Jonah 1 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto 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 11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto you, that the sea may be calm for us? for the sea raged, and was tempestuous. Jonah 1 12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm for you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. Jonah 1 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea raged, and was tempestuous against them. Jonah 1 14 Therefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, 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 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging. Jonah 1 16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. Jonah 1 17 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, Chapter 2 Jonah 2 1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, Jonah 2 2 And said, I cried by reason of my affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of sheol cried I, and you heard my voice. Jonah 2 3 For you had cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods surrounded me: all your billows and your waves passed over me. Jonah 2 4 Then I said, I am cast out of your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple. Jonah 2 5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul: the deep closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. Jonah 2 6 I went down to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed about me forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. Jonah 2 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto you, into your holy temple. Jonah 2 8 They that regard vain idols forsake their own mercy. Jonah 2 9 But I will sacrifice unto you with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. Jonah 2 10 And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. ------------------------Jonah, Chapter 3 Jonah 3 1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Jonah 3 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid you. Jonah 3 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city of three days' journey around it. Jonah 3 4 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 5 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 6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. Jonah 3 7 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 anything: let them not feed, nor drink water: Jonah 3 8 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 9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? Jonah 3 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented of the disaster, that he had said that he would bring upon them; and he did it not. ------------------------Jonah, Chapter 4 Jonah 4 1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. Jonah 4 2 And he prayed unto 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 unto Tarshish: for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and you relent from the destruction. Jonah 4 3 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 4 Then said the LORD, Do you do well to be angry? Jonah 4 5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. Jonah 4 6 And the LORD God prepared a plant, 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 exceedingly glad for the plant. Jonah 4 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it attacked the plant so that it withered. Jonah 4 8 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, so that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. Jonah 4 9 And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry about the plant? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. Jonah 4 10 Then said the LORD, You have had pity on the plant, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: Jonah 4 11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also many cattle? ------------------------Micah, Chapter 1 Mic 1 1 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. Mic 1 2 Hear, all you people; hearken, O earth, and all that is in it: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. Mic 1 3 For, behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. Mic 1 4 And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be split, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. Mic 1 5 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? Mic 1 6 Therefore I will make Samaria like a heap in the field, and a place for planting of a vineyard: and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover her foundations. Mic 1 7 And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her pay shall be burned with the fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate: for she gathered it from the pay of a harlot, and they shall return to the pay of a harlot. Mic 1 8 Therefore I will lament and wail, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches. Mic 1 9 For her wound is incurable; for it has come unto Judah; it has come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. Mic 1 10 Declare it not at Gath, weep not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll yourself in the dust. Mic 1 11 Pass on your way, you inhabitant of Saphir, in naked shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth at the mourning of Bethezel; he shall take from you his standing place. Mic 1 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited anxiously for good: but disaster came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. Mic 1 13 O you inhabitant of Lachish, harness the chariot to the swift steeds: it is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in you. Mic 1 14 Therefore shall you give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a deceit to the kings of Israel. Mic 1 15 Yet will I bring an heir unto you, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam, the glory of Israel. Mic 1 16 Make yourselves bald, and cut your hair because of your precious children; enlarge your baldness like an eagle; for they shall go into captivity from you. ------------------------Micah, Chapter 2 Mic 2 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. Mic 2 2 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. Mic 2 3 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise a disaster, from which you shall not remove your necks; neither shall you walk haughtily: for this time is evil. Mic 2 4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he has changed the portion of my people: how he has removed it from me! turning away he has divided our fields. Mic 2 5 Therefore you shall have none that shall determine boundaries by lot in the congregation of the LORD. Mic 2 6 Prophesy not, they say to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not be shamed. Mic 2 7 O you that are named the house of Jacob: Is the spirit of the LORD restricted? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walks uprightly? Mic 2 8 Even of late my people have risen up as an enemy: you pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by trustingly, as men returning from war. Mic 2 9 The women of my people have you cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have you taken away my glory forever. Mic 2 10 Arise, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is defiled, it shall destroy you, even with utter destruction. Mic 2 11 If a man walking in the spirit of falsehood does lie, saying, I will prophesy unto you of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. Mic 2 12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as sheep in a fold, as the flock in the midst of their pasture: they shall make a loud noise because of the multitude of men. Mic 2 13 He who breaks open has come up before them: they have broken out, and have passed through the gate, and have gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, the LORD at their head. ------------------------Micah, Chapter 3 Mic 3 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? Mic 3 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Mic 3 3 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. Mic 3 4 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 in an evil way in their deeds. Mic 3 5 Thus says the LORD: Concerning the prophets who make my people stray, who bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puts nothing into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. Mic 3 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. Mic 3 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God. Mic 3 8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of justice, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. Mic 3 9 Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity. Mic 3 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Mic 3 11 Her heads judge for reward, and her priests teach for hire, and her prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? no evil can come upon us. Mic 3 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, and the mountain of the house like the high places of the forest. ------------------------Micah, Chapter 4 Mic 4 1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. Mic 4 2 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 out of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Mic 4 3 And he shall judge between many peoples, 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. Mic 4 4 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. Mic 4 5 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 forever and ever. Mic 4 6 In that day, says the LORD, will I assemble those that are lame, and I will gather those that are driven out, and those that I have afflicted; Mic 4 7 And I will make them that are lame a remnant, and those that were cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from that time forth, even forever. Mic 4 8 And you, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, unto you shall it come, even the former dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. Mic 4 9 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. Mic 4 10 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. Mic 4 11 Now also many nations are gathered against you, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. Mic 4 12 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. Mic 4 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze: and you shall beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their wealth unto the Lord of the whole earth. ------------------------Micah, Chapter 5 Mic 5 1 Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us: they shall strike the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. Mic 5 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Mic 5 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travails has brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. Mic 5 4 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. Mic 5 5 And this one 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 princely men. Mic 5 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our borders. Mic 5 7 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 tarries not for man, nor waits for the sons of men. Mic 5 8 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: which, if it passes through, both treads down, and tears in pieces, and none can deliver. Mic 5 9 Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off. Mic 5 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that I will cut off your horses out of your midst, and I will destroy your chariots: Mic 5 11 And I will cut off the cities of your land, and throw down all your strongholds: Mic 5 12 And I will cut off sorceries out of your hand; and you shall have no more soothsayers: Mic 5 13 Your graven images also will I cut off, and your sacred pillars out of your midst; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands. Mic 5 14 And I will pluck up your idol poles out of your midst: so will I destroy your cities. Mic 5 15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations, that have not obeyed. ------------------------Micah, Chapter 6 Mic 6 1 Hear you now what the LORD says; Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Mic 6 2 Hear you, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and you strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel. Mic 6 3 O my people, what have I done unto you? and in what have I wearied you? testify against me. Mic 6 4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Mic 6 5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal; that you may know the righteousness of the LORD. Mic 6 6 With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Mic 6 7 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? Mic 6 8 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? Mic 6 9 The LORD'S voice cries unto the city, and wisdom shall see your name: Hear the rod, and who has appointed it. Mic 6 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable? Mic 6 11 Shall I count those pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? Mic 6 12 For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Mic 6 13 Therefore also will I make you sick in striking you, in making you desolate because of your sins. Mic 6 14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and hunger shall be in your midst; and you shall carry away, but shall not save; and that which you save will I give up to the sword. Mic 6 15 You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint yourself with oil; and make sweet wine, but shall not drink wine. Mic 6 16 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 your inhabitants a hissing: therefore you shall bear the reproach of my people. ------------------------Micah, Chapter 7 Mic 7 1 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 firstripe fruit. Mic 7 2 The godly man has 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. Mic 7 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a bribe; and the great man, he utters his evil desire: so they weave it together. Mic 7 4 The best of them is like a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your punishment comes; now shall be their perplexity. Mic 7 5 Trust not in a friend, put not confidence in a companion: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom. Mic 7 6 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 of his own house. Mic 7 7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Mic 7 8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. Mic 7 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause, and executes justice for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Mic 7 10 Then she that is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is the LORD your God? my eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. Mic 7 11 In the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall your boundaries be far extended. Mic 7 12 In that day also they 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. Mic 7 13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell in it, and for the fruit of their deeds. Mic 7 14 Feed your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. Mic 7 15 As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show unto them marvellous things. Mic 7 16 The nations shall see and be ashamed at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. Mic 7 17 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. Mic 7 18 Who is a God like unto you, who pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger forever, because he delights in mercy. Mic 7 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Mic 7 20 You will show truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. ------------------------Nahum, Chapter 1 Nah 1 1 The burden concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkohshite. Nah 1 2 God is jealous, and the LORD avenges; the LORD avenges, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies. Nah 1 3 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. Nah 1 4 He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers: Bashan withers, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon fades. Nah 1 5 The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell in it. Nah 1 6 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. Nah 1 7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows them that trust in him. Nah 1 8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of its place, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. Nah 1 9 What do you imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. Nah 1 10 For while they are entangled together as thorns, and while they are drunk as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. Nah 1 11 There has one come out of you, that imagines evil against the LORD, a wicked counselor. Nah 1 12 Thus says 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. Nah 1 13 For now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds asunder. Nah 1 14 And the LORD has given a commandment concerning you: No more shall your name be perpetuated: 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. Nah 1 15 Behold upon 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, Chapter 2 Nah 2 1 He that dashes in pieces has come up before your face: keep the fortress, watch the road, make your flanks strong, fortify your power mightily. Nah 2 2 For the LORD will restore the excellence of Jacob, as the excellence of Israel: for the plunderers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. Nah 2 3 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 cypress trees shall be terribly shaken. Nah 2 4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad roads: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like lightning. Nah 2 5 He shall recount his nobles: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall, and the defence shall be prepared. Nah 2 6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. Nah 2 7 It is decreed: she shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maidens shall lead her as with the moaning of doves, beating upon their breasts. Nah 2 8 Though Nineveh was of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. Nah 2 9 Take the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is no end of treasure or wealth out of all the precious things. Nah 2 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees strike together, and much pain is on all sides, and the faces of them all grow pale. Nah 2 11 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 cub, and none made them afraid? Nah 2 12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with torn flesh. Nah 2 13 Behold, I am against you, says 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, Chapter 3 Nah 3 1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the victim departs not; Nah 3 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jolting chariots. Nah 3 3 The horseman lifts up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of dead bodies; and there is no end of their corpses; they stumble over the corpses: Nah 3 4 Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the seductive harlot, the mistress of sorceries, that sells nations through her harlotries, and peoples through her sorceries. Nah 3 5 Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts; and I will uncover your skirts over your face, and I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame. Nah 3 6 And I will cast abominable filth upon you, and make you vile, and will make you a spectacle. Nah 3 7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon you shall flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? where shall I seek comforters for you? Nah 3 8 Are you better than No Amon, that was situated among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was the sea? Nah 3 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was without limit; Put and Lubim were your helpers. Nah 3 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. Nah 3 11 You also shall be drunk: you shall be hidden, you also shall seek refuge from the enemy. Nah 3 12 All your strongholds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they are shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. Nah 3 13 Behold, your troops in the midst of you are women: the gates of your land shall be set wide open unto your enemies: the fire shall devour the bars of your gates. Nah 3 14 Draw your water for the siege, fortify your strongholds: go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln. Nah 3 15 There shall the fire devour you; the sword shall cut you off, it shall eat you up like the locust: make yourself many like the locust, make yourself many like the swarming locusts. Nah 3 16 You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of heaven: the locust plunders, and flies away. Nah 3 17 Your princes are like the locusts, and your officials like the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges on the cold day, but when the sun arises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. Nah 3 18 Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell in the dust: your people are scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathers them. Nah 3 19 There is no healing of your bruise; your wound is grievous: all that hear the report of you shall clap their hands over you: for upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually? ------------------------Habakkuk, Chapter 1 Hab 1 1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. Hab 1 2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and you will not hear! even cry out unto you of violence, and you will not save! Hab 1 3 Why do you show me iniquity, and cause me to behold trouble? for plundering and violence are before me: and there are those that raise up strife and contention. Hab 1 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and justice does never go forth: for the wicked does surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds. Hab 1 5 Behold you among the nations, and regard, and wonder and be astonished: for I will work a work in your days, which you will not believe, though it be told you. Hab 1 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the earth, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. Hab 1 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed from themselves. Hab 1 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen press proudly on, their horsemen shall come from afar; they shall fly as the eagle that hastens to eat. Hab 1 9 They shall all come for violence: their faces are set like the east wind, and they shall gather captives as the sand. Hab 1 10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every stronghold; for they shall heap up earth, and take it. Hab 1 11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall transgress, and offend, ascribing this his power unto his god. Hab 1 12 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. Hab 1 13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look on iniquity: why do you look upon them that deal treacherously, and hold your tongue when the wicked devours the man that is more righteous than he? Hab 1 14 And make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? Hab 1 15 They take up all of them with the hook, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragnet: therefore they rejoice and are glad. Hab 1 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their dragnet; because by them their portion is luxurious, and their food plentiful. Hab 1 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and continually slay the nations without mercy? ------------------------Habakkuk, Chapter 2 Hab 2 1 I will stand upon my watch, and set myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. Hab 2 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, so he may run that reads it. Hab 2 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay. Hab 2 4 Behold, his soul which is proud is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Hab 2 5 Yea also, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither keeps at home, who enlarges his desire as sheol, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers unto him all nations, and heaps unto him all people: Hab 2 6 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 loads himself with many pledges! Hab 2 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that are your creditors, and awake that shall oppress you, and you shall be for booty unto them? Hab 2 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of bloodshed, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell in it. Hab 2 9 Woe to him that covets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of ruin! Hab 2 10 You have plotted shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul. Hab 2 11 For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber shall answer it. Hab 2 12 Woe to him that builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity! Hab 2 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor to feed the fire, and the people shall weary themselves in vain? Hab 2 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. Hab 2 15 Woe unto him that gives his neighbour drink, that presses your wineskin to him, and makes him drunk also, that you may look on his nakedness! Hab 2 16 You are filled with shame instead of glory: drink you also, and let your shame be exposed: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned against you, and utter shame shall be upon your glory. Hab 2 17 For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover you, and the plunder of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, and of the city, and of all that dwell in it. Hab 2 18 What profits the graven image that its maker has shaped it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make dumb idols? Hab 2 19 Woe unto him that says to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it. Hab 2 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. ------------------------Habakkuk, Chapter 3 Hab 3 1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet on Shigionoth. Hab 3 2 O LORD, I have heard your speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. Hab 3 3 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. Hab 3 4 And his brightness was as the light; he had rays flashing out of his hand: and there was his power hidden. Hab 3 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning fever went forth at his feet. Hab 3 6 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. Hab 3 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. Hab 3 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was your anger against the rivers? was your wrath against the sea, that you did ride upon your horses and your chariots of salvation? Hab 3 9 Your bow was made quite ready, according to the oaths over your arrows. Selah. You did divide the earth with rivers. Hab 3 10 The mountains saw you, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered its voice, and lifted up its hands on high. Hab 3 11 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. Hab 3 12 You did march through the land in indignation, you did trample the nations in anger. Hab 3 13 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 laying bare from the foundation to the neck. Selah. Hab 3 14 You did thrust through with his own arrows the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was like devouring the poor secretly. Hab 3 15 You did walk through the sea with your horses, through the heap of great waters. Hab 3 16 When I heard, my body 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 unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. Hab 3 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Hab 3 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Hab 3 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like deer's feet, and he will make me walk upon my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. ------------------------Zephaniah, Chapter 1 Zep 1 1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. Zep 1 2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, says the LORD. Zep 1 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, says the LORD. Zep 1 4 I will also stretch out my 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 idolatrous and pagan priests; Zep 1 5 And those that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and those that worship and that swear by the LORD, and yet swear by Milcom; Zep 1 6 And those that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him. Zep 1 7 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 bidden his guests. Zep 1 8 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 foreign apparel. Zep 1 9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. Zep 1 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills. Zep 1 11 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that trade with silver are cut off. Zep 1 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men that are settled in their complacency: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. Zep 1 13 Therefore their goods shall become booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink their wine. Zep 1 14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens quickly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: there the mighty man shall cry out bitterly. Zep 1 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, Zep 1 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers. Zep 1 17 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 like refuse. Zep 1 18 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, Chapter 2 Zep 2 1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; Zep 2 2 Before the decree comes forth, before the day passes like the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you. Zep 2 3 Seek you the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have kept his commands; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you shall be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger. Zep 2 4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon shall be a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. Zep 2 5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the seacoast, 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. Zep 2 6 And the seacoast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. Zep 2 7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed there: 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. Zep 2 8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, by which they have reproached my people, and made boasts against their borders. Zep 2 9 Therefore as I live, says 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 weeds, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. Zep 2 10 This shall they have because of their pride, because they have reproached and boasted themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. Zep 2 11 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 coasts of the nations. Zep 2 12 You Ethiopians also, you shall be slain by my sword. Zep 2 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. Zep 2 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the vulture and the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall lay bare her cedar work. Zep 2 15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt securely, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! everyone that passes by her shall hiss, and shake his fist. ------------------------Zephaniah, Chapter 3 Zep 3 1 Woe to her that is rebellious and defiled, to the oppressing city! Zep 3 2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. Zep 3 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning. Zep 3 4 Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous persons: her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. Zep 3 5 The just LORD is in her midst; he will do no wrong: every morning does he bring his judgment to light, he fails not; but the unjust knows no shame. Zep 3 6 I have cut off the nations: their fortresses are desolate; I laid waste their streets, so that none passes by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, there is no inhabitant. Zep 3 7 I said, Surely you will fear me, you will receive instruction; so her dwelling should not be cut off, no matter how I punished her: but they rose early, and corrupted all their deeds. Zep 3 8 Therefore wait upon me, says the LORD, until the day that I rise up for plunder: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them my indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. Zep 3 9 For then will I restore to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one accord. Zep 3 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my worshipers, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring my offering. Zep 3 11 In that day shall you not be ashamed for all your deeds, in which you have transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of you those that rejoice in your pride, and you shall no more be haughty in my holy mountain. Zep 3 12 I will also leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. Zep 3 13 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 their flocks and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. Zep 3 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. Zep 3 15 The LORD has taken away your judgments, he has cast out your enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in your midst: you shall not see harm any more. Zep 3 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not: and to Zion, Let not your hands be weak. Zep 3 17 The LORD your God in the midst of you is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over you with joy; he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. Zep 3 18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the appointed assembly, who are among you, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. Zep 3 19 Behold, at that time I will deal with all that afflict you: and I will save her that is lame, and gather those that were driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. Zep 3 20 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, says the LORD. ------------------------Haggai, Chapter 1 Hag 1 1 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 Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, Hag 1 2 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built. Hag 1 3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Hag 1 4 Is it time for you, yourselves, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house lie in ruins? Hag 1 5 Now therefore thus says the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Hag 1 6 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 yourselves, but no one is warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes. Hag 1 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Hag 1 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, says the LORD. Hag 1 9 You looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I did blow it away. Why? says the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that is in ruins, and you run every man unto his own house. Hag 1 10 Therefore the heavens over you withholds the dew, and the earth withholds her fruit. Hag 1 11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground brings forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands. Hag 1 12 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 did fear before the LORD. Hag 1 13 Then spoke Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, says the LORD. Hag 1 14 And 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 did work on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, Hag 1 15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. ------------------------Haggai, Chapter 2 Hag 2 1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, Hag 2 2 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, Hag 2 3 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? Hag 2 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the LORD, and work: for I am with you, says the LORD of hosts: Hag 2 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so my spirit remains among you: fear you not. Hag 2 6 For thus says 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; Hag 2 7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. Hag 2 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the LORD of hosts. Hag 2 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, says the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, says the LORD of hosts. Hag 2 10 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, Hag 2 11 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, Hag 2 12 If one bears holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt does touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. Hag 2 13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean because of a dead body touches any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. Hag 2 14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, says the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. Hag 2 15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day onward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: Hag 2 16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the winepress to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. Hag 2 17 I struck you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you turned not to me, says the LORD. Hag 2 18 Consider now from this day and onward, 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. Hag 2 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, have not brought forth: but from this day will I bless you. Hag 2 20 And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, Hag 2 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; Hag 2 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; 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. Hag 2 23 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 as a signet ring: for I have chosen you, says the LORD of hosts. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 1 Zec 1 1 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, Zec 1 2 The LORD has been greatly displeased with your fathers. Zec 1 3 Therefore say you unto them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; Turn you unto me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, says the LORD of hosts. Zec 1 4 Be you not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts; Turn you now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, says the LORD. Zec 1 5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever? Zec 1 6 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 deeds, so has he dealt with us. Zec 1 7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, 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, Zec 1 8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the hollow; and behind him there were red, speckled, and white horses. Zec 1 9 Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show you what these are. Zec 1 10 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. Zec 1 11 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 quietly, and is at rest. Zec 1 12 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 threescore and ten years? Zec 1 13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good and comforting words. Zec 1 14 So the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. Zec 1 15 And I am very much displeased with the nations that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they furthered the disaster. Zec 1 16 Therefore thus says the LORD; I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. Zec 1 17 Cry again, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall again be spread abroad; and the LORD shall again comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. Zec 1 18 Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. Zec 1 19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. Zec 1 20 And the LORD showed me four craftsmen. Zec 1 21 Then said I, What are these coming 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 have come to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations, who lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 2 Zec 2 1 I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Zec 2 2 Then said I, where go you? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth, and what is its length. Zec 2 3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, Zec 2 4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle in it: Zec 2 5 For I, says the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. Zec 2 6 Come, come, and flee from the land of the north, says the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of heaven, says the LORD. Zec 2 7 Deliver yourself, O Zion, that dwells with the daughter of Babylon. Zec 2 8 For thus says the LORD of hosts; After his glory has he sent me unto the nations which plundered you: for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye. Zec 2 9 For, behold, I will shake my hand against them, and they shall be a plunder to their servants: and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me. Zec 2 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the LORD. Zec 2 11 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 you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me unto you. Zec 2 12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. Zec 2 13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD: for he has raised up out of his holy habitation. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 3 Zec 3 1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. Zec 3 2 And the LORD said unto 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? Zec 3 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. Zec 3 4 And he answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich apparel. Zec 3 5 And I said, Let them set a clean turban upon his head. So they set a clean turban upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. Zec 3 6 And the angel of the LORD admonished Joshua, saying, Zec 3 7 Thus says 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 here. Zec 3 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you, and your fellows that sit before you: for they are a wonderous sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. Zec 3 9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving, says the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. Zec 3 10 In that day, says the LORD of hosts, shall you invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 4 Zec 4 1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, Zec 4 2 And said unto me, What see you? And I said, I have looked, and behold a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps on it, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon its top: Zec 4 3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon its left side. Zec 4 4 So I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? Zec 4 5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Know you not what these are? And I said, No, my lord. Zec 4 6 Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts. Zec 4 7 Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain: and he shall bring forth its headstone with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. Zec 4 8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Zec 4 9 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 unto you. Zec 4 10 For who has despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plumbline in the hand of Zerubbabel; these seven are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. Zec 4 11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the lampstand and upon its left side? Zec 4 12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What are these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes pour out the golden oil? Zec 4 13 And he answered me and said, Know you not what these are? And I said, No, my lord. Zec 4 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 5 Zec 5 1 Then I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a flying scroll. Zec 5 2 And he said unto me, What see you? And I answered, I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits. Zec 5 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that steals shall be cut off according to the writing on this side; and every one that swears falsely shall be cut off according to the writing on that side. Zec 5 4 I will bring it forth, says 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 midst of his house, and shall consume it with its timber and its stones. Zec 5 5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that goes forth. Zec 5 6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the basket that goes forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. Zec 5 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a cover of lead: and there was a woman that sits in the midst of the basket. Zec 5 8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the basket; and he cast the cover of lead upon its mouth. Zec 5 9 Then I lifted 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 basket between earth and heaven. Zec 5 10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, where do these take the basket? Zec 5 11 And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon its own base. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 6 Zec 6 1 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 bronze. Zec 6 2 Before the first chariot were red horses; and before the second chariot black horses; Zec 6 3 And before the third chariot white horses; and before the fourth chariot dappled horses - strong steeds. Zec 6 4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? Zec 6 5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of heaven, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. Zec 6 6 The black horses which are there go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the dappled go forth toward the south country. Zec 6 7 And the strong steeds went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Go forth, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. Zec 6 8 Then cried he upon me, and spoke unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my Spirit in the north country. Zec 6 9 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Zec 6 10 Take from them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon, and come the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; Zec 6 11 Then take silver and gold, and make a crown, and set it upon the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest; Zec 6 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up in his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Zec 6 13 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. Zec 6 14 And the crown shall be to Heldai, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. Zec 6 15 And they that are far off shall come and build the temple of the LORD, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 7 Zec 7 1 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 Chislev; Zec 7 2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, Zec 7 3 And to speak unto the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, consecrating myself, as I have done these so many years? Zec 7 4 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, Zec 7 5 Speak unto 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 unto me, even to me? Zec 7 6 And when you did eat, and when you did drink, did not you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? Zec 7 7 Should you not hear the words which the LORD has cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, when men inhabited the south and the lowland? Zec 7 8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, Zec 7 9 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother: Zec 7 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. Zec 7 11 But they refused to hearken, and shrugged the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Zec 7 12 Yea, they made their hearts as a flint stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts has sent by his Spirit through the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. Zec 7 13 Therefore it has come to pass, that just as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, says the LORD of hosts: Zec 7 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land became desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 8 Zec 8 1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, Zec 8 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. Zec 8 3 Thus says the LORD; I have 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. Zec 8 4 Thus says 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 because of old age. Zec 8 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. Zec 8 6 Thus says the LORD of hosts; If it is marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, would it also be marvellous in my eyes? says the LORD of hosts. Zec 8 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; Zec 8 8 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. Zec 8 9 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, you that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, who were there in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. Zec 8 10 For before these days there were no wages for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the enemy: for I set all men every one against his neighbor. Zec 8 11 But now I will not be unto the remmant of this people as in the former days, says the LORD of hosts. Zec 8 12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give its 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 possess all these things. Zec 8 13 And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse 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. Zec 8 14 For thus says the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, says the LORD of hosts, and I relented not: Zec 8 15 So again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear you not. Zec 8 16 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: Zec 8 17 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, says the LORD. Zec 8 18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, Zec 8 19 Thus says 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. Zec 8 20 Thus says the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: Zec 8 21 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. Zec 8 22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. Zec 8 23 Thus says the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of every language of the nations, even shall take hold of the robe of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 9 Zec 9 1 The burden of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. Zec 9 2 And Hamath also, which borders on it; and against Tyre, and Sidon, though they are very wise. Zec 9 3 And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. Zec 9 4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will destroy her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. Zec 9 5 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. Zec 9 6 And a mixed race shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. Zec 9 7 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 like a leader in Judah, and Ekron like a Jebusite. Zec 9 8 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. Zec 9 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes unto you: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey. Zec 9 10 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 nations: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. Zec 9 11 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit in which is no water. Zec 9 12 Turn you to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will restore double unto you; Zec 9 13 When I have bent Judah as my bow, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and made you like the sword of a mighty man. Zec 9 14 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. Zec 9 15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with slingstones; and they shall drink, and roar as with wine; and they shall be filled with blood like bowls, and like the corners of the altar. Zec 9 16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the jewels of a crown, lifted up as a banner over his land. Zec 9 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maidens. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 10 Zec 10 1 Ask 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 everyone grass in the field. Zec 10 2 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. Zec 10 3 My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the leaders: for the LORD of hosts has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and has made them as his royal horse in the battle. Zec 10 4 Out of him came forth the cornerstone, out of him the tent peg, out of him the battle bow, out of him every ruler together. Zec 10 5 And they shall be as mighty men, who 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 put to shame. Zec 10 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to restore 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. Zec 10 7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as with wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. Zec 10 8 I will signal for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they once increased. Zec 10 9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and return again. Zec 10 10 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; until room shall not be found for them. Zec 10 11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. Zec 10 12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, says the LORD. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 11 Zec 11 1 Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars. Zec 11 2 Wail, O cypress; for the cedar has fallen; because the mighty trees are ruined: wail, O you oaks of Bashan; for the thick forest has come down. Zec 11 3 There is a sound of the wailing of the shepherds; for their glory is in ruins: a sound of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of the Jordan is in ruins. Zec 11 4 Thus says the LORD my God; Feed the flock for the slaughter; Zec 11 5 Whose owners 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. Zec 11 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. Zec 11 7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staffs; the one I called Grace, and the other I called Unity; and I fed the flock. Zec 11 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their souls also abhorred me. Zec 11 9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. Zec 11 10 And I took my staff, even Grace, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. Zec 11 11 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. Zec 11 12 And I said unto them, If you think it good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. Zec 11 13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a princely price that I was valued at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. Zec 11 14 Then I cut asunder my other staff, even Unity, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. Zec 11 15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto you yet the implements of a foolish shepherd. Zec 11 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit those that are cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that which stands: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hoofs in pieces. Zec 11 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaves the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be wholly dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 12 Zec 12 1 The burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel, says the LORD, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. Zec 12 2 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. Zec 12 3 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 are gathered together against it. Zec 12 4 In that day, says the LORD, I will strike every horse with terror, and its rider with madness: and I will open my eyes upon the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the people with blindness. Zec 12 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their hearts, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. Zec 12 6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in sheaves; 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. Zec 12 7 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. Zec 12 8 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. Zec 12 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. Zec 12 10 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 mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. Zec 12 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo. Zec 12 12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; Zec 12 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; Zec 12 14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 13 Zec 13 1 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. Zec 13 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, says 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. Zec 13 3 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, 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. Zec 13 4 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 robe of coarse hair to deceive: Zec 13 5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an farmer; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. Zec 13 6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds between your hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. Zec 13 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is close to me, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand against the little ones. Zec 13 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, says the LORD, two parts in it shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left in it. Zec 13 9 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 shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, They are my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. ------------------------Zechariah, Chapter 14 Zec 14 1 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you. Zec 14 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the remmant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Zec 14 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. Zec 14 4 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 split in two, toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall move toward the north, and half of it toward the south. Zec 14 5 And you shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, 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 him. Zec 14 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: Zec 14 7 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. Zec 14 8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. Zec 14 9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. Zec 14 10 All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and she shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place of the first gate, and the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses. Zec 14 11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no longer utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. Zec 14 12 And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall rot away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall rot away in their sockets, and their tongue shall rot away in their mouths. Zec 14 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great panic from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor. Zec 14 14 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. Zec 14 15 And so shall be the plague on the horse,on the mule, on the camel, and on the donkey, and on all the beasts that shall be in these tents, so shall this plague be. Zec 14 16 And it shall come to pass, that everyone 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. Zec 14 17 And it shall be, that whosoever 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. Zec 14 18 And if the family of Egypt goes not up, and comes not, they will have no rain; there shall be the plague, with which the LORD will smite the nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. Zec 14 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. Zec 14 20 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. Zec 14 21 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 boil in them: and in that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. ------------------------Malachi, Chapter 1 Mal 1 1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. Mal 1 2 I have loved you, says the LORD. Yet you say, How have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, Mal 1 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the jackals of the wilderness. Mal 1 4 If Edom says, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus says 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 forever. Mal 1 5 And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, The LORD will be magnified beyond the border of Israel. Mal 1 6 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? says the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, How have we despised your name? Mal 1 7 You offer polluted bread upon my altar; and you say, How have we polluted you? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. Mal 1 8 And if you offer the blind for a sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the LORD of hosts. Mal 1 9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: This has been by your gift: will he regard your persons? says the LORD of hosts. Mal 1 10 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, says the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. Mal 1 11 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 nations, says the LORD of hosts. Mal 1 12 But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his food, is contemptible. Mal 1 13 You said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and you have sneered at it, says 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? says the LORD. Mal 1 14 But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is feared among the nations. ------------------------Malachi, Chapter 2 Mal 2 1 And now, O you priests, this commandment is for you. Mal 2 2 If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, says 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 you do not lay it to heart. Mal 2 3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread refuse upon your faces, even the refuse of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. Mal 2 4 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, says the LORD of hosts. Mal 2 5 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. Mal 2 6 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. Mal 2 7 For the priest's lips should preserve knowledge, and they should seek the law from his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. Mal 2 8 But you have departed out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts. Mal 2 9 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. Mal 2 10 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? Mal 2 11 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 foreign god. Mal 2 12 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 unto the LORD of hosts. Mal 2 13 And this have you done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, because he regards not the offering any more, or receives it with good will at your hand. Mal 2 14 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. Mal 2 15 And did not he make them one? Yet had he the remnant of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. Mal 2 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, says that he hates putting away: For one covers violence with his garment, says the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that you deal not treacherously. Mal 2 17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How 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, Chapter 3 Mal 3 1 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, says the LORD of hosts. Mal 3 2 But who may endure the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: Mal 3 3 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. Mal 3 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. Mal 3 5 And I will come near to you for 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 sojourner from his right, and fear not me, says the LORD of hosts. Mal 3 6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed. Mal 3 7 Even from the days of your fathers you have gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, How shall we return? Mal 3 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, How have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings. Mal 3 9 You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed me, even this whole nation. Mal 3 10 Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this, says 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. Mal 3 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, said the LORD of hosts. Mal 3 12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightful land, says the LORD of hosts. Mal 3 13 Your words have been strong against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, What have we spoken so much against you? Mal 3 14 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 in mourning before the LORD of hosts? Mal 3 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are raised up; yea, they that test God are even delivered. Mal 3 16 Then they that feared the LORD spoke 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. Mal 3 17 And they shall be mine, says 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. Mal 3 18 Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not. ------------------------Malachi, Chapter 4 Mal 4 1 For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. Mal 4 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up like calves of the stall. Mal 4 3 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, says the LORD of hosts. Mal 4 4 Remember you the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him at Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Mal 4 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: Mal 4 6 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. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 1 Mat 1 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Mat 1 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers; Mat 1 3 And Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron and Hezron begat Ram; Mat 1 4 And Ram begat Amminidab; and Amminidab begat Nahshon; and Nahshon begat Salmon; Mat 1 5 And Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; Mat 1 6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah; Mat 1 7 And Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa; Mat 1 8 And Asa begat Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Uzziah; Mat 1 9 And Uzziah begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Ahaz; and Ahaz begat Hezekiah; Mat 1 10 And Hezekiah begat Manasseh; and Manasseh begat Amon; and Amon begat Josiah; Mat 1 11 And Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brothers, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: Mat 1 12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begat Shealtiel; and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel; Mat 1 13 And Zerubbabel begat Abihud; and Abihud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; Mat 1 14 And Azor begat Zadok; and Zadok begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; Mat 1 15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; Mat 1 16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. Mat 1 17 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. Mat 1 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way: When his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit. Mat 1 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, decided to put her away privately. Mat 1 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto you Mary your wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. Mat 1 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Mat 1 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Mat 1 23 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. Mat 1 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: Mat 1 25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 2 Mat 2 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Mat 2 2 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. Mat 2 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Mat 2 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. Mat 2 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet, Mat 2 6 And you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. Mat 2 7 Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. Mat 2 8 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. Mat 2 9 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. Mat 2 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. Mat 2 11 And when they came into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshiped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. Mat 2 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. Mat 2 13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and remain there until I bring you word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. Mat 2 14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: Mat 2 15 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. Mat 2 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the region thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Mat 2 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Mat 2 18 In Ramah 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. Mat 2 19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, Mat 2 20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead who sought the young child's life. Mat 2 21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. Mat 2 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there: and, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the district of Galilee: Mat 2 23 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, Chapter 3 Mat 3 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, Mat 3 2 And saying, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Mat 3 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Mat 3 4 And the same John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Mat 3 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan, Mat 3 6 And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. Mat 3 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Mat 3 8 Bring forth therefore fruits befitting for repentance: Mat 3 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. Mat 3 10 And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Mat 3 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto 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 Spirit, and with fire: Mat 3 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Mat 3 13 Then came Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized by him. Mat 3 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you, and come you to me? Mat 3 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Permit it to be so now: for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he permitted him. Mat 3 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up immediately 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: Mat 3 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 4 Mat 4 1 Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Mat 4 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry. Mat 4 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Mat 4 4 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. Mat 4 5 Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, Mat 4 6 And said unto him, If you are 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. Mat 4 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, You shall not test the Lord your God. Mat 4 8 Again, the devil took him up into an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; Mat 4 9 And said unto him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. Mat 4 10 Then said Jesus unto him, Begone, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. Mat 4 11 Then the devil left him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. Mat 4 12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; Mat 4 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the seacoast, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali: Mat 4 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Mat 4 15 The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; Mat 4 16 The people who sat in darkness saw great light; and to them who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up. Mat 4 17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Mat 4 18 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. Mat 4 19 And he said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. Mat 4 20 And they immediately left their nets, and followed him. Mat 4 21 And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. Mat 4 22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. Mat 4 23 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. Mat 4 24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with various diseases and torments, and those who were possessed with demons, and those that were epileptic, and those that were paralytic; and he healed them. Mat 4 25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 5 Mat 5 1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: Mat 5 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Mat 5 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Mat 5 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Mat 5 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Mat 5 6 Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Mat 5 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Mat 5 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Mat 5 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Mat 5 10 Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Mat 5 11 Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Mat 5 12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you. Mat 5 13 You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost its savor, how shall it be salted? it is thereafter good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Mat 5 14 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Mat 5 15 Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under a bushel, but on a lamp stand; and it gives light unto all that are in the house. Mat 5 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Mat 5 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. Mat 5 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Mat 5 19 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. Mat 5 20 For I say unto 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. Mat 5 21 You have heard that it was said by them of old time, You shall not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: Mat 5 22 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, You fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Mat 5 23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you; Mat 5 24 Leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Mat 5 25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while 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. Mat 5 26 Verily I say unto you, you shall by no means come out of there, till you have paid the last penny. Mat 5 27 You have heard that it was said by them of old time, You shall not commit adultery: Mat 5 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. Mat 5 29 And if your right eye causes you to offend, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. Mat 5 30 And if your right hand causes you to offend, cut it off, and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. Mat 5 31 It has been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: Mat 5 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery. Mat 5 33 Again, you have heard that it has been said by them of old time, You shall not perjure yourself, but shall perform unto the Lord your oaths: Mat 5 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Mat 5 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Mat 5 36 Neither shall you swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black. Mat 5 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these comes from evil. Mat 5 38 You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: Mat 5 39 But I say unto you, That you resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. Mat 5 40 And if any man will sue you at the law, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. Mat 5 41 And whosoever shall compel you to go a mile, go with him two. Mat 5 42 Give to him that asks you, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away. Mat 5 43 You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. Mat 5 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you, and persecute you; Mat 5 45 That you may be the children of your Father who 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. Mat 5 46 For if you love them who love you, what reward have you? do not even the tax collectors the same? Mat 5 47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you more than others? do not even the tax collectors so? Mat 5 48 Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 6 Mat 6 1 Take heed that you give not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise you have no reward of your Father who is in heaven. Mat 6 2 Therefore when you give 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. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Mat 6 3 But when you give alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does: Mat 6 4 That your alms may be in secret: and your Father who sees in secret himself shall reward you openly. Mat 6 5 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. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Mat 6 6 But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly. Mat 6 7 But when you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Mat 6 8 Be not therefore like them: for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him. Mat 6 9 After this manner therefore pray: Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be your name. Mat 6 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Mat 6 11 Give us this day our daily bread. Mat 6 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Mat 6 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Mat 6 14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: Mat 6 15 But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Mat 6 16 Moreover when you 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. Mat 6 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; Mat 6 18 That you appear not unto men to fast, but unto your Father who is in secret: and your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you openly. Mat 6 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Mat 6 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: Mat 6 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Mat 6 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be sound, your whole body shall be full of light. Mat 6 23 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! Mat 6 24 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. Mat 6 25 Therefore I say unto 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 life more than food, and the body than clothing? Mat 6 26 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? Mat 6 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? Mat 6 28 And why take you thought for clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: Mat 6 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat 6 30 Therefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Mat 6 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, How shall we be clothed? Mat 6 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. Mat 6 33 But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Mat 6 34 Take therefore no thought for tomorrow: for tomorrow shall take thought of the things for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 7 Mat 7 1 Judge not, that you be not judged. Mat 7 2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you again. Mat 7 3 And why behold you the speck that is in your brother's eye, but consider not the beam that is in your own eye? Mat 7 4 Or how will you say to your brother, Let me pull the speck out of your eye; and, behold, a beam is in your own eye? Mat 7 5 You hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye; and then shall you see clearly to cast out the speck out of your brother's eye. Mat 7 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you. Mat 7 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: Mat 7 8 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. Mat 7 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Mat 7 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? Mat 7 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Mat 7 12 Therefore all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Mat 7 13 Enter in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be who go in there: Mat 7 14 Because narrow is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads unto life, and few there be that find it. Mat 7 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Mat 7 16 You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Mat 7 17 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. Mat 7 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Mat 7 19 Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Mat 7 20 Therefore by their fruits you shall know them. Mat 7 21 Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Mat 7 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out demons? and in your name done many wonderful works? Mat 7 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity. Mat 7 24 Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock: Mat 7 25 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. Mat 7 26 And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: Mat 7 27 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. Mat 7 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his teachings: Mat 7 29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 8 Mat 8 1 When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. Mat 8 2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. Mat 8 3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Mat 8 4 And Jesus said unto 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 unto them. Mat 8 5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, Mat 8 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lies at home sick, a paralytic, grievously tormented. Mat 8 7 And Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him. Mat 8 8 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. Mat 8 9 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. Mat 8 10 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. Mat 8 11 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. Mat 8 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Mat 8 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go your way; and as you have believed, so be it done unto you. And his servant was healed in the same hour. Mat 8 14 And when Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick of a fever. Mat 8 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. Mat 8 16 When the evening came, they brought unto him many that were possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: Mat 8 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, He himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses. Mat 8 18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. Mat 8 19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. Mat 8 20 And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head. Mat 8 21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father. Mat 8 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. Mat 8 23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. Mat 8 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. Mat 8 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. Mat 8 26 And he said unto 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. Mat 8 27 But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! Mat 8 28 And when he came to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. Mat 8 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God? have you come here to torment us before the time? Mat 8 30 And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding. Mat 8 31 So the demons besought him, saying, If you cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine. Mat 8 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they came 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. Mat 8 33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told everything, and what was befallen to him possessed of the demons. Mat 8 34 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 region. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 9 Mat 9 1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. Mat 9 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick, a paralytic, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the paralytic; Son, be of good cheer; your sins be forgiven you. Mat 9 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes. Mat 9 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Why think you evil in your hearts? Mat 9 5 For which is easier, to say, Your sins be forgiven you; or to say, Arise, and walk? Mat 9 6 But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the paralytic) Arise, take up your bed, and go unto your house. Mat 9 7 And he arose, and departed to his house. Mat 9 8 But when the multitude saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, who had given such power unto men. Mat 9 9 And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. Mat 9 10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat to eat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. Mat 9 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? Mat 9 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. Mat 9 13 But go 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. Mat 9 14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples fast not? Mat 9 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the friends of the bridegroom 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. Mat 9 16 No man puts a piece of new cloth onto an old garment, for that which is put on to fill it up takes from the garment, and the tear is made worse. Mat 9 17 Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins: else the wineskins break, and the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish: but they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. Mat 9 18 While he spoke these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshiped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay your hand upon her, and she shall live. Mat 9 19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. Mat 9 20 And, behold, a woman, who was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: Mat 9 21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. Mat 9 22 But Jesus turned 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. Mat 9 23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, Mat 9 24 He said unto them, Depart: for the girl is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed him to scorn. Mat 9 25 But when the people were put outside, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. Mat 9 26 And the fame of this went abroad into all that land. Mat 9 27 And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Son of David, have mercy on us. Mat 9 28 And when he came into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said unto them, You believe that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yes, Lord. Mat 9 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. Mat 9 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus sternly charged them, saying, See that no man knows it. Mat 9 31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. Mat 9 32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon. Mat 9 33 And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spoke: and the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. Mat 9 34 But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons through the prince of the demons. Mat 9 35 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. Mat 9 36 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. Mat 9 37 Then said he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; Mat 9 38 Pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 10 Mat 10 1 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. Mat 10 2 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; Mat 10 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Mat 10 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Mat 10 5 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: Mat 10 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Mat 10 7 And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Mat 10 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons: freely you have received, freely give. Mat 10 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, Mat 10 10 Nor bag for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet a staff: for the workman is worthy of his food. Mat 10 11 And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till you go from there. Mat 10 12 And when you come into a house, greet it. Mat 10 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. Mat 10 14 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. Mat 10 15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Mat 10 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Mat 10 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; Mat 10 18 And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. Mat 10 19 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. Mat 10 20 For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks through you. Mat 10 21 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. Mat 10 22 And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved. Mat 10 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another: for verily I say unto you, You shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man comes. Mat 10 24 The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his lord. Mat 10 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, 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? Mat 10 26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. Mat 10 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak in light: and what you hear in the ear, that preach upon the housetops. Mat 10 28 And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Mat 10 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. Mat 10 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Mat 10 31 Fear not therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows. Mat 10 32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father who is in heaven. Mat 10 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. Mat 10 34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. Mat 10 35 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. Mat 10 36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. Mat 10 37 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. Mat 10 38 And he that takes not his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me. Mat 10 39 He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. Mat 10 40 He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me. Mat 10 41 He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. Mat 10 42 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, Chapter 11 Mat 11 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities. Mat 11 2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, Mat 11 3 And said unto him, Are you he that should come, or do we look for another? Mat 11 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which you do hear and see: Mat 11 5 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. Mat 11 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Mat 11 7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went you out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? Mat 11 8 But what went you out to see? A man clothed in soft clothes? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. Mat 11 9 But what went you out to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. Mat 11 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. Mat 11 11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Mat 11 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. Mat 11 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. Mat 11 14 And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come. Mat 11 15 He that has ears to hear, let him hear. Mat 11 16 But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, Mat 11 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and you have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and you have not lamented. Mat 11 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. Mat 11 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. Mat 11 20 Then began he to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Mat 11 21 Woe unto you, Chorazin! woe unto 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. Mat 11 22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. Mat 11 23 And you, Capernaum, which is exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hades: for if the mighty works, which have been done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. Mat 11 24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you. Mat 11 25 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 unto babes. Mat 11 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in your sight. Mat 11 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knows the Son, but the Father; neither knows any man the Father, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son will reveal him. Mat 11 28 Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Mat 11 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls. Mat 11 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 12 Mat 12 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grain field; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of grain, and to eat. Mat 12 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, your disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. Mat 12 3 But he said unto them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him; Mat 12 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them who were with him, but only for the priests? Mat 12 5 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? Mat 12 6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. Mat 12 7 But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless. Mat 12 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. Mat 12 9 And when he was departed from there, he went into their synagogue: Mat 12 10 And, behold, there was a man who had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. Mat 12 11 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? Mat 12 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. Mat 12 13 Then he said to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like the other. Mat 12 14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. Mat 12 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; Mat 12 16 And charged them that they should not make him known: Mat 12 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Mat 12 18 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 show justice to the Gentiles. Mat 12 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. Mat 12 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he sends forth justice unto victory. Mat 12 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. Mat 12 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw. Mat 12 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? Mat 12 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons. Mat 12 25 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: Mat 12 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? Mat 12 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. Mat 12 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Mat 12 29 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. Mat 12 30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad. Mat 12 31 Therefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men. Mat 12 32 And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come. Mat 12 33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. Mat 12 34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Mat 12 35 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. Mat 12 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Mat 12 37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned. Mat 12 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from you. Mat 12 39 But he answered and said unto 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 Jonah: Mat 12 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Mat 12 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here. Mat 12 42 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. Mat 12 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. Mat 12 44 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. Mat 12 45 Then he goes, 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 unto this wicked generation. Mat 12 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, desiring to speak with him. Mat 12 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to speak with you. Mat 12 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers? Mat 12 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers! Mat 12 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 13 Mat 13 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. Mat 13 2 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. Mat 13 3 And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; Mat 13 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Mat 13 5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and immediately they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: Mat 13 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. Mat 13 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: Mat 13 8 But others fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Mat 13 9 Who has ears to hear, let him hear. Mat 13 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why do you speak unto them in parables? Mat 13 11 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. Mat 13 12 For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever has not, from him shall be taken away even what he has. Mat 13 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. Mat 13 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive: Mat 13 15 For this people's heart has become 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. Mat 13 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. Mat 13 17 For verily I say unto 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. Mat 13 18 Hear you therefore the parable of the sower. Mat 13 19 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 who received seed by the way side. Mat 13 20 But he that received the seed in stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; Mat 13 21 Yet has he not root in himself, but endures for a while: for when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he is offended. Mat 13 22 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. Mat 13 23 But he that received seed in the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it; who also bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Mat 13 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man who sowed good seed in his field: Mat 13 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. Mat 13 26 But when the plant was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. Mat 13 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? from where then has it tares? Mat 13 28 He said unto them, An enemy has done this. The servants said unto him, Will you then that we go and gather them up? Mat 13 29 But he said, Nay; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them. Mat 13 30 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. Mat 13 31 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: Mat 13 32 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. Mat 13 33 Another parable spoke 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. Mat 13 34 All these things spoke Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke he not unto them: Mat 13 35 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. Mat 13 36 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. Mat 13 37 He answered and said unto them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; Mat 13 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; Mat 13 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. Mat 13 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. Mat 13 41 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; Mat 13 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Mat 13 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear. Mat 13 44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; which when a man has found, he hides, and for joy thereof goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. Mat 13 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking fine pearls: Mat 13 46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Mat 13 47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Mat 13 48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. Mat 13 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, Mat 13 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Mat 13 51 Jesus said unto them, Have you understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Mat 13 52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe who is instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old. Mat 13 53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there. Mat 13 54 And when he came 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? Mat 13 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? Mat 13 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where then has this man all these things? Mat 13 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house. Mat 13 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 14 Mat 14 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, Mat 14 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. Mat 14 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. Mat 14 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for you to have her. Mat 14 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. Mat 14 6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. Mat 14 7 So that he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. Mat 14 8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John the Baptist's head on a platter. Mat 14 9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them who sat with him to eat, he commanded it to be given her. Mat 14 10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. Mat 14 11 And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the girl: and she brought it to her mother. Mat 14 12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. Mat 14 13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed from there by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. Mat 14 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. Mat 14 15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now late; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food. Mat 14 16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; you give them to eat. Mat 14 17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. Mat 14 18 He said, Bring them here to me. Mat 14 19 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. Mat 14 20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. Mat 14 21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children. Mat 14 22 And immediately Jesus made his disciples get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. Mat 14 23 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. Mat 14 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. Mat 14 25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. Mat 14 26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. Mat 14 27 But immediately Jesus spoke unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. Mat 14 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be you, bid me come unto you on the water. Mat 14 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter came down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Mat 14 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. Mat 14 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt? Mat 14 32 And when they came into the ship, the wind ceased. Mat 14 33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshiped him, saying, Of a truth you are the Son of God. Mat 14 34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. Mat 14 35 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; Mat 14 36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 15 Mat 15 1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, who were from Jerusalem, saying, Mat 15 2 Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. Mat 15 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? Mat 15 4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death. Mat 15 5 But you say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift devoted to God, whatsoever you might have received from me; Mat 15 6 And honors not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God void by your tradition. Mat 15 7 You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, Mat 15 8 These people draw near unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. Mat 15 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Mat 15 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Mat 15 11 Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man. Mat 15 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Know you that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? Mat 15 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. Mat 15 14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Mat 15 15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. Mat 15 16 And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding? Mat 15 17 Do you not yet understand, that whatsoever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the drain? Mat 15 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. Mat 15 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: Mat 15 20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defiles not a man. Mat 15 21 Then Jesus went from there, and departed into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. Mat 15 22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same regions, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon. Mat 15 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us. Mat 15 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Mat 15 25 Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me. Mat 15 26 But he answered and said, It is not right to take the children's bread, and cast it to dogs. Mat 15 27 And she said, True, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Mat 15 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is your faith: be it unto you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. Mat 15 29 And Jesus departed from there, and came near unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. Mat 15 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and put them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: Mat 15 31 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. Mat 15 32 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 without food, lest they faint in the way. Mat 15 33 And his disciples said unto him, From where should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? Mat 15 34 And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. Mat 15 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. Mat 15 36 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. Mat 15 37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken pieces that were left seven baskets full. Mat 15 38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children. Mat 15 39 And he sent away the multitude, and embarked in the ship, and came into the region of Magdala. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 16 Mat 16 1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and testing him desired that he would show them a sign from heaven. Mat 16 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. Mat 16 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and overcast. O you hypocrites, you can discern the appearance of the sky; but can you not discern the signs of the times? Mat 16 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and departed. Mat 16 5 And when his disciples came to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. Mat 16 6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Mat 16 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. Mat 16 8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O you of little faith, why reason you among yourselves, because you have brought no bread? Mat 16 9 Do you not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? Mat 16 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? Mat 16 11 How is it that you do not understand that I spoke not to you concerning bread, that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Mat 16 12 Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Mat 16 13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? Mat 16 14 And they said, Some say that you are John the Baptist: some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. Mat 16 15 He said unto them, But whom say you that I am? Mat 16 16 And Simon Peter answered, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Mat 16 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto you, but my Father who is in heaven. Mat 16 18 And I say also unto you, That you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it. Mat 16 19 And I will give unto you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Mat 16 20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. Mat 16 21 From that time forth began Jesus to show 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. Mat 16 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from you, Lord: this shall not be unto you. Mat 16 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get you behind me, Satan: you are an offense unto me: for you consider not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. Mat 16 24 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. Mat 16 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. Mat 16 26 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? Mat 16 27 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. Mat 16 28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 17 Mat 17 1 And after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain apart, Mat 17 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his clothing was white as the light. Mat 17 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him. Mat 17 4 Then answered Peter, and said unto 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 Elijah. Mat 17 5 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. Mat 17 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were much afraid. Mat 17 7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. Mat 17 8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, except Jesus only. Mat 17 9 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. Mat 17 10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Mat 17 11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elijah truly shall first come, and restore all things. Mat 17 12 But I say unto you, That Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they desired. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Mat 17 13 Then the disciples understood that he spoke unto them of John the Baptist. Mat 17 14 And when they came to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Mat 17 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and is very ill: for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. Mat 17 16 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him. Mat 17 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? bring him here to me. Mat 17 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Mat 17 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? Mat 17 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say unto this mountain, Remove from here to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Mat 17 21 But this kind goes not out but by prayer and fasting. Mat 17 22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: Mat 17 23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceedingly sorry. Mat 17 24 And when they came to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Does not your teacher pay tribute? Mat 17 25 He said, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus preceded 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? Mat 17 26 Peter said unto him, Of strangers. Jesus said unto him, Then are the children free. Mat 17 27 However, lest we should offend them, go to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first comes up; and when you have opened its mouth, you shall find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and you. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 18 Mat 18 1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? Mat 18 2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, Mat 18 3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Mat 18 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Mat 18 5 And whoever shall receive one such little child in my name receives me. Mat 18 6 But whoever shall offend one of these little ones who 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. Mat 18 7 Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes! Mat 18 8. herefore 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 lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. Mat 18 9. nd 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. Mat 18 10 Take heed that you 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 who is in heaven. Mat 18 11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. Mat 18 12 How think you? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine, and go into the mountains, and seek that which is gone astray? Mat 18 13 And if so be that he finds it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more for that sheep, than for the ninety and nine which went not astray. Mat 18 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. Mat 18 15 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. Mat 18 16 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. Mat 18 17 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 you as a heathen man and a tax collector. Mat 18 18 Verily I say unto you, whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Mat 18 19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth concerning anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven. Mat 18 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Mat 18 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Mat 18 22 Jesus said unto him, I say not unto you, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Mat 18 23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would take account of his servants. Mat 18 24 And when he had begun the reckoning, one was brought unto him, who owed him ten thousand talents. Mat 18 25 But since he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. Mat 18 26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all. Mat 18 27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and released him, and forgave him the debt. Mat 18 28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe. Mat 18 29 And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you all. Mat 18 30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. Mat 18 31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. Mat 18 32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O you wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you desired me: Mat 18 33 Should not you also have had compassion on your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you? Mat 18 34 And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all that was due unto him. Mat 18 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if you from your hearts forgive not everyone his brother their trespasses. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 19 Mat 19 1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the region of Judea beyond Jordan; Mat 19 2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. Mat 19 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, testing him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? Mat 19 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have you not read, that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female, Mat 19 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh? Mat 19 6 Therefore they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder. Mat 19 7 They said unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? Mat 19 8 He said unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts allowed you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Mat 19 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her who is put away does commit adultery. Mat 19 10 His disciples said unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. Mat 19 11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, only they to whom it is given. Mat 19 12 For there are some eunuchs, who were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, who were made eunuchs of men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. Mat 19 13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. Mat 19 14 But Jesus said, Allow little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Mat 19 15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed from there. Mat 19 16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? Mat 19 17 And he said unto him, Why do you call me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments. Mat 19 18 He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, You shall do no murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Mat 19 19 Honor your father and your mother: and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Mat 19 20 The young man said unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? Mat 19 21 Jesus said unto him, If you will be perfect, go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. Mat 19 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. Mat 19 23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. Mat 19 24 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. Mat 19 25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? Mat 19 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Mat 19 27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed you; what shall we have therefore? Mat 19 28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Mat 19 29 And everyone that has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. Mat 19 30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 20 Mat 20 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Mat 20 2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. Mat 20 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, Mat 20 4 And said unto them; Go you also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Mat 20 5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. Mat 20 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said unto them, Why stand you here all the day idle? Mat 20 7 They said unto him, Because no man has hired us. He said unto them, Go you also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall you receive. Mat 20 8 So when evening came, the lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. Mat 20 9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. Mat 20 10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. Mat 20 11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the owner of the house, Mat 20 12 Saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day. Mat 20 13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do you no wrong: did not you agree with me for a penny? Mat 20 14 Take what is yours, and go your way: I will give unto this last, even as unto you. Mat 20 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good? Mat 20 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen. Mat 20 17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Mat 20 18 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, Mat 20 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. Mat 20 20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshiping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. Mat 20 21 And he said unto her, What will you? She said unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on your right hand, and the other on the left, in your kingdom. Mat 20 22 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 said unto him, We are able. Mat 20 23 And he said unto 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 mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. Mat 20 24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brothers. Mat 20 25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, You know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. Mat 20 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; Mat 20 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Mat 20 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Mat 20 29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. Mat 20 30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the wayside, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, you son of David. Mat 20 31 And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, you son of David. Mat 20 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will you that I shall do unto you? Mat 20 33 They said unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. Mat 20 34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 21 Mat 21 1 And when they drew near unto Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Mat 21 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you shall find a donkey tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. Mat 21 3 And if any man say anything unto you, you shall say, The Lord has need of them; and immediately he will send them. Mat 21 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Mat 21 5 Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes unto you, meek, and sitting upon a donkey, and a colt the foal of a donkey. Mat 21 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, Mat 21 7 And brought the donkey, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they sat him thereon. Mat 21 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and spread them in the way. Mat 21 9 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. Mat 21 10 And when he came into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? Mat 21 11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. Mat 21 12 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 money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, Mat 21 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves. Mat 21 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. Mat 21 15 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 very displeased, Mat 21 16 And said unto him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said unto them, Yea; have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings you have perfected praise? Mat 21 17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there. Mat 21 18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. Mat 21 19 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 you again forever. And presently the fig tree withered away. Mat 21 20 And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! Mat 21 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto 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 unto this mountain, Be removed, and be cast into the sea; it shall be done. Mat 21 22 And all things, whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive. Mat 21 23 And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority? Mat 21 24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. Mat 21 25 The baptism of John, from where was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did you not then believe him? Mat 21 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. Mat 21 27 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. Mat 21 28 But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard. Mat 21 29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. Mat 21 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. Mat 21 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said unto him, The first. Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. Mat 21 32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him: and you, when you had seen it, repented not afterward, that you might believe him. Mat 21 33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, who planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into a far country: Mat 21 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, that they might receive the fruits of it. Mat 21 35 And the tenants took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Mat 21 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. Mat 21 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will respect my son. Mat 21 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize his inheritance. Mat 21 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. Mat 21 40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard comes, what will he do unto those tenants? Mat 21 41 They said unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other tenants, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons. Mat 21 42 Jesus said unto them, Did you never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? Mat 21 43 Therefore I say unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. Mat 21 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. Mat 21 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them. Mat 21 46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 22 Mat 22 1 And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again by parables, and said, Mat 22 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, who made a marriage for his son, Mat 22 3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Mat 22 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them who are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. Mat 22 5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: Mat 22 6 And the remnant took his servants, and treated them shamefully, and slew them. Mat 22 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was angry: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Mat 22 8 Then said he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were not worthy. Mat 22 9 Go you therefore into the highways, and as many as you shall find, bid to the marriage. Mat 22 10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. Mat 22 11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment: Mat 22 12 And he said unto him, Friend, how came you in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Mat 22 13 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. Mat 22 14 For many are called, but few are chosen. Mat 22 15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. Mat 22 16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, 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. Mat 22 17 Tell us therefore, What think you? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? Mat 22 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why test me, you hypocrites? Mat 22 19 Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. Mat 22 20 And he said unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? Mat 22 21 They said unto him, Caesar's. Then said he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. Mat 22 22 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left him, and went their way. Mat 22 23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, Mat 22 24 Saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up children unto his brother. Mat 22 25 Now there were with us seven brothers: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no child, left his wife unto his brother: Mat 22 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. Mat 22 27 And last of all the woman died also. Mat 22 28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Mat 22 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, You do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Mat 22 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. Mat 22 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, Mat 22 32 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. Mat 22 33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine. Mat 22 34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Mat 22 35 Then one of them, who was a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying, Mat 22 36 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? Mat 22 37 Jesus said unto him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. Mat 22 38 This is the first and great commandment. Mat 22 39 And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Mat 22 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Mat 22 41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Mat 22 42 Saying, What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They said unto him, The son of David. Mat 22 43 He said unto them, How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, Mat 22 44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool? Mat 22 45 If David then called him Lord, how is he his son? Mat 22 46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither dared any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 23 Mat 23 1 Then spoke Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Mat 23 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: Mat 23 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not according to their works: for they say, and do not. Mat 23 4 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. Mat 23 5 But all their works they do to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, Mat 23 6 And love the uppermost places at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, Mat 23 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. Mat 23 8 But you be not called Rabbi: for one is your Teacher, even Christ; and all you are brothers. Mat 23 9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, who is in heaven. Mat 23 10 Neither be you called masters: for one is your Teacher, even Christ. Mat 23 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. Mat 23 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Mat 23 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, neither allow you them that are entering to go in. Mat 23 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore you shall receive the greater condemnation. Mat 23 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you travel on sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Mat 23 16 Woe unto you, you blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound! Mat 23 17 You fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? Mat 23 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gift that is upon it, he is bound. Mat 23 19 You fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? Mat 23 20 Whoever therefore shall swear by the altar, swears by it, and by all things thereon. Mat 23 21 And whoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells therein. Mat 23 22 And he that shall swear by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits thereon. Mat 23 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Mat 23 24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. Mat 23 25 Woe unto 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. Mat 23 26 You blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Mat 23 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Mat 23 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Mat 23 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous, Mat 23 30 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. Mat 23 31 Therefore you are witnesses unto yourselves, that you are the children of them who killed the prophets. Mat 23 32 Fill you up then the measure of your fathers. Mat 23 33 You serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the judgment of hell? Mat 23 34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: Mat 23 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar. Mat 23 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. Mat 23 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone them which are sent unto you, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! Mat 23 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. Mat 23 39 For I say unto you, you shall not see me again, till you shall say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 24 Mat 24 1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. Mat 24 2 And Jesus said unto them, See you 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. Mat 24 3 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 your coming, and of the end of the world? Mat 24 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. Mat 24 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. Mat 24 6 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. Mat 24 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in various places. Mat 24 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. Mat 24 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. Mat 24 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. Mat 24 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. Mat 24 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall grow cold. Mat 24 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Mat 24 14 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. Mat 24 15 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:) Mat 24 16 Then let them who are in Judea flee into the mountains: Mat 24 17 Let him who is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house: Mat 24 18 Neither let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes. Mat 24 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that nurse a child in those days! Mat 24 20 But pray you that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: Mat 24 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Mat 24 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Mat 24 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. Mat 24 24 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. Mat 24 25 Behold, I have told you before. Mat 24 26 Therefore 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. Mat 24 27 For as the lightning came out of the east, and shines even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Mat 24 28 For wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures be gathered together. Mat 24 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give its light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: Mat 24 30 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. Mat 24 31 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. Mat 24 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When its branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near: Mat 24 33 So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Mat 24 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Mat 24 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Mat 24 36 But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Mat 24 37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Mat 24 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, Mat 24 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Mat 24 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Mat 24 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Mat 24 42 Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come. Mat 24 43 But know this, that if the owner of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. Mat 24 44 Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes. Mat 24 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has made ruler over his household, to give them food at the proper time? Mat 24 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing. Mat 24 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. Mat 24 48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming; Mat 24 49 And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards; Mat 24 50 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, Mat 24 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 25 Mat 25 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Mat 25 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Mat 25 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: Mat 25 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Mat 25 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Mat 25 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go out to meet him. Mat 25 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. Mat 25 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. Mat 25 9 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. Mat 25 10 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. Mat 25 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. Mat 25 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Mat 25 13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man comes. Mat 25 14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. Mat 25 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his own ability; and immediately took his journey. Mat 25 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made five other talents. Mat 25 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained another two. Mat 25 18 But he that had received one went and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money. Mat 25 19 After a long time the lord of those servants came, and settled accounts with them. Mat 25 20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, Lord, you delivered unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. Mat 25 21 His lord said unto 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 into the joy of your lord. Mat 25 22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, you delivered unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. Mat 25 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your lord. Mat 25 24 Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not spread: Mat 25 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth: lo, there you have what is yours. Mat 25 26 His lord answered and said unto him, You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not spread: Mat 25 27 You ought therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with interest. Mat 25 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him who has ten talents. Mat 25 29 For unto everyone 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. Mat 25 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Mat 25 31 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: Mat 25 32 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: Mat 25 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Mat 25 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Mat 25 35 For I was hungry, and you gave me food: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in: Mat 25 36 Naked, and you clothed me: I was sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came unto me. Mat 25 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you hungry, and fed you? or thirsty, and gave you drink? Mat 25 38 When saw we you a stranger, and took you in? or naked, and clothed you? Mat 25 39 Or when saw we you sick, or in prison, and came unto you? Mat 25 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Since you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me. Mat 25 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: Mat 25 42 For I was hungry, and you gave me no food: I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink: Mat 25 43 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. Mat 25 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you hungry, or thirsty or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto you? Mat 25 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Since you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me. Mat 25 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 26 Mat 26 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, Mat 26 2 You know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. Mat 26 3 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, Mat 26 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him. Mat 26 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. Mat 26 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, Mat 26 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat to eat. Mat 26 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? Mat 26 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. Mat 26 10 When Jesus knew it, he said unto them, Why trouble you the woman? for she has worked a good work unto me. Mat 26 11 For you have the poor always with you; but me you have not always. Mat 26 12 For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Mat 26 13 Verily I say unto you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, which this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her. Mat 26 14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, Mat 26 15 And said unto them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. Mat 26 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. Mat 26 17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where will you that we prepare for you to eat the passover? Mat 26 18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Teacher says, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples. Mat 26 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. Mat 26 20 Now when the evening was come, he sat down with the twelve. Mat 26 21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. Mat 26 22 And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? Mat 26 23 And he answered and said, He that dips his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. Mat 26 24 The Son of man goes as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born. Mat 26 25 Then Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Teacher, is it I? He said unto him, You have said. Mat 26 26 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. Mat 26 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink you all of it; Mat 26 28 For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Mat 26 29 But I say unto you, I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. Mat 26 30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. Mat 26 31 Then said Jesus unto 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. Mat 26 32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Mat 26 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of you, yet will I never be offended. Mat 26 34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto you, That this night, before the cock crows, you shall deny me three times. Mat 26 35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with you, yet will I not deny you. Likewise also said all the disciples. Mat 26 36 Then came Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and said unto the disciples, Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder. Mat 26 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very distressed. Mat 26 38 Then said he unto them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death: tarry you here, and watch with me. Mat 26 39 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. Mat 26 40 And he came unto the disciples, and found them asleep, and said unto Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour? Mat 26 41 Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Mat 26 42 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. Mat 26 43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. Mat 26 44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. Mat 26 45 Then came he to his disciples, and said 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. Mat 26 46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that does betray me. Mat 26 47 And while he yet spoke, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people. Mat 26 48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. Mat 26 49 And immediately he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Teacher; and kissed him. Mat 26 50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, why are you come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. Mat 26 51 And, behold, one of them who was with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. Mat 26 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again your sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Mat 26 53 Think you that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? Mat 26 54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? Mat 26 55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are you come out as against a thief with swords and clubs to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and you laid no hold on me. Mat 26 56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. Mat 26 57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. Mat 26 58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. Mat 26 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; Mat 26 60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, Mat 26 61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. Mat 26 62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answer you nothing? what is it which these witness against you? Mat 26 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you be the Christ, the Son of God. Mat 26 64 Jesus said unto him, You have said so: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall you see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Mat 26 65 Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now you have heard his blasphemy. Mat 26 66 What think you? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. Mat 26 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others struck him with the palms of their hands, Mat 26 68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, you Christ, Who is he that struck you? Mat 26 69 Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard: and a maidservant came unto him, saying, You also were with Jesus of Galilee. Mat 26 70 But he denied it before them all, saying, I know not what you say. Mat 26 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maidservant saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. Mat 26 72 And again he denied it with an oath, I do not know the man. Mat 26 73 And after awhile came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely you also are one of them; for your speech betrays you. Mat 26 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crowed. Mat 26 75 And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, who said unto him, Before the cock crows, you shall deny me three times. And he went out, and wept bitterly. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 27 Mat 27 1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: Mat 27 2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Mat 27 3 Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Mat 27 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see you to that. Mat 27 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. Mat 27 6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. Mat 27 7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Mat 27 8 Therefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Mat 27 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah 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; Mat 27 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. Mat 27 11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, You say so. Mat 27 12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Mat 27 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hear you not how many things they witness against you? Mat 27 14 And he answered him never a word; so that the governor marveled greatly. Mat 27 15 Now at that feast the governor was accustomed to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they desired. Mat 27 16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. Mat 27 17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will you that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ? Mat 27 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. Mat 27 19 When he was sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. Mat 27 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. Mat 27 21 The governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will you that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. Mat 27 22 Pilate said unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus who is called Christ? They all said unto him, Let him be crucified. Mat 27 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. Mat 27 24 When Pilate saw that he could gain 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. Mat 27 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. Mat 27 26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. Mat 27 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. Mat 27 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. Mat 27 29 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! Mat 27 30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and struck him on the head. Mat 27 31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him. Mat 27 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. Mat 27 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, Mat 27 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. Mat 27 35 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 for my clothing did they cast lots. Mat 27 36 And sitting down they watched him there; Mat 27 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Mat 27 38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. Mat 27 39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, Mat 27 40 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. Mat 27 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, saying, Mat 27 42 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. Mat 27 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. Mat 27 44 The thieves also, who were crucified with him, reviled him the same way. Mat 27 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. Mat 27 46 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? Mat 27 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for Elijah. Mat 27 48 And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. Mat 27 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him. Mat 27 50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up his spirit. Mat 27 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks were split; Mat 27 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints that slept arose, Mat 27 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Mat 27 54 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. Mat 27 55 And many women were there beholding afar off, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: Mat 27 56 Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children. Mat 27 57 When the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: Mat 27 58 He went to Pilate, and begged for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. Mat 27 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, Mat 27 60 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. Mat 27 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulcher. Mat 27 62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Mat 27 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that this deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Mat 27 64 Command therefore that the sepulcher 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. Mat 27 65 Pilate said unto them, You have guards: go your way, make it as sure as you can. Mat 27 66 So they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a guard. ------------------------Matthew, Chapter 28 Mat 28 1 At 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. Mat 28 2 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. Mat 28 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow: Mat 28 4 And for fear of him the guards did shake, and became as dead men. Mat 28 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not: for I know that you seek Jesus, who was crucified. Mat 28 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. Mat 28 7 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: lo, I have told you. Mat 28 8 And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. Mat 28 9 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 worshiped him. Mat 28 10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. Mat 28 11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and announced unto the chief priests all the things that were done. Mat 28 12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave much money unto the soldiers, Mat 28 13 Saying, Say this, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. Mat 28 14 And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and protect you. Mat 28 15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. Mat 28 16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. Mat 28 17 And when they saw him, they worshiped him: but some doubted. Mat 28 18 And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Mat 28 19 Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: Mat 28 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 1 Mark 1 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; Mark 1 2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. Mark 1 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Mark 1 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Mark 1 5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Mark 1 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a belt of a skin about his waist; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; Mark 1 7 And preached, saying, There comes one mightier than I after me, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. Mark 1 8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit. Mark 1 9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Mark 1 10 And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: Mark 1 11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Mark 1 12 And immediately the Spirit drove him into the wilderness. Mark 1 13 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 14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, Mark 1 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel. Mark 1 16 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 17 And Jesus said unto them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. Mark 1 18 And immediately they left their nets, and followed him. Mark 1 19 And when he had gone a little farther from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. Mark 1 20 And immediately he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. Mark 1 21 And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. Mark 1 22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. Mark 1 23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, Mark 1 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? are you come to destroy us? I know you, who you are, the Holy One of God. Mark 1 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him. Mark 1 26 And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. Mark 1 27 And they were all amazed, so that that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. Mark 1 28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee. Mark 1 29 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 30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and immediately they told him of her. Mark 1 31 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 32 And at evening, when the sun had set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with demons. Mark 1 33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. Mark 1 34 And he healed many that were sick of various diseases, and cast out many demons; and allowed not the demons to speak, because they knew him. Mark 1 35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a lonely place, and there prayed. Mark 1 36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. Mark 1 37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek you. Mark 1 38 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 39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out demons. Mark 1 40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If you will, you can make me clean. Mark 1 41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and said unto him, I will; be clean. Mark 1 42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. Mark 1 43 And he sternly charged him, and immediately sent him away; Mark 1 44 And said unto him, See that 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 unto them. Mark 1 45 But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread abroad the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 2 Mark 2 1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was told that he was in the house. Mark 2 2 And immediately many were gathered together, so much 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 3 And they came unto him, bringing one, a paralytic, who was borne of four. Mark 2 4 And when they could not come near unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. Mark 2 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the paralytic, Son, your sins be forgiven you. Mark 2 6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Mark 2 7 Why does this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? Mark 2 8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned among themselves, he said unto them, Why reason you these things in your hearts? Mark 2 9 Which is it easier to say to the paralytic, Your sins be forgiven you; or to say, Arise, and take up your bed, and walk? Mark 2 10 But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (he said to the paralytic) Mark 2 11 I say unto you, Arise, and take up your bed, and go your way into your house. Mark 2 12 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 in this fashion. Mark 2 13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude came unto him, and he taught them. Mark 2 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. Mark 2 15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat to eat in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. Mark 2 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with tax collectors and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners? Mark 2 17 When Jesus heard it, he said 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 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they came and said unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples fast not? Mark 2 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. Mark 2 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. Mark 2 21 No man also sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up tears away from the old, and the tear is made worse. Mark 2 22 And no man puts new wine into old wineskins: else the new wine does burst the wineskins, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined: but new wine must be put into new wineskins. Mark 2 23 And it came to pass, that he went through the grain fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain. Mark 2 24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? Mark 2 25 And he said unto them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him? Mark 2 26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to them who were with him? Mark 2 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Mark 2 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 3 Mark 3 1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had a withered hand. Mark 3 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. Mark 3 3 And he said unto the man who had the withered hand, Stand forth. Mark 3 4 And he said 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 5 And when he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said unto the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. Mark 3 6 And the Pharisees went forth, and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. Mark 3 7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea, Mark 3 8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, 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 9 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 10 For he had healed many; so much that they pressed upon him to touch him, as many as had diseases. Mark 3 11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God. Mark 3 12 And he sternly charged them that they should not make him known. Mark 3 13 And he went up into a mountain, and called unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. Mark 3 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, Mark 3 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out demons: Mark 3 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; Mark 3 17 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 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, Mark 3 19 And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him: and they went into a house. Mark 3 20 And the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. Mark 3 21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. Mark 3 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of the demons casts he out demons. Mark 3 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? Mark 3 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. Mark 3 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. Mark 3 26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but comes to an end. Mark 3 27 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 28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies whatever they shall blaspheme: Mark 3 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit has never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal judgment: Mark 3 30 Because they said, He has an unclean spirit. Mark 3 31 There came then his brothers and his mother, and, standing outside, sent unto him, calling him. Mark 3 32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, your mother and your brothers outside seek for you. Mark 3 33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brothers? Mark 3 34 And he looked round about on them who sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers! Mark 3 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 4 Mark 4 1 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 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his teaching, Mark 4 3 Listen; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: Mark 4 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. Mark 4 5 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 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. Mark 4 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. Mark 4 8 And others fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred. Mark 4 9 And he said unto them, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 4 10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. Mark 4 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are outside, all these things are done in parables: Mark 4 12 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 13 And he said unto them, Know you not this parable? and how then will you know all parables? Mark 4 14 The sower sows the word. Mark 4 15 And these are they by the wayside, 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 16 And these are they likewise who are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; Mark 4 17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. Mark 4 18 And these are they who are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, Mark 4 19 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 20 And these are they who are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred. Mark 4 21 And he said unto them, Is a lamp brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a lampstand? Mark 4 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come into the open. Mark 4 23 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 4 24 And he said unto them, Take heed what you hear: with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. Mark 4 25 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 26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; Mark 4 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knows not how. Mark 4 28 For the earth brings forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear. Mark 4 29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest is come. Mark 4 30 And he said, With what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? Mark 4 31 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 32 But when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater than all plants, and shoots out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. Mark 4 33 And with many such parables he spoke the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. Mark 4 34 But without a parable he spoke not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. Mark 4 35 And the same day, when the evening was come, he said unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. Mark 4 36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him just as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. Mark 4 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. Mark 4 38 And he was in the rear of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awoke him, and said unto him, Teacher, care you not that we perish? Mark 4 39 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 40 And he said unto them, Why are you so fearful? how is it that you have no faith? Mark 4 41 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, Chapter 5 Mark 5 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. Mark 5 2 And when he came out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, Mark 5 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: Mark 5 4 Because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been wrenched apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man subdue him. Mark 5 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. Mark 5 6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped him, Mark 5 7 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 8 For he had said unto him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit. Mark 5 9 And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. Mark 5 10 And he begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country. Mark 5 11 Now there was there near unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. Mark 5 12 And all the demons begged him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. Mark 5 13 And 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, (there were about two thousand;) and were drowned in the sea. Mark 5 14 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 15 And they came to Jesus, and saw him that was possessed with the demon, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. Mark 5 16 And they that saw it told them what had happened to him that was possessed with the demon, and also concerning the swine. Mark 5 17 And they began to ask him to depart out of their region. Mark 5 18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the demon asked him that he might be with him. Mark 5 19 But Jesus permitted him not, but said unto him, Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and has had compassion on you. Mark 5 20 And he departed, and began to announce in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. Mark 5 21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, many people gathered unto him: and he was near unto the sea. Mark 5 22 And, behold, there came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, Mark 5 23 And besought 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 24 And Jesus went with him; and many people followed him, and thronged him. Mark 5 25 And a certain woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, Mark 5 26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse, Mark 5 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment. Mark 5 28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark 5 29 And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that disease. Mark 5 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that power had gone out of him, turned about in the crowd, and said, Who touched my clothes? Mark 5 31 And his disciples said unto him, You see the multitude thronging you, and you say, Who touched me? Mark 5 32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. Mark 5 33 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 34 And he said unto her, Daughter, your faith has made you whole; go in peace, and be whole of your disease. Mark 5 35 While he yet spoke, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain who said, Your daughter is dead: why trouble you the Teacher any further? Mark 5 36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he said unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. Mark 5 37 And he permitted no man to follow him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. Mark 5 38 And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. Mark 5 39 And when he came in, he said unto them, Why make you this commotion, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleeps. Mark 5 40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he took the father and the mother of the child, and them that were with him, and entered in where the child was lying. Mark 5 41 And he took the child by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Little girl, I say unto you, arise. Mark 5 42 And immediately the girl arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. Mark 5 43 And he charged them sternly that no man should know it; and told them that something should be given her to eat. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 6 Mark 6 1 And he went out from there, and came into his own country; and his disciples followed him. Mark 6 2 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 unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? Mark 6 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they took offense at him. Mark 6 4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. Mark 6 5 And he could there do no mighty work, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. Mark 6 6 And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. Mark 6 7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth two by two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; Mark 6 8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only; no bag, no bread, no money in their purse: Mark 6 9 But to wear sandals; and not put on two coats. Mark 6 10 And he said unto them, In whatever place you enter into a house, there abide till you depart from that place. Mark 6 11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when you depart from there, 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 Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Mark 6 12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. Mark 6 13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. Mark 6 14 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 15 Others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. Mark 6 16 But when Herod heard of it, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. Mark 6 17 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 18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. Mark 6 19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: Mark 6 20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and holy, and protected him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. Mark 6 21 And when an opportune day was come, Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, high captains, and chief men of Galilee; Mark 6 22 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 girl, Ask of me whatsoever you will, and I will give it to you. Mark 6 23 And he swore unto her, Whatsoever you shall ask of me, I will give it to you, unto the half of my kingdom. Mark 6 24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. Mark 6 25 And she came in immediately with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that you give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist. Mark 6 26 And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her. Mark 6 27 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 28 And brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl: and the girl gave it to her mother. Mark 6 29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. Mark 6 30 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 31 And he said unto them, Come you yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. Mark 6 32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. Mark 6 33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran on foot out of all the cities, and came before them, and came together unto him. Mark 6 34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw many 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 35 And when the day was now ending, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: Mark 6 36 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 37 He answered and said unto them, Give you 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 38 He said unto them, How many loaves have you? go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fishes. Mark 6 39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by groups upon the green grass. Mark 6 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. Mark 6 41 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 42 And they did all eat, and were filled. Mark 6 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. Mark 6 44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. Mark 6 45 And immediately he made 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 46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. Mark 6 47 And when evening was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land. Mark 6 48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. Mark 6 49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it was a spirit, and cried out: Mark 6 50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and said unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. Mark 6 51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were much amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. Mark 6 52 For they understood not the miracle of the loaves: for their hearts were hardened. Mark 6 53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. Mark 6 54 And when they were come out of the ship, immediately they knew him, Mark 6 55 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 56 And wherever 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, Chapter 7 Mark 7 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem. Mark 7 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashed, hands, they found fault. Mark 7 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. Mark 7 4 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, bronze vessels, and of tables. Mark 7 5 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 6 He answered and said unto them, Well has Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Mark 7 7 But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Mark 7 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such things you do. Mark 7 9 And he said unto them, Full well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. Mark 7 10 For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him die the death: Mark 7 11 But you say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift devoted to God, whatsoever you might have received from me; he shall be free. Mark 7 12 And you allow him no more to do anything for his father or his mother; Mark 7 13 Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition, which you have delivered: and many such things do you. Mark 7 14 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 15 There is nothing from outside 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 16 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 7 17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. Mark 7 18 And he said unto them, Are you so without understanding also? Do you not perceive, that whatsoever thing from outside enters into the man, it cannot defile him; Mark 7 19 Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the drain, purging all foods? Mark 7 20 And he said, That which came out of the man, that defiles the man. Mark 7 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Mark 7 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: Mark 7 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. Mark 7 24 And from there he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. Mark 7 25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: Mark 7 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race; and she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter. Mark 7 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not right to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. Mark 7 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. Mark 7 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go your way; the demon is gone out of your daughter. Mark 7 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. Mark 7 31 And again, departing from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis. Mark 7 32 And they brought unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to put his hand upon him. Mark 7 33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; Mark 7 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. Mark 7 35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. Mark 7 36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more zealously they proclaimed it; Mark 7 37 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, Chapter 8 Mark 8 1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said unto them, Mark 8 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: Mark 8 3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for some of them came from far. Mark 8 4 And his disciples answered him, From where can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the desert? Mark 8 5 And he asked them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven. Mark 8 6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. Mark 8 7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. Mark 8 8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken fragments that were left seven baskets. Mark 8 9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. Mark 8 10 And immediately he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. Mark 8 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, testing him. Mark 8 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, Why does this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. Mark 8 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. Mark 8 14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. Mark 8 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. Mark 8 16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. Mark 8 17 And when Jesus knew it, he said unto them, Why reason you, because you have no bread? perceive you not yet, neither understand? have you your heart yet hardened? Mark 8 18 Having eyes, see you not? and having ears, hear you not? and do you not remember? Mark 8 19 When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? They said unto him, Twelve. Mark 8 20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? And they said, Seven. Mark 8 21 And he said unto them, How is it that you do not understand? Mark 8 22 And he came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. Mark 8 23 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 anything. Mark 8 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. Mark 8 25 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 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. Mark 8 27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and on the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am? Mark 8 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elijah; and others, One of the prophets. Mark 8 29 And he said unto them, But who say you that I am? And Peter answered and said unto him, You are the Christ. Mark 8 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. Mark 8 31 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 32 And he spoke that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. Mark 8 33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get you behind me, Satan: for you consider not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. Mark 8 34 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 35 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 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own life? Mark 8 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life? Mark 8 38 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 comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 9 Mark 9 1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of those that stand here, who shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. Mark 9 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter, and James, and John, and led them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. Mark 9 3 And his clothing became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can whiten them. Mark 9 4 And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. Mark 9 5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Teacher, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. Mark 9 6 For he knew not what to say; for they were much afraid. Mark 9 7 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 8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, except Jesus only with themselves. Mark 9 9 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 was risen from the dead. Mark 9 10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. Mark 9 11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Mark 9 12 And he answered and told them, Elijah 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 treated with contempt. Mark 9 13 But I say unto you, That Elijah has indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they desired, as it is written of him. Mark 9 14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. Mark 9 15 And immediately all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him. Mark 9 16 And he asked the scribes, What do you debate with them? Mark 9 17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Teacher, I have brought unto you my son, who has a dumb spirit; Mark 9 18 And wherever he takes him, he throws him down: and he foams, and gnashes with his teeth, and wastes away: and I spoke to your disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. Mark 9 19 He answered him, and said, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him unto me. Mark 9 20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. Mark 9 21 And he asked his father, How long ago is it since this came unto him? And he said, Since childhood. Mark 9 22 And often it has cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. Mark 9 23 Jesus said unto him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes. Mark 9 24 And immediately the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help my unbelief. Mark 9 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, You dumb and deaf spirit, I charge you, come out of him, and enter no more into him. Mark 9 26 And the spirit cried, and convulsed him terribly, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; so that many said, He is dead. Mark 9 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. Mark 9 28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? Mark 9 29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. Mark 9 30 And they departed from there, and passed through Galilee; and he desired not that any man should know it. Mark 9 31 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 32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. Mark 9 33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that you disputed among yourselves on the way? Mark 9 34 But they held their peace: for on the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. Mark 9 35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. Mark 9 36 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 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receives me: and whosoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him that sent me. Mark 9 38 And John answered him, saying, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in your name, and he followed not us: and we forbade him, because he followed not us. Mark 9 39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man who shall do a miracle in my name, that can soon after speak evil of me. Mark 9 40 For he that is not against us is for us. Mark 9 41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. Mark 9 42 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 43 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 44 Where the worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. Mark 9 45 And if your foot offends you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter lame into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Mark 9 46 Where the worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. Mark 9 47 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 48 Where the worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. Mark 9 49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Mark 9 50 Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 10 Mark 10 1 And he arose from there, and came into the regions of Judea beyond the Jordan: and the people came unto him again; and, as his custom was, he taught them again. Mark 10 2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? testing him. Mark 10 3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? Mark 10 4 And they said, Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. Mark 10 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. Mark 10 6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. Mark 10 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; Mark 10 8 And they two shall be one flesh: so then they are no more two, but one flesh. Mark 10 9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder. Mark 10 10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. Mark 10 11 And he said unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, commits adultery against her. Mark 10 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she commits adultery. Mark 10 13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. Mark 10 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Allow the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Mark 10 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. Mark 10 16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. Mark 10 17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? Mark 10 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why call me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. Mark 10 19 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 20 And he answered and said unto him, Teacher, all these have I observed from my youth. Mark 10 21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing you lack: go your way, sell whatsoever 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 22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. Mark 10 23 And Jesus looked round about, and said unto his disciples, How hard for those that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God! Mark 10 24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answered again, and said unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! Mark 10 25 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 26 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? Mark 10 27 And Jesus looking upon them said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. Mark 10 28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed you. Mark 10 29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto 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's, Mark 10 30 But he shall receive a hundredfold 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 31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. Mark 10 32 And they were on 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 33 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 34 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 35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Teacher, we would that you should do for us whatsoever we shall desire. Mark 10 36 And he said unto them, What would you that I should do for you? Mark 10 37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on your right hand, and the other on your left hand, in your glory. Mark 10 38 But Jesus said unto 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 39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, You shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized shall you be baptized: Mark 10 40 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 41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. Mark 10 42 But Jesus called them to him, and said unto them, You know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their leaders exercise authority over them. Mark 10 43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your servant: Mark 10 44 And whosoever of you will be the first, shall be servant of all. Mark 10 45 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 46 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 roadside begging. Mark 10 47 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 48 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 49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they called the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calls you. Mark 10 50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. Mark 10 51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What will you that I should do unto you? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. Mark 10 52 And Jesus said unto him, Go your way; your faith has made you whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 11 Mark 11 1 And when they came near to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sent forth two of his disciples, Mark 11 2 And said unto them, Go your way into the village opposite you: and as soon as you are entered into it, you shall find a colt tied, on which never man sat; loose him, and bring him. Mark 11 3 And if any man say unto you, Why do you this? say that the Lord has need of him; and immediately he will send him here. Mark 11 4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door outside in a place where two ways met; and they loosed him. Mark 11 5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What are you doing, loosing the colt? Mark 11 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go. Mark 11 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. Mark 11 8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and spread them in the way. Mark 11 9 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 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that came in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. Mark 11 11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked around upon all things, and now the evening was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. Mark 11 12 And on the next day, when they had come from Bethany, he was hungry: Mark 11 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find anything thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. Mark 11 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of you hereafter forever. And his disciples heard it. Mark 11 15 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 money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves; Mark 11 16 And would not allow that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. Mark 11 17 And he taught, saying unto 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 18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people were astonished at his doctrine. Mark 11 19 And when evening was come, he went out of the city. Mark 11 20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. Mark 11 21 And Peter calling to remembrance said unto him, Teacher, behold, the fig tree which you cursed is withered away. Mark 11 22 And Jesus answering said unto them, Have faith in God. Mark 11 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be removed, and be 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 whatsoever he said. Mark 11 24 Therefore I say unto you, whatever things you desire, when you pray, believe that you will receive them, and you shall have them. Mark 11 25 And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against any: that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. Mark 11 26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses. Mark 11 27 And they came again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there came to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, Mark 11 28 And said unto him, By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority to do these things? Mark 11 29 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 30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. Mark 11 31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him? Mark 11 32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. Mark 11 33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering said unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 12 Mark 12 1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into a far country. Mark 12 2 And at the season time he sent to the tenants a servant, that he might receive from the tenants of the fruit of the vineyard. Mark 12 3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty handed. Mark 12 4 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 5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. Mark 12 6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will respect my son. Mark 12 7 But those tenants said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. Mark 12 8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. Mark 12 9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the tenants, and will give the vineyard unto others. Mark 12 10 And have you not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner: Mark 12 11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? Mark 12 12 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 13 And they sent unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. Mark 12 14 And when they were come, they said unto him, Teacher, 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 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt you me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. Mark 12 16 And they brought it. And he said unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's. Mark 12 17 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 marveled at him. Mark 12 18 Then came unto him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, Mark 12 19 Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother dies, and leaves his wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up children unto his brother. Mark 12 20 Now there were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and dying left no children. Mark 12 21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any children: and the third likewise. Mark 12 22 And the seven had her, and left no children: last of all the woman died also. Mark 12 23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her as wife. Mark 12 24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do you not therefore err, because you know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? Mark 12 25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels who are in heaven. Mark 12 26 And concerning the dead, that they rise: have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? Mark 12 27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: you therefore do greatly err. Mark 12 28 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 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: Mark 12 30 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 31 And the second is like, namely this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. Mark 12 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Teacher, you have said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: Mark 12 33 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 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said unto him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that dared ask him any question. Mark 12 35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? Mark 12 36 For David himself said by the Holy Spirit, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool. Mark 12 37 David therefore himself calls him Lord; and how is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. Mark 12 38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, Mark 12 39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost places at feasts: Mark 12 40 Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation. Mark 12 41 And Jesus sat opposite the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. Mark 12 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. Mark 12 43 And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow has cast more in, than all they who have cast into the treasury: Mark 12 44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her poverty did cast in all that she had, even all her living. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 13 Mark 13 1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said unto him, Teacher, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! Mark 13 2 And Jesus answering said unto him, See these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Mark 13 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, Mark 13 4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? Mark 13 5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: Mark 13 6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. Mark 13 7 And when you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. Mark 13 8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in various places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. Mark 13 9 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 10 And the gospel must first be preached among all nations. Mark 13 11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you shall speak, neither do you premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak you: for it is not you that speak, but the Holy Spirit. Mark 13 12 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 13 And you 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 14 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 Judea flee to the mountains: Mark 13 15 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 16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again to take up his garment. Mark 13 17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that nurse children in those days! Mark 13 18 And pray you that your flight be not in the winter. Mark 13 19 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 20 And except the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days. Mark 13 21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: Mark 13 22 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 23 But take heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. Mark 13 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, Mark 13 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. Mark 13 26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. Mark 13 27 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 28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When its branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near: Mark 13 29 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 30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass away, till all these things be done. Mark 13 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. Mark 13 32 But of that day and that hour knows no man, no, not the angels who are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Mark 13 33 Take you heed, watch and pray: for you know not when the time is. Mark 13 34 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 doorkeeper to watch. Mark 13 35 Watch you therefore: for you know not when the Master of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning: Mark 13 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. Mark 13 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 14 Mark 14 1 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 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. Mark 14 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard very precious; and she broke the flask, and poured it on his head. Mark 14 4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? Mark 14 5 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 6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble you her? she has wrought a good work for me. Mark 14 7 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 8 She has done what she could: she has come beforehand to anoint my body for burying. Mark 14 9 Verily I say unto 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 10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. Mark 14 11 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 12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where will you that we go and prepare that you may eat the passover? Mark 14 13 And he sent forth two of his disciples, and said unto them, Go into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. Mark 14 14 And wherever he shall go in, say to the owner of the house, The Master says, Where is the guest room, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? Mark 14 15 And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. Mark 14 16 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 17 And in the evening he came with the twelve. Mark 14 18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you who eats with me shall betray me. Mark 14 19 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 20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dips with me in the dish. Mark 14 21 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 22 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 23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. Mark 14 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many. Mark 14 25 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 26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. Mark 14 27 And Jesus said unto 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 28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. Mark 14 29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. Mark 14 30 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto you, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crows twice, you shall deny me three times. Mark 14 31 But he spoke the more vehemently, If I should die with you, I will not deny you by any means. Likewise also said they all. Mark 14 32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Sit here, while I shall pray. Mark 14 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed, and to be very troubled; Mark 14 34 And said unto them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful unto death: tarry you here, and watch. Mark 14 35 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 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto you; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what you will. Mark 14 37 And he came, and found them sleeping, and said unto Peter, Simon, do you sleep? could you not watch one hour? Mark 14 38 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. Mark 14 39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spoke the same words. Mark 14 40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither knew they what to answer him. Mark 14 41 And he came the third time, and said 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 42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrays me is at hand. Mark 14 43 And immediately, while he yet spoke, came Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Mark 14 44 And he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. Mark 14 45 And as soon as he came, he went immediately to him, and said, Teacher, Teacher; and kissed him. Mark 14 46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him. Mark 14 47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. Mark 14 48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are you come out, as against a thief, with swords and with clubs to take me? Mark 14 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. Mark 14 50 And they all forsook him, and fled. Mark 14 51 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 52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. Mark 14 53 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 54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the courtyard of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. Mark 14 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. Mark 14 56 For many bore false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. Mark 14 57 And there arose some, and bore false witness against him, saying, Mark 14 58 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 59 But neither did their witness agree together. Mark 14 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answer you nothing? what is it which these witness against you? Mark 14 61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? Mark 14 62 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 63 Then the high priest tore his clothes, and said, What need have we of any further witnesses? Mark 14 64 You have heard the blasphemy: what think you? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. Mark 14 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the guards did strike him with the palms of their hands. Mark 14 66 And as Peter was below in the courtyard, there came one of the maidservants of the high priest: Mark 14 67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And you also were with Jesus of Nazareth. Mark 14 68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what you say. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crowed. Mark 14 69 And the maidservant saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. Mark 14 70 And he denied it again. And after a little, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely you are one of them: for you are a Galilean, and your speech agrees with it. Mark 14 71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom you speak. Mark 14 72 And the second time the cock crowed. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crows twice, you shall deny me three times. And when he thought on this, he wept. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 15 Mark 15 1 And immediately 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 2 And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, You say it. Mark 15 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. Mark 15 4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answer you nothing? behold how many things they witness against you. Mark 15 5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marveled. Mark 15 6 Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. Mark 15 7 And there was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. Mark 15 8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had always done unto them. Mark 15 9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will you that I release unto you the King of the Jews? Mark 15 10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him out of envy. Mark 15 11 But the chief priests stirred up the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. Mark 15 12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will you then that I shall do unto him whom you call the King of the Jews? Mark 15 13 And they cried out again, Crucify him. Mark 15 14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil has he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. Mark 15 15 And so Pilate, willing to satisfy the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. Mark 15 16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they called together the whole band. Mark 15 17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, Mark 15 18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! Mark 15 19 And they struck him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshiped him. Mark 15 20 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 21 And they compelled one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. Mark 15 22 And they brought him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. Mark 15 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. Mark 15 24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots for them, what every man should take. Mark 15 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. Mark 15 26 And the superscription of his accusation was written, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Mark 15 27 And with him they crucified two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. Mark 15 28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which said, And he was numbered with the transgressors. Mark 15 29 And they that passed by derided him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, you that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, Mark 15 30 Save yourself, and come down from the cross. Mark 15 31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. Mark 15 32 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 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. Mark 15 34 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 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls Elijah. Mark 15 36 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 Elijah will come to take him down. Mark 15 37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up his spirit. Mark 15 38 And the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. Mark 15 39 And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. Mark 15 40 There were also women looking on from afar: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; Mark 15 41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women who came up with him unto Jerusalem. Mark 15 42 And now when the evening was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Mark 15 43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Mark 15 44 And Pilate marveled that he was already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been for some time dead. Mark 15 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. Mark 15 46 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 unto the door of the sepulcher. Mark 15 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. ------------------------Mark, Chapter 16 Mark 16 1 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 2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun. Mark 16 3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulcher? Mark 16 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. Mark 16 5 And entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were amazed. Mark 16 6 And he said unto them, Be not amazed: you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. Mark 16 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goes before you into Galilee: there shall you see him, as he said unto you. Mark 16 8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulcher; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they anything to any man; for they were afraid. Mark 16 9 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 demons. Mark 16 10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. Mark 16 11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. Mark 16 12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. Mark 16 13 And they went and told it unto the rest: neither believed they them. Mark 16 14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at table, and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them who had seen him after he was risen. Mark 16 15 And he said unto them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16 16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be condemned. Mark 16 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; Mark 16 18 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 19 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 20 And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 1 Luke 1 1 Since many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, Luke 1 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; Luke 1 3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto you in order, most excellent Theophilus, Luke 1 4 That you might know the certainty of those things, in which you have been instructed. Luke 1 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zachariah, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Luke 1 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke 1 7 And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were now well advanced in years. Luke 1 8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, Luke 1 9 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 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the time of incense. Luke 1 11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. Luke 1 12 And when Zachariah saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. Luke 1 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zachariah: for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. Luke 1 14 And you shall have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. Luke 1 15 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 Spirit, even from his mother's womb. Luke 1 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. Luke 1 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 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 18 And Zachariah said unto the angel, How shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well advanced in years. Luke 1 19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stands in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto you, and to show you these glad tidings. Luke 1 20 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 time. Luke 1 21 And the people waited for Zachariah, and marveled that he tarried so long in the temple. Luke 1 22 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 23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his service were accomplished, he departed to his own house. Luke 1 24 And after those days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, Luke 1 25 Thus has the Lord dealt with me in the days in which he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. Luke 1 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, Luke 1 27 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 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, you that are highly favored, the Lord is with you: blessed are you among women. Luke 1 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered in her mind what manner of greeting this should be. Luke 1 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for you have found favor with God. Luke 1 31 And, behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name JESUS. Luke 1 32 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 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Luke 1 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? Luke 1 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon 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 36 And, behold, your cousin Elizabeth, she has also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. Luke 1 37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. Luke 1 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to your word. And the angel departed from her. Luke 1 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah; Luke 1 40 And entered into the house of Zachariah, and greeted Elizabeth. Luke 1 41 And it came to pass, that, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit: Luke 1 42 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 43 And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Luke 1 44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. Luke 1 45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. Luke 1 46 And Mary said, My soul does magnify the Lord, Luke 1 47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. Luke 1 48 For he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Luke 1 49 For he that is mighty has done to me great things; and holy is his name. Luke 1 50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. Luke 1 51 He has showed strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. Luke 1 52 He has put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. Luke 1 53 He has filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he has sent empty away. Luke 1 54 He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; Luke 1 55 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his descendants forever. Luke 1 56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. Luke 1 57 Now Elizabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. Luke 1 58 And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. Luke 1 59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zachariah, after the name of his father. Luke 1 60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. Luke 1 61 And they said unto her, There is none of your kindred that is called by this name. Luke 1 62 And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called. Luke 1 63 And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marveled all. Luke 1 64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, and praised God. Luke 1 65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were spread abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea. Luke 1 66 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 67 And his father Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, Luke 1 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people, Luke 1 69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; Luke 1 70 As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began: Luke 1 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; Luke 1 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; Luke 1 73 The oath which he swore to our father Abraham, Luke 1 74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, Luke 1 75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. Luke 1 76 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 77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, Luke 1 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; by which the dawn from on high has visited us, Luke 1 79 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 80 And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 2 Luke 2 1 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 2 (And this taxing was first made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) Luke 2 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. Luke 2 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) Luke 2 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. Luke 2 6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. Luke 2 7 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 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. Luke 2 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were much afraid. Luke 2 10 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 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Luke 2 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Luke 2 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2 15 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 has made known unto us. Luke 2 16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. Luke 2 17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. Luke 2 18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. Luke 2 19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2 20 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 21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, who was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. Luke 2 22 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 23 (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 24 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 25 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 Spirit was upon him. Luke 2 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. Luke 2 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, Luke 2 28 Then he took him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Luke 2 29 Lord, now let your servant depart in peace, according to your word: Luke 2 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation, Luke 2 31 Which you have prepared before the face of all people; Luke 2 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel. Luke 2 33 And Joseph and his mother marveled at those things which were spoken of him. Luke 2 34 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 35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through your own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. Luke 2 36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher: she was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; Luke 2 37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, who departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. Luke 2 38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spoke of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. Luke 2 39 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 40 And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. Luke 2 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. Luke 2 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. Luke 2 43 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 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances. Luke 2 45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. Luke 2 46 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 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. Luke 2 48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why have you thus dealt with us? behold, your father and I have sought you sorrowing. Luke 2 49 And he said unto them, How is it that you sought me? knew you not that I must be about my Father's business? Luke 2 50 And they understood not the saying which he spoke unto them. Luke 2 51 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 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 3 Luke 3 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, 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 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zachariah in the wilderness. Luke 3 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; Luke 3 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Luke 3 5 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 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Luke 3 7 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 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. Luke 3 9 And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. Luke 3 10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? Luke 3 11 He answered and said unto them, He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise. Luke 3 12 Then came also tax collectors to be baptized, and said unto him, Teacher, what shall we do? Luke 3 13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. Luke 3 14 And the soldiers likewise asked 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 15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether he was the Christ, or not; Luke 3 16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I comes, the thong of whose shoes I am not worthy to untie: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire: Luke 3 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. Luke 3 18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. Luke 3 19 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 20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. Luke 3 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that when Jesus also was baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, Luke 3 22 And the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased. Luke 3 23 And Jesus himself was about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, who was the son of Heli, Luke 3 24 Who was the son of Matthat, who was the son of Levi, who was the son of Melchi, who was the son of Jannai, who was the son of Joseph, Luke 3 25 Who was the son of Mattathias, who was the son of Amos, who was the son of Nahum, who was the son of Esli, who was the son of Naggai, Luke 3 26 Who was the son of Maath, who was the son of Mattathias, who was the son of Semein, who was the son of Josech, who was the son of Joda, Luke 3 27 Who was the son of Joanan, who was the son of Rhesa, who was the son of Zerubbabel, who was the son of Shealtiel, who was the son of Neri, Luke 3 28 Who was the son of Melchi, who was the son of Addi, who was the son of Cosam, who was the son of Elmodam, who was the son of Er, Luke 3 29 Who was the son of Joshua, who was the son of Eliezer, who was the son of Jorim, who was the son of Matthat, who was the son of Levi, Luke 3 30 Who was the son of Simeon, who was the son of Judah, who was the son of Joseph, who was the son of Jonam who was the son of Eliakim, Luke 3 31 Who was the son of Melea, who was the son of Menna, who was the son of Mattatha, who was the son of Nathan, who was the son of David, Luke 3 32 Who was the son of Jesse, who was the son of Obed, who was the son of Boaz, who was the son of Salmon, who was the son of Nahshon, Luke 3 33 Who was the son of Amminadab, who was the son of Ram, who was the son of Hezron, who was the son of Perez, who was the son of Judah, Luke 3 34 Who was the son of Jacob, who was the son of Isaac, who was the son of Abraham, who was the son of Terah, who was the son of Nahor, Luke 3 35 Who was the son of Serug, who was the son of Reu, who was the son of Peleg, who was the son of Eber, who was the son of Shelah, Luke 3 36 Who was the son of Cainan, who was the son of Arphaxad, who was the son of Shem, who was the son of Noah, who was the son of Lamech, Luke 3 37 Who was the son of Mathuselah, who was the son of Enoch, who was the son of Jared, who was the son of Mahalalel, who was the son of Cainan, Luke 3 38 Who was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam, who was the son of God. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 4 Luke 4 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Luke 4 2 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 3 And the devil said unto him, If you are the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. Luke 4 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4 5 And the devil, taking him up into a high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. Luke 4 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give you, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. Luke 4 7 If you therefore will worship me, all shall be yours. Luke 4 8 And Jesus answered and said unto 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 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here: Luke 4 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you: Luke 4 11 And in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. Luke 4 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, You shall not test the Lord your God. Luke 4 13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him for a season. Luke 4 14 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 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. Luke 4 16 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 to read. Luke 4 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, Luke 4 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon 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 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4 20 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 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. Luke 4 22 And all bore 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 23 And he said unto them, You will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal yourself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your country. Luke 4 24 And he said, Verily, I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. Luke 4 25 But I tell you a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; Luke 4 26 But unto none of them was Elijah sent, except unto Zarephath, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. Luke 4 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian. Luke 4 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, Luke 4 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. Luke 4 30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way, Luke 4 31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. Luke 4 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. Luke 4 33 And in the synagogue there was a man, who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and cried out with a loud voice, Luke 4 34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with you, you Jesus of Nazareth? are you come to destroy us? I know who you are; the Holy One of God. Luke 4 35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him. And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. Luke 4 36 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 37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about. Luke 4 38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was ill with a high fever; and they besought him for her. Luke 4 39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. Luke 4 40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with various diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. Luke 4 41 And demons also came out of many, crying out, and saying, You are Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them permitted them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. Luke 4 42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and would have kept him, that he should not depart from them. Luke 4 43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. Luke 4 44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 5 Luke 5 1 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 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. Luke 5 3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and asked 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 4 Now when he had ceased speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch. Luke 5 5 And Simon answering said unto him, Teacher, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at your word I will let down the net. Luke 5 6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fish: and their net broke. Luke 5 7 And they beckoned unto their partners, who 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 8 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 9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the catch of the fish which they had taken: Luke 5 10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from now on you shall catch men. Luke 5 11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. Luke 5 12 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 you will, you can make me clean. Luke 5 13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. Luke 5 14 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 unto them. Luke 5 15 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 16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. Luke 5 17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. Luke 5 18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man who was a paralytic: and they sought a way to bring him in, and to lay him before him. Luke 5 19 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 bed into the midst before Jesus. Luke 5 20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, your sins are forgiven you. Luke 5 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? Luke 5 22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, Why reason you in your hearts? Luke 5 23 Which is easier, to say, Your sins be forgiven you; or to say, Rise up and walk? Luke 5 24 But that you may know that the Son of man has power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the paralytic,) I say unto you, Arise, and take up your bed, and go into your house. Luke 5 25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that on which he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. Luke 5 26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today. Luke 5 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office: and he said unto him, Follow me. Luke 5 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. Luke 5 29 And Levi made himself a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of tax collectors and of others that sat down with them. Luke 5 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners? Luke 5 31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. Luke 5 32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Luke 5 33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but you eat and drink? Luke 5 34 And he said unto them, Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them? Luke 5 35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. Luke 5 36 And he spoke also a parable unto them; No man puts a piece torn from a new garment upon an old; otherwise, then both the new makes a tear, and the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. Luke 5 37 And no man puts new wine into old wineskins; else the new wine will burst the wineskins, and be spilled, and the wineskins shall be destroyed. Luke 5 38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins; and both are preserved. Luke 5 39 No man also having drunk old wine immediately desires new: for he says, The old is better. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 6 Luke 6 1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears of grain, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. Luke 6 2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do you that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? Luke 6 3 And Jesus answering them said, Have you not read so much as this, what David did, when he was hungry, and they who were with him; Luke 6 4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the showbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat, but for the priests alone? Luke 6 5 And he said unto them, The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. Luke 6 6 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 7 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 8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth. Luke 6 9 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 10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. Luke 6 11 And they were filled with fury; and discussed one with another what they might do to Jesus. Luke 6 12 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 13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; Luke 6 14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Luke 6 15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, Luke 6 16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also was the traitor. Luke 6 17 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 seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; Luke 6 18 And they that were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were healed. Luke 6 19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went power out of him, and healed them all. Luke 6 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be you poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Luke 6 21 Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh. Luke 6 22 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's sake. Luke 6 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. Luke 6 24 But woe unto you that are rich! for you have received your consolation. Luke 6 25 Woe unto you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep. Luke 6 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. Luke 6 27 But I say unto you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to them who hate you, Luke 6 28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them who despitefully use you. Luke 6 29 And unto him that smites you on the one cheek offer also the other; and he that takes away your cloak forbid not to take your coat also. Luke 6 30 Give to every man that asks of you; and of him that takes away your goods ask them not again. Luke 6 31 And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them likewise. Luke 6 32 For if you love them who love you, what thanks have you? for sinners also love those that love them. Luke 6 33 And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks have you? for sinners also do even the same. Luke 6 34 And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thanks have you? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. Luke 6 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Luke 6 36 Be you therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Luke 6 37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven: Luke 6 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your lap. For with the same measure that you measure it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6 39 And he spoke a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? Luke 6 40 The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one that is perfect shall be as his teacher. Luke 6 41 And why behold you the speck that is in your brother's eye, but perceive not the beam that is in your own eye? Luke 6 42 Either how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the speck 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 speck that is in your brother's eye. Luke 6 43 For a good tree brings not forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Luke 6 44 For every tree is known by its own fruit. For from thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. Luke 6 45 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 46 And why call me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Luke 6 47 Whosoever comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like: Luke 6 48 He is like a man who built a house, and dug 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 49 But he that hears, and does not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 7 Luke 7 1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. Luke 7 2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick, and ready to die. Luke 7 3 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 4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him earnestly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: Luke 7 5 For he loves our nation, and he has built us a synagogue. Luke 7 6 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 yourself: for I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof: Luke 7 7 Therefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto you: but say a word, and my servant shall be healed. Luke 7 8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. Luke 7 9 When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel. Luke 7 10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick. Luke 7 11 And it came to pass the next day that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and many people. Luke 7 12 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 many people of the city were with her. Luke 7 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. Luke 7 14 And he came and touched the coffin: and they that bore him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto you, Arise. Luke 7 15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. Luke 7 16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is risen up among us; and, God has visited his people. Luke 7 17 And this report of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about. Luke 7 18 And the disciples of John showed him all these things. Luke 7 19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you he that should come? or look we for another? Luke 7 20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist has sent us unto you, saying, Are you he that should come? or look we for another? Luke 7 21 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 22 Then Jesus answering said unto 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 23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Luke 7 24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went you out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? Luke 7 25 But what went you out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, they who are gorgeously appareled, and live in luxury, are in kings' courts. Luke 7 26 But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. Luke 7 27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. Luke 7 28 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 29 And all the people that heard him, and the tax collectors, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. Luke 7 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. Luke 7 31 And the Lord said, To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? Luke 7 32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not wept. Luke 7 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say, He has a demon. Luke 7 34 The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and you say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! Luke 7 35 But wisdom is justified by all her children. Luke 7 36 And one of the Pharisees asked him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat. Luke 7 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat to eat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, Luke 7 38 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 39 Now when the Pharisee who 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 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have something to say unto you. And he said, Teacher, say on. Luke 7 41 There was a certain creditor who had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. Luke 7 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Luke 7 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, You have rightly judged. Luke 7 44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, See 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 45 You gave me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet. Luke 7 46 My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment. Luke 7 47 Therefore I say unto you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. Luke 7 48 And he said unto her, Your sins are forgiven. Luke 7 49 And they that sat to eat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgives sins also? Luke 7 50 And he said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go in peace. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 8 Luke 8 1 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 2 And certain women, who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven demons, Luke 8 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered unto him of their substance. Luke 8 4 And when many people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable: Luke 8 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. Luke 8 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. Luke 8 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. Luke 8 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. Luke 8 9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? Luke 8 10 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 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Luke 8 12 Those by the wayside 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 13 Those on the rock are they, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for awhile believe, and in time of temptation fall away. Luke 8 14 And that which fell among thorns are they, who, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity. Luke 8 15 But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. Luke 8 16 No man, when he has lighted a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a lampstand, that they who enter in may see the light. Luke 8 17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come to light. Luke 8 18 Take heed therefore how you hear: for whosoever has, to him shall be given; and whosoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have. Luke 8 19 Then came to him his mother and his brothers, and could not reach him for the crowd. Luke 8 20 And it was told him by some who said, Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you. Luke 8 21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it. Luke 8 22 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 to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. Luke 8 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filling up with water, and were in jeopardy. Luke 8 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Teacher, Teacher, 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 25 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 commands even the winds and water, and they obey him. Luke 8 26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. Luke 8 27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, who had demons for a long time, and wore no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. Luke 8 28 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 29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For often it had seized him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he broke the bonds, and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Luke 8 30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion: because many demons were entered into him. Luke 8 31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the abyss. Luke 8 32 And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would allow them to enter into them. And he allowed them. Luke 8 33 Then went the demons out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were drowned. Luke 8 34 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 35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the demons were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. Luke 8 36 They also who saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the demons was healed. Luke 8 37 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. Luke 8 38 Now the man out of whom the demons were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, Luke 8 39 Return to your own house, and show what great things God has done unto you. And he went his way, and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done unto him. Luke 8 40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. Luke 8 41 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 42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay dying. But as he went the people thronged him. Luke 8 43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Luke 8 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood ceased. Luke 8 45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Teacher, the multitude throng you and press you, and you say, Who touched me? Luke 8 46 And Jesus said, Somebody has touched me: for I perceive that power has gone out of me. Luke 8 47 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 why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. Luke 8 48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: your faith has made you whole; go in peace. Luke 8 49 While he yet spoke, there came one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, your daughter is dead; trouble not the Teacher. Luke 8 50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: only believe, and she shall be made whole. Luke 8 51 And when he came into the house, he allowed no man to go in, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the girl. Luke 8 52 And all wept, and mourned her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps. Luke 8 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. Luke 8 54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Child, arise. Luke 8 55 And her spirit came again, and she arose immediately: and he commanded to give her food. Luke 8 56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 9 Luke 9 1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. Luke 9 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. Luke 9 3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor bag, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. Luke 9 4 And whatsoever house you enter into, there abide, and from there depart. Luke 9 5 And whosoever 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 6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing everywhere. Luke 9 7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead; Luke 9 8 And of some, that Elijah had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. Luke 9 9 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 10 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 11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spoke unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. Luke 9 12 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 food: for we are here in a desert place. Luke 9 13 But he said unto them, Give you them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; unless we should go and buy food for all this people. Luke 9 14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in companies. Luke 9 15 And they did so, and made them all sit down. Luke 9 16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. Luke 9 17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. Luke 9 18 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 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. Luke 9 20 He said unto them, But whom say you that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. Luke 9 21 And he sternly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; Luke 9 22 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 23 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 24 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 25 For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or suffer loss? Luke 9 26 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 27 But I tell you a truth, there be some standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. Luke 9 28 And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. Luke 9 29 And as he prayed, the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his clothing was white and glistening. Luke 9 30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah: Luke 9 31 Who appeared in glory, and spoke of his death which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke 9 32 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 33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Teacher, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah: not knowing what he said. Luke 9 34 While he thus spoke, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. Luke 9 35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. Luke 9 36 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 37 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the mountain, many people met him. Luke 9 38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Teacher, I beseech you, look upon my son: for he is my only child. Luke 9 39 And, lo, a spirit takes him, and he suddenly cries out; and it convulses him so that he foams again, and bruising him seldom departs from him. Luke 9 40 And I besought your disciples to cast him out; and they could not. Luke 9 41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring your son here. Luke 9 42 And as he was yet coming, the demon threw him down, and tore him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father. Luke 9 43 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 44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. Luke 9 45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him about that saying. Luke 9 46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, as to which of them should be greatest. Luke 9 47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him beside him, Luke 9 48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receives me: and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. Luke 9 49 And John answered and said, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he follows not with us. Luke 9 50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. Luke 9 51 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 52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. Luke 9 53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. Luke 9 54 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 Elijah did? Luke 9 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, You know not what manner of spirit you are of. Luke 9 56 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 57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go. Luke 9 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head. Luke 9 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father. Luke 9 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but you go and preach the kingdom of God. Luke 9 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow you; but let me first go bid them farewell, who are at home at my house. Luke 9 62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 10 Luke 10 1 After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before his face into every city and place, where he himself would come. Luke 10 2 Therefore said he unto 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 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Luke 10 4 Carry neither purse, nor bag, nor shoes: and greet no man by the way. Luke 10 5 And into whatsoever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house. Luke 10 6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. Luke 10 7 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 8 And into whatsoever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: Luke 10 9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come near unto you. Luke 10 10 But into whatsoever city you enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, Luke 10 11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaves on us, we do wipe off against you: nevertheless be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near unto you. Luke 10 12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. Luke 10 13 Woe unto you, Chorazin! woe unto you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they would have a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. Luke 10 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. Luke 10 15 And you, Capernaum, which are exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hades. Luke 10 16 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 17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us through your name. Luke 10 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke 10 19 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 20 Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. Luke 10 21 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 unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in your sight. Luke 10 22 All things are delivered to me by 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 23 And he turned to his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see: Luke 10 24 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 25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tested him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Luke 10 26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how read you? Luke 10 27 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 28 And he said unto him, You have answered right: this do, and you shall live. Luke 10 29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor? Luke 10 30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Luke 10 31 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 32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. Luke 10 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, Luke 10 34 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 35 And on the next day when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the innkeeper, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever you spend more, when I come again, I will repay you. Luke 10 36 Which now of these three, think you, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? Luke 10 37 And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do you likewise. Luke 10 38 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 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. Luke 10 40 But Martha was cumbered about with 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 41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things: Luke 10 42 But one thing is needful: and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 11 Luke 11 1 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 2 And he said unto them, When you pray, say, Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Luke 11 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. Luke 11 4 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 5 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 6 For a friend of mine in his journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? Luke 11 7 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 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give to him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needs. Luke 11 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Luke 11 10 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. Luke 11 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Luke 11 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? Luke 11 13 If you 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 14 And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spoke; and the people wondered. Luke 11 15 But some of them said, He casts out demons through Beelzebub the chief of the demons. Luke 11 16 And others, testing him, sought of him a sign from heaven. Luke 11 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falls. Luke 11 18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because you say that I cast out demons through Beelzebub. Luke 11 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. Luke 11 20 But if I with the finger of God cast out demons, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. Luke 11 21 When a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace: Luke 11 22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils. Luke 11 23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathers not with me scatters. Luke 11 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return unto my house from which I came out. Luke 11 25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and in order. Luke 11 26 Then he goes, and takes with 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 27 And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman of the crowd lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which you have nursed. Luke 11 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. Luke 11 29 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 Jonah the prophet. Luke 11 30 For as Jonah was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. Luke 11 31 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 ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. Luke 11 32 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here. Luke 11 33 No man, when he has lighted a lamp, puts it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a lampstand, that they who come in may see the light. Luke 11 34 The lamp of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is sound, your whole body also is full of light; but when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness. Luke 11 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in you be not darkness. Luke 11 36 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 lamp does give you light. Luke 11 37 And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to eat. Luke 11 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner. Luke 11 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. Luke 11 40 You fools, did not he that made that which is outside make that which is within also? Luke 11 41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. Luke 11 42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over justice and the love of God: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Luke 11 43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Luke 11 44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are as graves which are not seen, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. Luke 11 45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Teacher, thus saying you reproach us also. Luke 11 46 And he said, Woe unto you also, you lawyers! for you load men with burdens hard to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Luke 11 47 Woe unto you! for you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Luke 11 48 Truly you bear witness that you consent to the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers. Luke 11 49 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 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; Luke 11 51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. Luke 11 52 Woe unto 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 53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: Luke 11 54 Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 12 Luke 12 1 In the meantime, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so much that they tread one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Luke 12 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Luke 12 3 Therefore whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. Luke 12 4 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 5 But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Luke 12 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? Luke 12 7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12 8 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 9 But he that denies me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. Luke 12 10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemes against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven. Luke 12 11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take you no thought how or what thing you shall answer, or what you shall say: Luke 12 12 For the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the same hour what you ought to say. Luke 12 13 And one of the crowd said unto him, Teacher, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. Luke 12 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? Luke 12 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses. Luke 12 16 And he spoke a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: Luke 12 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops? Luke 12 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all my crops and my goods. Luke 12 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry. Luke 12 20 But God said unto him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be, which you have prepared? Luke 12 21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. Luke 12 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat; neither for the body, what you shall put on. Luke 12 23 The life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. Luke 12 24 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 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? Luke 12 26 If you then be not able to do that thing which is least, why are you anxious concerning the rest? Luke 12 27 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 28 If then God so clothes the grass, which is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith? Luke 12 29 And seek you not what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, neither be of anxious mind. Luke 12 30 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 31 But rather seek you the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. Luke 12 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Luke 12 33 Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves purses which grow not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches, neither moth corrupts. Luke 12 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Luke 12 35 Let your waists be girded about, and your lamps burning; Luke 12 36 And you yourselves be like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open unto him immediately. Luke 12 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he comes shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to eat, and will come forth and serve them. Luke 12 38 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 39 And this know, that if the owner of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken through. Luke 12 40 Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not. Luke 12 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speak you this parable unto us, or even to all? Luke 12 42 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 food at the proper time? Luke 12 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing. Luke 12 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he has. Luke 12 45 But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunk; Luke 12 46 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 pieces, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. Luke 12 47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. Luke 12 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomever 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 49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and would that it were already kindled? Luke 12 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I constrained till it be accomplished! Luke 12 51 Suppose you that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: Luke 12 52 For from now on there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. Luke 12 53 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 54 And he said also to the people, When you see a cloud rise out of the west, immediately you say, There comes a shower; and so it is. Luke 12 55 And when you see the south wind blow, you say, There will be heat; and it comes to pass. Luke 12 56 You hypocrites, you can discern the appearance of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time? Luke 12 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge you not what is right? Luke 12 58 When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, as you are in the way, give diligence that you may settle with him; lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison. Luke 12 59 I tell you, you shall not depart from there, till you have paid the very last penny. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 13 Luke 13 1 There were present at that time some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. Luke 13 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose you that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? Luke 13 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish. Luke 13 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think you that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? Luke 13 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish. Luke 13 6 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 7 Then said he unto the vinedresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbers it the ground? Luke 13 8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and fertilize it: Luke 13 9 And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down. Luke 13 10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. Luke 13 11 And, behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no way lift herself up. Luke 13 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity. Luke 13 13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. Luke 13 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because 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 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead him away to watering? Luke 13 16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? Luke 13 17 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 18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it? Luke 13 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. Luke 13 20 And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? Luke 13 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Luke 13 22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Luke 13 23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Luke 13 24 Strive to enter in at the narrow gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Luke 13 25 When once the Master of the house is risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know not where you come from: Luke 13 26 Then shall you begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets. Luke 13 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know not where you come from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. Luke 13 28 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 29 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 30 And, behold, some are last who shall be first, and some are first who shall be last. Luke 13 31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get out, and depart from here: for Herod will kill you. Luke 13 32 And he said unto them, Go, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and I perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be finished. Luke 13 33 Nevertheless I must walk today, and tomorrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem. Luke 13 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets, and stones them that are sent unto 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 35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, you shall not see me, until the time comes when you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 14 Luke 14 1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat on the sabbath day, that they watched him. Luke 14 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him who had dropsy. Luke 14 3 And Jesus answering spoke unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? Luke 14 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; Luke 14 5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have a donkey or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day? Luke 14 6 And they could not answer him again about these things. Luke 14 7 And he put forth a parable to those who were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief places; saying unto them, Luke 14 8 When you are bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest place; lest a more honorable man than you be bidden of him; Luke 14 9 And he that bade you and him come and say to you, Give this man your place; and you begin with shame to take the lowest place. Luke 14 10 But when you are bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that bade you come, he may say unto you, Friend, go up higher: then shall you have honor in the presence of them that sit at table with you. Luke 14 11 For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. Luke 14 12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When you give a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brethren, neither your kinsmen, nor your rich neighbors; lest they also bid you again, and a recompense be made you. Luke 14 13 But when you give a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: Luke 14 14 And you shall be blessed; for they cannot recompense you: for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. Luke 14 15 And when one of them that sat at table with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. Luke 14 16 Then said he unto him, A certain man gave a great supper, and bade many: Luke 14 17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. Luke 14 18 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 go and see it: I pray you have me excused. Luke 14 19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them: I pray you have me excused. Luke 14 20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. Luke 14 21 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 lame, and the blind. Luke 14 22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you have commanded, and yet there is room. Luke 14 23 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 24 For I say unto you, That none of those men who were bidden shall taste of my supper. Luke 14 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, Luke 14 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Luke 14 27 And whosoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. Luke 14 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he has enough to finish it? Luke 14 29 Lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Luke 14 30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Luke 14 31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first, and consults whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand? Luke 14 32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation, and desires conditions of peace. Luke 14 33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he has, he cannot be my disciple. Luke 14 34 Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall it be restored? Luke 14 35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dung hill; but men cast it out. He that has ears to hear, let him hear. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 15 Luke 15 1 Then drew near unto him all the tax collectors and sinners to hear him. Luke 15 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them. Luke 15 3 And he spoke this parable unto them, saying, Luke 15 4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he finds it? Luke 15 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. Luke 15 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. Luke 15 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, who need no repentance. Luke 15 8 Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she loses one piece, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she finds it? Luke 15 9 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 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents. Luke 15 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: Luke 15 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided unto them his living. Luke 15 13 And not many days later the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke 15 14 And when he had spent everything, there arose a great famine in that land; and he began to be in want. Luke 15 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. Luke 15 16 And he would gladly have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. Luke 15 17 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 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before you, Luke 15 19 And am no more worthy to be called your son: make me as one of your hired servants. Luke 15 20 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 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight, and am no more worthy to be called your son. Luke 15 22 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 sandals on his feet: Luke 15 23 And bring here the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: Luke 15 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Luke 15 25 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 26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. Luke 15 27 And he said unto him, your brother has come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound. Luke 15 28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore his father came out, and entreated him. Luke 15 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years have I served 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 30 But as soon as this your son came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you have killed for him the fatted calf. Luke 15 31 And he said unto him, Son, you are ever with me, and all that I have is yours. Luke 15 32 It was right 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, Chapter 16 Luke 16 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. Luke 16 2 And he called him, and said unto 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 3 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 4 I have decided what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. Luke 16 5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owe you unto my lord? Luke 16 6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Luke 16 7 Then said he to another, And how much owe you? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take your bill, and write fourscore. Luke 16 8 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 9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it fails, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. Luke 16 10 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 11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? Luke 16 12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? Luke 16 13 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 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. Luke 16 15 And he said unto them, You are they who 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 16 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 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one dot of the law to fail. Luke 16 18 Whosoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whosoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery. Luke 16 19 There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day: Luke 16 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores, Luke 16 21 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 22 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 23 And in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and seeing Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Luke 16 24 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 25 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 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they who would pass from here to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from there. Luke 16 27 Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house: Luke 16 28 For I have five brothers; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Luke 16 29 Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. Luke 16 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. Luke 16 31 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, Chapter 17 Luke 17 1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that temptations to sin will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! Luke 17 2 It would be better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he was cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble. Luke 17 3 Take heed to yourselves: If your brother trespasses against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. Luke 17 4 And if he trespasses against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns again to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him. Luke 17 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. Luke 17 6 And the Lord said, If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say unto this sycamine tree, Be plucked up by the root, and be planted in the sea; and it would obey you. Luke 17 7 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 eat? Luke 17 8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready that I may eat, and gird yourself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward you shall eat and drink? Luke 17 9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not. Luke 17 10 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 11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. Luke 17 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off: Luke 17 13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Teacher, have mercy on us. Luke 17 14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. Luke 17 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, Luke 17 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. Luke 17 17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? Luke 17 18 There was not found one that returned to give glory to God, except this stranger. Luke 17 19 And he said unto him, Arise, go your way: your faith has made you whole. Luke 17 20 And when he was demanded by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God comes not with outward observation: Luke 17 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you. Luke 17 22 And he said unto 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 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. Luke 17 24 For as the lightning, that flashing out of the one part under heaven, shines unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. Luke 17 25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. Luke 17 26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. Luke 17 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Luke 17 28 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 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Luke 17 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. Luke 17 31 In that day, he who shall be upon the housetop, and his goods 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 32 Remember Lot's wife. Luke 17 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Luke 17 34 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 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Luke 17 36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Luke 17 37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wherever the body is, there will the vultures be gathered together. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 18 Luke 18 1 And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Luke 18 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, neither regarded man: Luke 18 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary. Luke 18 4 And he would not for awhile: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; Luke 18 5 Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she wearies me. Luke 18 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge said. Luke 18 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night unto him, though he bears long with them? Luke 18 8 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 9 And he spoke this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Luke 18 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. Luke 18 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. Luke 18 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. Luke 18 13 And the tax collector, 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 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone that exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. Luke 18 15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. Luke 18 16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Allow little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Luke 18 17 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 18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Luke 18 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why call me good? none is good, except one, that is, God. Luke 18 20 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 21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. Luke 18 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet you lack one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute unto the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. Luke 18 23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. Luke 18 24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hard it is for those that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God! Luke 18 25 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 26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? Luke 18 27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. Luke 18 28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed you. Luke 18 29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that has left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Luke 18 30 Who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. Luke 18 31 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 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully treated, and spit on: Luke 18 33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. Luke 18 34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. Luke 18 35 And it came to pass, that as he came near unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the wayside begging: Luke 18 36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. Luke 18 37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passed by. Luke 18 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me. Luke 18 39 And they who 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 40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he came near, he asked him, Luke 18 41 Saying, What will you that I shall do unto you? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. Luke 18 42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive your sight: your faith has saved you. Luke 18 43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 19 Luke 19 1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Luke 19 2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, who was the chief among the tax collectors, and he was rich. Luke 19 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature. Luke 19 4 And he ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. Luke 19 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide at your house. Luke 19 6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. Luke 19 7 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 8 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 anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. Luke 19 9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. Luke 19 10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19 11 And as they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. Luke 19 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. Luke 19 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. Luke 19 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. Luke 19 15 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 16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, your pound has gained ten pounds. Luke 19 17 And he said unto him, Well done, good servant: because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities. Luke 19 18 And the second came, saying, Lord, your pound has gained five pounds. Luke 19 19 And he said likewise to him, Be also over five cities. Luke 19 20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is your pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: Luke 19 21 For I feared you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you laid not down, and reap what you did not sow. Luke 19 22 And he said unto him, Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a severe man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow: Luke 19 23 Why then gave not you my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required my own with interest? Luke 19 24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that has ten pounds. Luke 19 25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he has ten pounds.) Luke 19 26 For I say unto you, That unto everyone who has shall be given; and from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him. Luke 19 27 But those my enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring here, and slay them before me. Luke 19 28 And when he had thus spoken, he went ahead, ascending up to Jerusalem. Luke 19 29 And it came to pass, when he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, Luke 19 30 Saying, Go into the village opposite you; in which at your entering you shall find a colt tied, on which yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him here. Luke 19 31 And if any man asks you, Why do you loose him? thus shall you say unto him, Because the Lord has need of him. Luke 19 32 And they that were sent went their way, and found it even as he had said unto them. Luke 19 33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose you the colt? Luke 19 34 And they said, The Lord has need of him. Luke 19 35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. Luke 19 36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. Luke 19 37 And when he came 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 38 Saying, Blessed be the King that comes in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. Luke 19 39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples. Luke 19 40 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 41 And when he came near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Luke 19 42 Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things which belong unto your peace! but now they are hid from your eyes. Luke 19 43 For the days shall come upon you, that your enemies shall cast a bank about you, and surround you, and hem you in on every side, Luke 19 44 And shall lay you even with the ground, and your children within you; and they shall not leave in you one stone upon another; because you knew not the time of your visitation. Luke 19 45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; Luke 19 46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but you have made it a den of thieves. Luke 19 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief men of the people sought to destroy him, Luke 19 48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 20 Luke 20 1 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 2 And spoke unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority do you these things? or who is he that gave you this authority? Luke 20 3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: Luke 20 4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? Luke 20 5 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him? Luke 20 6 But if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. Luke 20 7 And they answered, that they could not tell from where it was. Luke 20 8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. Luke 20 9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it out to tenants, and went into a far country for a long time. Luke 20 10 And at the harvest season he sent a servant to the tenants, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the tenants beat him, and sent him away empty. Luke 20 11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. Luke 20 12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. Luke 20 13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will respect him when they see him. Luke 20 14 But when the tenants saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. Luke 20 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? Luke 20 16 He shall come and destroy these tenants, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. Luke 20 17 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 18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. Luke 20 19 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 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who should pretend 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 21 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither do you regard any person, but teach the way of God truly: Luke 20 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? Luke 20 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why do you test me? Luke 20 24 Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription has it? They answered and said, Caesar's. Luke 20 25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things which are God's. Luke 20 26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace. Luke 20 27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, Luke 20 28 Saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up children for his brother. Luke 20 29 There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children. Luke 20 30 And the second took her as wife, and he died childless. Luke 20 31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died. Luke 20 32 Last of all the woman died also. Luke 20 33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her as wife. Luke 20 34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: Luke 20 35 But they who shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Luke 20 36 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 37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Luke 20 38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him. Luke 20 39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, you have well said. Luke 20 40 And after that they dared not ask him any question at all. Luke 20 41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son? Luke 20 42 And David himself said in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Luke 20 43 Till I make your enemies your footstool. Luke 20 44 David therefore called him Lord, how is he then his son? Luke 20 45 Then in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples, Luke 20 46 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief places at feasts; Luke 20 47 Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater condemnation. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 21 Luke 21 1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. Luke 21 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in there two mites. Luke 21 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than they all: Luke 21 4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her poverty has cast in all the living that she had. Luke 21 5 And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts, he said, Luke 21 6 As for these things which you behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Luke 21 7 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? Luke 21 8 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 not therefore after them. Luke 21 9 But when you shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not yet. Luke 21 10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: Luke 21 11 And great earthquakes shall be in various places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. Luke 21 12 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 13 And it shall turn out to you for a testimony. Luke 21 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer: Luke 21 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict nor resist. Luke 21 16 And you shall be betrayed both by parents, and brothers, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. Luke 21 17 And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. Luke 21 18 But there shall not a hair of your head perish. Luke 21 19 In your patience you will gain your souls. Luke 21 20 And when you shall see Jerusalem surrounded with armies, then know that its desolation is near. Luke 21 21 Then let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them who are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the country enter into it. Luke 21 22 For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Luke 21 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that nurse children, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. Luke 21 24 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 25 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 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking toward those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Luke 21 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Luke 21 28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near. Luke 21 29 And he spoke to them a parable; Look at the fig tree, and all the trees; Luke 21 30 When they now shoot forth, you see and know of your own selves that summer is now near at hand. Luke 21 31 So likewise you, when you see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near at hand. Luke 21 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Luke 21 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. Luke 21 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with carousing, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. Luke 21 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Luke 21 36 Watch 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 37 And in the daytime 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 38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 22 Luke 22 1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew near, which is called the Passover. Luke 22 2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Luke 22 3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. Luke 22 4 And he went his way, and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. Luke 22 5 And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. Luke 22 6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. Luke 22 7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. Luke 22 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. Luke 22 9 And they said unto him, Where will you that we prepare? Luke 22 10 And he said unto 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 11 And you shall say unto the owner of the house, The Master says unto you, Where is the guest room, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? Luke 22 12 And he shall show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. Luke 22 13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. Luke 22 14 And when the hour came, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. Luke 22 15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: Luke 22 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. Luke 22 17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: Luke 22 18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. Luke 22 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Luke 22 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you. Luke 22 21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrays me is with me on the table. Luke 22 22 And truly the Son of man goes, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! Luke 22 23 And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. Luke 22 24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. Luke 22 25 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 26 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 27 For who is greater, he that sits at table, or he that serves? is not he that sits at table? but I am among you as he that serves. Luke 22 28 You are they who have continued with me in my trials. Luke 22 29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father has appointed unto me; Luke 22 30 That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Luke 22 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: Luke 22 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not: and when you have returned, strengthen your brethren. Luke 22 33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with you, both into prison, and to death. Luke 22 34 And he said, I tell you, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before you shall three times deny that you know me. Luke 22 35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and bag, and sandals, lacked you anything? And they said, Nothing. Luke 22 36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that has a purse, let him take it, and likewise his bag: and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Luke 22 37 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 a fulfillment. Luke 22 38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. Luke 22 39 And he came out, and went, as was his custom, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. Luke 22 40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that you enter not into temptation. Luke 22 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, Luke 22 42 Saying, Father, if you be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done. Luke 22 43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. Luke 22 44 And being in agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Luke 22 45 And when he rose up from prayer, and came to his disciples, he found them sleeping from the grief, Luke 22 46 And said unto them, Why sleep you? rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation. Luke 22 47 And while he yet spoke, 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 48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betray you the Son of man with a kiss? Luke 22 49 When they who were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? Luke 22 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. Luke 22 51 And Jesus answered and said, No more of this. And he touched his ear, and healed him. Luke 22 52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, who were come to him, Do you come out, as against a thief, with swords and clubs? Luke 22 53 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 54 Then they took him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. Luke 22 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. Luke 22 56 But a certain maidservant beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. Luke 22 57 And he denied it, saying, Woman, I know him not. Luke 22 58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, you are also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. Luke 22 59 And after the space of about one hour another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilean. Luke 22 60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what you say. And immediately, while he yet spoke, the cock crowed. Luke 22 61 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 crows, you shall deny me three times. Luke 22 62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. Luke 22 63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and struck him. Luke 22 64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that struck you? Luke 22 65 And many other things blasphemously spoke they against him. Luke 22 66 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 67 Are you the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, you will not believe: Luke 22 68 And if I also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go. Luke 22 69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22 70 Then said they all, Are you then the Son of God? And he said unto them, You say that I am. Luke 22 71 And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 23 Luke 23 1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. Luke 23 2 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 3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, You say it. Luke 23 4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. Luke 23 5 And they were the more urgent, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place. Luke 23 6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean. Luke 23 7 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 8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad: for he was desirous to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. Luke 23 9 Then he questioned him with many words; but he answered him nothing. Luke 23 10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. Luke 23 11 And Herod with his men of war despised him, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. Luke 23 12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves. Luke 23 13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, Luke 23 14 Said unto them, You have brought this man unto me, as one that perverts the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man concerning those things of which you accuse him: Luke 23 15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death was done by him. Luke 23 16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. Luke 23 17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) Luke 23 18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: Luke 23 19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) Luke 23 20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them. Luke 23 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Luke 23 22 And he said unto 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 23 And they were urgent with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. Luke 23 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they demanded. Luke 23 25 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 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming in from the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. Luke 23 27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, who also bewailed and lamented him. Luke 23 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. Luke 23 29 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 nursed. Luke 23 30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. Luke 23 31 For if they do these things with a green tree, what shall be done with the dry? Luke 23 32 And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. Luke 23 33 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 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his clothing, and cast lots. Luke 23 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he is Christ, the chosen of God. Luke 23 36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, Luke 23 37 And saying, If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself. Luke 23 38 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 39 And one of the malefactors who were hanged railed at him, saying, If you are Christ, save yourself and us. Luke 23 40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear God, seeing you are in the same condemnation? Luke 23 41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man has done nothing amiss. Luke 23 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom. Luke 23 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto you, Today shall you be with me in paradise. Luke 23 44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. Luke 23 45 And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the temple was torn in the middle. Luke 23 46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into your hands I commend my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the spirit. Luke 23 47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. Luke 23 48 And all the people that came together to see that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. Luke 23 49 And all his acquaintances, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. Luke 23 50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a member of the council and he was a good man, and just: Luke 23 51 (The same had not consented to the council and the action of them;) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. Luke 23 52 This man went unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Luke 23 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that was hewn in stone, in which never man before was laid. Luke 23 54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath was coming on. Luke 23 55 And the women also, who came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulcher, and how his body was laid. Luke 23 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. ------------------------Luke, Chapter 24 Luke 24 1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others came with them. Luke 24 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher. Luke 24 3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. Luke 24 4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: Luke 24 5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the ground, they said unto them, Why seek you the living among the dead? Luke 24 6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Luke 24 7 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 8 And they remembered his words, Luke 24 9 And returned from the sepulcher, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. Luke 24 10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, who told these things unto the apostles. Luke 24 11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. Luke 24 12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulcher; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which had come to pass. Luke 24 13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. Luke 24 14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. Luke 24 15 And it came to pass, that, while they discussed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. Luke 24 16 But their eyes were held that they should not know him. Luke 24 17 And he said unto them, What manner of words are these that you have one to another, as you walk, and are sad? Luke 24 18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Are you a stranger in Jerusalem, and have not known the things which have come to pass there in these days? Luke 24 19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: Luke 24 20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. Luke 24 21 But we hoped that it was he who should have redeemed Israel: and besides all this, today is the third day since these things were done. Luke 24 22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, who were early at the sepulcher; Luke 24 23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Luke 24 24 And certain of them who were with us went to the sepulcher, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. Luke 24 25 Then he said unto them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Luke 24 26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? Luke 24 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24 28 And they drew near unto the village, where they were going: and he made as though he would have gone further. Luke 24 29 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 30 And it came to pass, as he sat to eat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave to them. Luke 24 31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. Luke 24 32 And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? Luke 24 33 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 34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon. Luke 24 35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known to them in the breaking of bread. Luke 24 36 And as they thus spoke, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and said unto them, Peace be unto you. Luke 24 37 But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. Luke 24 38 And he said unto them, Why are you troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Luke 24 39 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 40 And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet. Luke 24 41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have you here any food? Luke 24 42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and a honeycomb. Luke 24 43 And he took it, and did eat before them. Luke 24 44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spoke 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 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, Luke 24 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it was fit for Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: Luke 24 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Luke 24 48 And you are witnesses of these things. Luke 24 49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry you in the city of Jerusalem, until you are endued with power from on high. Luke 24 50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. Luke 24 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. Luke 24 52 And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: Luke 24 53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. ------------------------John, Chapter 1 John 1 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1 2 The same was in the beginning with God. John 1 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. John 1 5 And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness overcame it not. John 1 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. John 1 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. John 1 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. John 1 9 That was the true Light, that lights every man that comes into the world. John 1 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. John 1 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. John 1 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the children of God, even to them that believe on his name: John 1 13 Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1 14 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 15 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 16 And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. John 1 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John 1 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him. John 1 19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you? John 1 20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. John 1 21 And they asked him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you that prophet? And he answered, No. John 1 22 Then said they unto him, Who are you? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What say you of yourself? John 1 23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah. John 1 24 And they who were sent were of the Pharisees. John 1 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptize you then, if you are not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet? John 1 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there stands one among you, whom you know not; John 1 27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's thong I am not worthy to unloose. John 1 28 These things were done in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. John 1 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. John 1 30 This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is preferred before me: for he was before me. John 1 31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. John 1 32 And John bore record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. John 1 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. John 1 34 And I saw, and bore record that this is the Son of God. John 1 35 Again the next day John stood, and two of his disciples; John 1 36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he said, Behold the Lamb of God! John 1 37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. John 1 38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said unto them, What seek you? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher,) where do you dwell? John 1 39 He said 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 40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. John 1 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said unto him, We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. John 1 42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, You are Simon the son of Jonah: you shall be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. John 1 43 The day following Jesus went forth into Galilee, and found Philip, and said unto him, Follow me. John 1 44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. John 1 45 Philip found Nathanael, and said 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 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and see. John 1 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! John 1 48 Nathanael said unto him, Where do you know me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you. John 1 49 Nathanael answered and said unto him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel. John 1 50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these. John 1 51 And he said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. ------------------------John, Chapter 2 John 2 1 On the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: John 2 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. John 2 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said unto him, They have no wine. John 2 4 Jesus said unto her, Woman, what have I to do with you? my hour has not yet come. John 2 5 His mother said unto the servants, whatsoever he says unto you, do it. John 2 6 And there were set there six water pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons each. John 2 7 Jesus said unto them, Fill the water pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. John 2 8 And he said unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the steward of the feast. And they bore it. John 2 9 When the steward of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not from where it was: (but the servants who drew the water knew;) the steward of the feast called the bridegroom, John 2 10 And said unto 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 11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. John 2 12 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 13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, John 2 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: John 2 15 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 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things away; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. John 2 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of your house has consumed me. John 2 18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign show you unto us, seeing that you do these things? John 2 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. John 2 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and will you raise it up in three days? John 2 21 But he spoke of the temple of his body. John 2 22 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 23 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 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, John 2 25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. ------------------------John, Chapter 3 John 3 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: John 3 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto 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 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3 4 Nicodemus said 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 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3 7 Marvel not that I said unto you, You must be born again. John 3 8 The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell from where it came, and where it goes: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit. John 3 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? John 3 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Are you a Teacher of Israel, and know not these things? John 3 11 Verily, verily, I say unto you, We speak what we do know, and testify what we have seen; and you receive not our witness. John 3 12 If I have told you earthly things, and you believe not, how shall you believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? John 3 13 And no man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven. John 3 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: John 3 15 That whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3 18 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 19 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 20 For everyone that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. John 3 21 But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are worked in God. John 3 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. John 3 23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. John 3 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. John 3 25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. John 3 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you bear witness, behold, the same baptizes, and all men come to him. John 3 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. John 3 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. John 3 29 He that 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: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. John 3 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3 31 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 32 And what he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and no man receives his testimony. John 3 33 He that has received his testimony has set his seal to this that God is true. John 3 34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure unto him. John 3 35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. John 3 36 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 abides on him. ------------------------John, Chapter 4 John 4 1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, John 4 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) John 4 3 He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. John 4 4 And he must needs go through Samaria. John 4 5 Then came 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 6 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 7 There came a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus said unto her, Give me to drink. John 4 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy food.) John 4 9 Then said the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that you, being a Jew, ask drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. John 4 10 Jesus answered and said unto 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 11 The woman said unto him, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from where then have you that living water? John 4 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle? John 4 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinks of this water shall thirst again: John 4 14 But whosoever 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 15 The woman said unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come here to draw. John 4 16 Jesus said unto her, Go, call your husband, and come here. John 4 17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, You have well said, I have no husband: John 4 18 For you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband: that said you truly. John 4 19 The woman said unto him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. John 4 20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and you say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. John 4 21 Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when you shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. John 4 22 You worship you know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. John 4 23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. John 4 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4 25 The woman said unto him, I know that Messiah comes, who is called Christ: when he comes, he will tell us all things. John 4 26 Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto you am he. John 4 27 And upon 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 28 The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and said to the men, John 4 29 Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? John 4 30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. John 4 31 In the meanwhile his disciples besought him, saying, Teacher, eat. John 4 32 But he said unto them, I have food to eat that you know not of. John 4 33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, has any man brought him anything to eat? John 4 34 Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. John 4 35 Say not, There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. John 4 36 And he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto life eternal: that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. John 4 37 And in this is that saying true, One sows, and another reaps. John 4 38 I sent you to reap that on which you bestowed no labor: other men labored, and you are entered into their labors. John 4 39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, who testified, He told me all that ever I did. John 4 40 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 41 And many more believed because of his own word; John 4 42 And said unto 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 43 Now after two days he departed from there, and went into Galilee. John 4 44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet has no honor in his own country. John 4 45 Then when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast. John 4 46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain official, whose son was sick at Capernaum. John 4 47 When he heard that Jesus came out of Judea 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 48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except you see signs and wonders, you will not believe. John 4 49 The official said unto him, Sir, come down lest my child die. John 4 50 Jesus said unto him, Go your way; your son lives. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. John 4 51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Your son lives. John 4 52 Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to mend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. John 4 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in which Jesus said unto him, Your son lives: and he himself believed, and his whole house. John 4 54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he came out of Judea into Galilee. ------------------------John, Chapter 5 John 5 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. John 5 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. John 5 3 In these lay a great multitude of invalid folk, of blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. John 5 4 For an angel went down at a certain time 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 5 And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty and eight years. John 5 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been now a long time in that condition, he said unto him, Will you be made whole? John 5 7 The invalid 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 8 Jesus said unto him, Rise, take up your bed, and walk. John 5 9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and that same day was the sabbath. John 5 10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for you to carry your bed. John 5 11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up your bed, and walk. John 5 12 Then asked they him, What man is that who said unto you, Take up your bed, and walk? John 5 13 And he that was healed knew not who it was: for Jesus had taken himself away, a multitude being in that place. John 5 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, you are made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto you. John 5 15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, who had made him whole. John 5 16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. John 5 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father works still, and I work. John 5 18 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 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do: for whatsoever things he does, these also does the Son likewise. John 5 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does: and he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. John 5 21 For as the Father raises up the dead, and gives them life; even so the Son gives life to whom he will. John 5 22 For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment unto the Son: John 5 23 That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father who has sent him. John 5 24 Verily, verily, I say unto 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 unto life. John 5 25 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 26 For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself; John 5 27 And has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. John 5 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, John 5 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of condemnation. John 5 30 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 who has sent me. John 5 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. John 5 32 There is another that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true. John 5 33 You sent unto John, and he bore witness unto the truth. John 5 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that you might be saved. John 5 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. John 5 36 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 37 And the Father himself, who has sent me, has borne witness of me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. John 5 38 And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he has sent, him you believe not. John 5 39 Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. John 5 40 And you will not come to me, that you might have life. John 5 41 I receive not honor from men. John 5 42 But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you. John 5 43 I am come in my Father's name, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive. John 5 44 How can you believe, who receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that comes from God only? John 5 45 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 46 For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me: for he wrote of me. John 5 47 But if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe my words? ------------------------John, Chapter 6 John 6 1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. John 6 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. John 6 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. John 6 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. John 6 5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he said unto Philip, Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat? John 6 6 And this he said to test him: for he himself knew what he would do. John 6 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. John 6 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said unto him, John 6 9 There is a lad here, who has five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? John 6 10 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 11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were sat down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. John 6 12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. John 6 13 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 14 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 15 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 16 And when evening was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, John 6 17 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 18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. John 6 19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near unto the ship: and they were afraid. John 6 20 But he said unto them, It is I; be not afraid. John 6 21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land to which they went. John 6 22 The day following, when the people who stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except that one into which 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 23 (However there came other boats from Tiberias near unto the place where they did eat bread, after the Lord had given thanks:) John 6 24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. John 6 25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when did you come here? John 6 26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, You seek me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves, and were filled. John 6 27 Labor not for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for on him has God the Father set his seal. John 6 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? John 6 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent. John 6 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign do you show then, that we may see, and believe you? what do you work? John 6 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. John 6 32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. John 6 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven, and gives life unto the world. John 6 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. John 6 35 And Jesus said unto 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 36 But I said unto you, That you also have seen me, and believe not. John 6 37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and he that comes to me I will in no wise cast out. John 6 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. John 6 39 And this is the Father's will who has sent me, that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. John 6 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6 41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. John 6 42 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 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. John 6 44 No man can come to me, except the Father who has sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6 45 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 unto me. John 6 46 Not that any man has seen the Father, except he who is of God, he has seen the Father. John 6 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me has everlasting life. John 6 48 I am that bread of life. John 6 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. John 6 50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. John 6 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. John 6 52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? John 6 53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you. John 6 54 Whosoever eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6 55 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. John 6 56 He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him. John 6 57 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 58 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 forever. John 6 59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. John 6 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? John 6 61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Does this offend you? John 6 62 What if you shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? John 6 63 It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John 6 64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who would betray him. John 6 65 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 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. John 6 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will you also go away? John 6 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have the words of eternal life. John 6 69 And we believe and are sure that you are that Christ, the Son of the living God. John 6 70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? John 6 71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that would betray him, being one of the twelve. ------------------------John, Chapter 7 John 7 1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. John 7 2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. John 7 3 His brothers therefore said unto him, Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see the works that you do. John 7 4 For there is no man that does anything in secret, when he himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world. John 7 5 For neither did his brothers believe in him. John 7 6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready. John 7 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. John 7 8 Go you up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet fully come. John 7 9 When he had said these words unto them, he remained still in Galilee. John 7 10 But when his brothers were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. John 7 11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? John 7 12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceives the people. John 7 13 However no man spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews. John 7 14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. John 7 15 And the Jews marveled, saying, How knows this man letters, having never learned? John 7 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. John 7 17 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 18 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 19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why go you about to kill me? John 7 20 The people answered and said, You have a demon: who goes about to kill you? John 7 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and you all marvel. John 7 22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and you on the sabbath day circumcise a man. John 7 23 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 bit whole on the sabbath day? John 7 24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. John 7 25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? John 7 26 But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? John 7 27 However we know this man where he is from: but when Christ comes, no man knows where he is from. John 7 28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, You both know me, and you know where I am from: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom you know not. John 7 29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he has sent me. John 7 30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. John 7 31 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 32 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 33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. John 7 34 You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, there you cannot come. John 7 35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Where will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? John 7 36 What manner of saying is this that he said, You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, there you cannot come? John 7 37 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 38 He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water. John 7 39 (But this spoke he of the Spirit, whom they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Spirit was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) John 7 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. John 7 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? John 7 42 Has not the scripture said, That Christ comes as the descendant of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? John 7 43 So there was a division among the people because of him. John 7 44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. John 7 45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have you not brought him? John 7 46 The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man. John 7 47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are you also deceived? John 7 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? John 7 49 But this people who know not the law are cursed. John 7 50 Nicodemus said unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) John 7 51 Does our law judge any man, before it hears him, and knows what he does? John 7 52 They answered and said unto him, Are you also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee arises no prophet. John 7 53 And every man went unto his own house. ------------------------John, Chapter 8 John 8 1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. John 8 2 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 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, John 8 4 They said unto him, Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. John 8 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what say you? John 8 6 This they said, testing 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 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. John 8 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. John 8 9 And they who 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 before him. John 8 10 When Jesus had lifted himself up, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those your accusers? has no man condemned you? John 8 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn you: go, and sin no more. John 8 12 Then spoke Jesus again unto 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 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, You bear record of yourself; your record is not true. John 8 14 Jesus answered and said unto 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 15 You judge after the flesh; I judge no man. John 8 16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. John 8 17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. John 8 18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me bears witness of me. John 8 19 Then said they unto 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 20 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 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come. John 8 22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he said, Where I go, you cannot come. John 8 23 And he said unto them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world. John 8 24 I said therefore unto 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 25 Then said they unto him, Who are you? And Jesus said unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. John 8 26 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 27 They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father. John 8 28 Then said Jesus unto 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 29 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 30 As he spoke these words, many believed on him. John 8 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed; John 8 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8 33 They answered him, We are Abraham's descendants, and were never in bondage to any man: how say you, You shall be made free? John 8 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever commits sin is the servant of sin. John 8 35 And the servant abides not in the house forever: but the Son abides ever. John 8 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8 37 I know that you are Abraham's descendant; but you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you. John 8 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do that which you have seen with your father. John 8 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said unto them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. John 8 40 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 41 You do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. John 8 42 Jesus said unto 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 43 Why do you not understand my speech? even because you cannot hear my word. John 8 44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 45 And because I tell you the truth, you believe me not. John 8 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do you not believe me? John 8 47 He that is of God hears God's words: you therefore hear them not, because you are not of God. John 8 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon? John 8 49 Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you do dishonor me. John 8 50 And I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeks and judges. John 8 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keeps my saying, he shall never see death. John 8 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keeps my saying, he shall never taste of death. John 8 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom make you yourself? John 8 54 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 55 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 unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. John 8 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. John 8 57 Then said the Jews unto him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham? John 8 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. John 8 59 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, Chapter 9 John 9 1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from his birth. John 9 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Teacher, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? John 9 3 Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. John 9 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work. John 9 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. John 9 6 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 7 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 8 The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? John 9 9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. John 9 10 Therefore said they unto him, How were your eyes opened? John 9 11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. John 9 12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. John 9 13 They brought to the Pharisees him that formerly was blind. John 9 14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. John 9 15 Then again the Pharisees asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and do see. John 9 16 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 17 They said unto the blind man again, What say you of him, that he has opened your eyes? He said, He is a prophet. John 9 18 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 19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who you say was born blind? how then does he now see? John 9 20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: John 9 21 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 22 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 23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. John 9 24 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 25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or not, I know not: one thing I know, that, though I was blind, now I see. John 9 26 Then said they to him again, What did he to you? how opened he your eyes? John 9 27 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 28 Then they reviled him, and said, You are his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. John 9 29 We know that God spoke unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from where he is. John 9 30 The man answered and said unto them, Why, in this is a marvelous thing, that you know not from where he is, and yet he has opened my eyes. John 9 31 Now we know that God hears not sinners: but if any man be a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears. John 9 32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. John 9 33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. John 9 34 They answered and said unto him, You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him out. John 9 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Do you believe on the Son of God? John 9 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? John 9 37 And Jesus said unto him, You have both seen him, and it is he that talks with you. John 9 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him. John 9 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they who see not might see; and that they who see might be made blind. John 9 40 And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? John 9 41 Jesus said unto them, If you were blind, you should have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains. ------------------------John, Chapter 10 John 10 1 Verily, verily, I say unto 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 2 But he that enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. John 10 3 To him the gatekeeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. John 10 4 And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. John 10 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. John 10 6 This parable spoke Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke unto them. John 10 7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. John 10 8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. John 10 9 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 10 The thief comes not, but 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 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. John 10 12 But he that is a 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 13 The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep. John 10 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. John 10 15 As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10 16 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 17 Therefore does my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. John 10 18 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 19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. John 10 20 And many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad; why hear you him? John 10 21 Others said, These are not the words of him that has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind? John 10 22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. John 10 23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. John 10 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long do you make us to doubt? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly. John 10 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and you believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. John 10 26 But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. John 10 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: John 10 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. John 10 29 My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. John 10 30 I and my Father are one. John 10 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. John 10 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do you stone me? John 10 33 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 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods? John 10 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; John 10 36 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 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. John 10 38 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 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, John 10 40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. John 10 41 And many came unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spoke of this man were true. John 10 42 And many believed on him there. ------------------------John, Chapter 11 John 11 1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. John 11 2 (It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) John 11 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick. John 11 4 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 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. John 11 6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. John 11 7 Then after that said he to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. John 11 8 His disciples said unto him, Teacher, the Jews have just sought to stone you; and go you there again? John 11 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walks in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world. John 11 10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him. John 11 11 These things said he: and after that he said unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. John 11 12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleeps, he shall do well. John 11 13 However Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. John 11 14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. John 11 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent you may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. John 11 16 Then said Thomas, who is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. John 11 17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. John 11 18 Now Bethany was near unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: John 11 19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. John 11 20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. John 11 21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. John 11 22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever you will ask of God, God will give it to you. John 11 23 Jesus said unto her, Your brother shall rise again. John 11 24 Martha said unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. John 11 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: John 11 26 And whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this? John 11 27 She said unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who should come into the world. John 11 28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is come, and calls for you. John 11 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. John 11 30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. John 11 31 The Jews then who 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 unto the grave to weep there. John 11 32 Then when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. John 11 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he groaned in his spirit, and was troubled, John 11 34 And said, Where have you laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. John 11 35 Jesus wept. John 11 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! John 11 37 And some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? John 11 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. John 11 39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said unto him, Lord, by this time he stinks: for he has been dead four days. John 11 40 Jesus said unto her, Said I not unto you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God? John 11 41 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 42 And I knew that you hear me always: but because of the people who stand by I said it, that they may believe that you have sent me. John 11 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. John 11 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said unto them, Loose him, and let him go. John 11 45 Then many of the Jews who came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. John 11 46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. John 11 47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many miracles. John 11 48 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 49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, You know nothing at all, John 11 50 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 51 And this spoke he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; John 11 52 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 53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together to put him to death. John 11 54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went from there unto the country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. John 11 55 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 56 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 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him. ------------------------John, Chapter 12 John 12 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. John 12 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. John 12 3 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 4 Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray him, John 12 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? John 12 6 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 7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burial has she kept this. John 12 8 For the poor always you have with you; but me you have not always. John 12 9 Many 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 10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; John 12 11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. John 12 12 On the next day many people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, John 12 13 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 14 And Jesus, when he had found a young donkey, sat thereon; as it is written, John 12 15 Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt. John 12 16 These things understood not his disciples at 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 17 The people therefore that were with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bore record. John 12 18 For this cause the people also met him, for they heard that he had done this miracle. John 12 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Do you see how you can do nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. John 12 20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: John 12 21 The same came therefore to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired of him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. John 12 22 Philip came and told Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip told Jesus. John 12 23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. John 12 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone: but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit. John 12 25 He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. John 12 26 If any man serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serves me, him will my Father honor. John 12 27 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 28 Father, glorify your name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. John 12 29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spoke to him. John 12 30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. John 12 31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. John 12 32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. John 12 33 This he said, signifying what death he should die. John 12 34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abides forever: and how say you, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? John 12 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes. John 12 36 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 37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: John 12 38 That the saying of Isaiah 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 39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again, John 12 40 He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, and be converted, and I should heal them. John 12 41 These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him. John 12 42 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 43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. John 12 44 Jesus cried and said, He that believes on me, believes not on me, but on him that sent me. John 12 45 And he that sees me sees him that sent me. John 12 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes on me should not abide in darkness. John 12 47 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 48 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 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. John 12 50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. ------------------------John, Chapter 13 John 13 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end. John 13 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; John 13 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and went to God; John 13 4 He rose from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. John 13 5 After that he poured 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 6 Then came he to Simon Peter: and Peter said unto him, Lord, do you wash my feet? John 13 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do you know not now; but you shall know hereafter. John 13 8 Peter said unto him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash you not, you have no part with me. John 13 9 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. John 13 10 Jesus said to him, He that is washed needs not except to wash his feet, but is clean completely: and you are clean, but not all. John 13 11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, You are not all clean. John 13 12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was seated again, he said unto them, Know you what I have done to you? John 13 13 You call me Teacher and Lord: and you say rightly; for so I am. John 13 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet. John 13 15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. John 13 16 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 17 If you know these things, happy are you if you do them. John 13 18 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 19 Now I tell you before it comes, that, when it has come to pass, you may believe that I am he. John 13 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receives whomsoever I send receives me; and he that receives me receives him that sent me. John 13 21 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 22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spoke. John 13 23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. John 13 24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spoke. John 13 25 He then lying on Jesus' breast said unto him, Lord, who is it? John 13 26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a morsel, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. John 13 27 And after the morsel Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, What you do, do quickly. John 13 28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spoke this unto him. John 13 29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. John 13 30 He then having received the morsel went immediately out: and it was night. John 13 31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. John 13 32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall immediately glorify him. John 13 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Where I go, you cannot come; so now I say to you. John 13 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. John 13 35 By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another. John 13 36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, where do you go? Jesus answered him, Where I go, you cannot follow me now; but you shall follow me afterwards. John 13 37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life for your sake. John 13 38 Jesus answered him, Will you lay down your life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto you, The cock shall not crow, till you have denied me three times. ------------------------John, Chapter 14 John 14 1 Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me. John 14 2 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 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also. John 14 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know. John 14 5 Thomas said unto him, Lord, we know not where you go; and how can we know the way? John 14 6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me. John 14 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also: and from henceforth you know him, and have seen him. John 14 8 Philip said unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it will satisfy us. John 14 9 Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long a 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 10 Believe you 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 dwells in me, he does the works. John 14 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. John 14 12 Verily, verily, I say unto 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 unto my Father. John 14 13 And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. John 14 14 If you shall ask anything in my name, I will do it. John 14 15 If you love me, keep my commandments. John 14 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; John 14 17 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 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14 19 Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also. John 14 20 At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. John 14 21 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 22 Judas said unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself unto us, and not unto the world? John 14 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man loves 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 24 He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me. John 14 25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. John 14 26 But the Comforter, who is the Holy Spirit, 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 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14 28 You have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. John 14 29 And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, you might believe. John 14 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in me. John 14 31 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 from here. ------------------------John, Chapter 15 John 15 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser. John 15 2 Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, that it may bring forth more fruit. John 15 3 Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. John 15 4 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 5 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. John 15 6 If a man abides 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 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you. John 15 8 In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; so shall you be my disciples. John 15 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue you in my love. John 15 10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. John 15 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. John 15 12 This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you. John 15 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15 14 You are my friends, if you do whatsoever I command you. John 15 15 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 unto you. John 15 16 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 whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. John 15 17 These things I command you, that you love one another. John 15 18 If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. John 15 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its 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 20 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 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. John 15 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they would not have sin: but now they have no cover for their sin. John 15 23 He that hates me hates my Father also. John 15 24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man did, they would not have sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. John 15 25 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 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me: John 15 27 And you also shall bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning. ------------------------John, Chapter 16 John 16 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that you should not be offended. John 16 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time comes, that whosoever kills you will think that he does God service. John 16 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. John 16 4 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 unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. John 16 5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asks me, Where do you go? John 16 6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow has filled your heart. John 16 7 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 8 And when he is come, he will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: John 16 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; John 16 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you see me no more; John 16 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. John 16 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now. John 16 13 But 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 show you things to come. John 16 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. John 16 15 All things that the Father has are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you. John 16 16 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 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he said unto 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 18 They said therefore, What is this that he said, A little while? we cannot tell what he said. John 16 19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do you inquire among yourselves of what I said, A little while, and you shall not see me: and again, a little while, and you shall see me? John 16 20 Verily, verily, I say unto 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 21 A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour has 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 22 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 23 And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you. John 16 24 Until now have you asked nothing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full. John 16 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time comes, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. John 16 26 At that day you shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: John 16 27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. John 16 28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. John 16 29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speak you plainly, and speak no proverb. John 16 30 Now are we sure that you know all things, and need not that any man should ask you: but this we believe that you came forth from God. John 16 31 Jesus answered them, Do you now believe? John 16 32 Behold, the hour comes, yea, 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 33 These things I have spoken unto 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, Chapter 17 John 17 1 These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you: John 17 2 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 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. John 17 4 I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do. John 17 5 And now, O Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was. John 17 6 I have manifested your name unto the men that you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me; and they have kept your word. John 17 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever you have given me are of you. John 17 8 For I have given unto 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 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them that you have given me; for they are yours. John 17 10 And all mine are yours and yours are mine; and I am glorified in them. John 17 11 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 12 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 13 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 14 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 15 I pray not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil. John 17 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. John 17 17 Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth. John 17 18 As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. John 17 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. John 17 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also who shall believe on me through their word; John 17 21 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 22 And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: John 17 23 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 24 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 25 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 26 And I have declared unto 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, Chapter 18 John 18 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he entered, and his disciples. John 18 2 And Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus often met there with his disciples. John 18 3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons. John 18 4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek you? John 18 5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said unto them, I am he. And Judas also, who betrayed him, stood with them. John 18 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. John 18 7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek you? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. John 18 8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore you seek me, let these go their way: John 18 9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Of them which you gave me have I lost none. John 18 10 Then Simon Peter having 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 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up your sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it? John 18 12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, John 18 13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the high priest that same year. John 18 14 Now Caiaphas was he, who gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. John 18 15 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 court of the high priest. John 18 16 But Peter stood at the door outside. Then went out that other disciple, who was known unto the high priest, and spoke unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. John 18 17 Then said the girl that kept the door unto Peter, Are not you also one of this man's disciples? He said, I am not. John 18 18 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 19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. John 18 20 Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world; I always taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews always met; and in secret have I said nothing. John 18 21 Why do you ask me? Ask them who heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. John 18 22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answer you the high priest so? John 18 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why strike me? John 18 24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. John 18 25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Are not you also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. John 18 26 One of the servants of the high priest, being the kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, Did not I see you in the garden with him? John 18 27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crowed. John 18 28 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 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring you against this man? John 18 30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto you. John 18 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take 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 32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying what death he should die. John 18 33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Are you the King of the Jews? John 18 34 Jesus answered him, Say you this thing of yourself, or did others tell it to you of me? John 18 35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you unto me: what have you done? John 18 36 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 here. John 18 37 Pilate therefore said unto 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 unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice. John 18 38 Pilate said unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and said unto them, I find in him no fault at all. John 18 39 But you have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will you therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? John 18 40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. ------------------------John, Chapter 19 John 19 1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. John 19 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, John 19 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands. John 19 4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and said unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that you may know that I find no fault in him. John 19 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate said unto them, Behold the man! John 19 6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said unto them, You take him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. John 19 7 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 8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; John 19 9 And went again into the judgment hall, and said unto Jesus, From where are you? But Jesus gave him no answer. John 19 10 Then said Pilate unto him, Speak you not unto me? know you not that I have power to crucify you, and have power to release you? John 19 11 Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against me, except it were given you from above: therefore he that delivered me unto you has the greater sin. John 19 12 And from there on Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: whosoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. John 19 13 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 14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he said unto the Jews, Behold your King! John 19 15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate said unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. John 19 16 Then he delivered him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. John 19 17 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 18 Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. John 19 19 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 20 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 21 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 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. John 19 23 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 24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which said, They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. John 19 25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. John 19 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he said unto his mother, Woman, behold your son! John 19 27 Then said he to the disciple, Behold your mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. John 19 28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst. John 19 29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. John 19 30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. John 19 31 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 a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. John 19 32 Then came the soldiers, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him. John 19 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they broke not his legs: John 19 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and immediately came there out blood and water. John 19 35 And he that saw it bares record, and his record is true: and he knows that he says the truth, that you might believe. John 19 36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. John 19 37 And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced. John 19 38 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 permission. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. John 19 39 And there came also Nicodemus, who at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight. John 19 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. John 19 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, in which was never man yet laid. John 19 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulcher was near at hand. ------------------------John, Chapter 20 John 20 1 The first day of the week came Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and saw the stone taken away from the sepulcher. John 20 2 Then she ran, and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him. John 20 3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulcher. John 20 4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. John 20 5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet went he not in. John 20 6 Then came Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulcher, and saw the linen cloths lying, John 20 7 And the cloth, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. John 20 8 Then went in also that other disciple, who came first to the sepulcher, and he saw, and believed. John 20 9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. John 20 10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home John 20 11 But Mary stood outside at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher, John 20 12 And saw 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 13 And they said unto her, Woman, why weep you? She said unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. John 20 14 And when she had thus spoke, she turned back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. John 20 15 Jesus said unto her, Woman, why do you weep? whom do you seek? She, supposing him to be the gardener, said unto him, Sir, if you have borne him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away. John 20 16 Jesus said unto her, Mary. She turned, and said unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Teacher. John 20 17 Jesus said 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 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her. John 20 19 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 said unto them, Peace be unto you. John 20 20 And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. John 20 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father has sent me, even so send I you. John 20 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive you the Holy Spirit: John 20 23 Whosoever's sins you remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosoever's sins you retain, they are retained. John 20 24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. John 20 25 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 26 And after eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. John 20 27 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 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. John 20 29 Jesus said unto him, Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. John 20 30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: John 20 31 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, Chapter 21 John 21 1 After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and in this way showed he himself. John 21 2 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 3 Simon Peter said unto them, I am going fishing. They said unto him, We also will go with you. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. John 21 4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. John 21 5 Then Jesus said unto them, Children, have you any fish? They answered him, No. John 21 6 And he said unto 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 fish. John 21 7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girded his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. John 21 8 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 fish. John 21 9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. John 21 10 Jesus said unto them, Bring of the fish which you have now caught. John 21 11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fish, a hundred and fifty and three: and although there were so many, yet was not the net broken. John 21 12 Jesus said unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples dared ask him, Who are you? knowing that it was the Lord. John 21 13 Jesus then came, and took bread, and gave to them, and fish likewise. John 21 14 This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead. John 21 15 So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said unto him, Yea, Lord; you know that I love you. He said unto him, Feed my lambs. John 21 16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said unto him, Yea, Lord; you know that I love you. He said unto him, Feed my sheep. John 21 17 He said unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Do love me? And he said unto him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said unto him, Feed my sheep. John 21 18 Verily, verily, I say unto you, When you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you would: but when you shall be old, you shall stretch forth your hands, and another shall dress you, and carry you where you would not. John 21 19 This spoke he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he said unto him, Follow me. John 21 20 Then Peter, turning about, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, who is he that betrays you? John 21 21 Peter seeing him said to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? John 21 22 Jesus said unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to you? you follow me. John 21 23 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 you? John 21 24 This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. John 21 25 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. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 1 Acts 1 1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Acts 1 2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after he through the Holy Spirit had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: Acts 1 3 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 4 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 5 For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now. Acts 1 6 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 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in his own power. Acts 1 8 But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 1 9 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 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Acts 1 11 Who also said, You men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven. Acts 1 12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. Acts 1 13 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 the Zealot, and Judas the brother of James. Acts 1 14 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 15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about a hundred and twenty,) Acts 1 16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus. Acts 1 17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. Acts 1 18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his insides gushed out. Acts 1 19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; since that field is called in their proper tongue, Akeldama, that is to say, The field of blood. Acts 1 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his office let another take. Acts 1 21 Therefore of these men who have accompanied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, Acts 1 22 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 23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. Acts 1 24 And they prayed, and said, You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which of these two you have chosen, Acts 1 25 That he may take part in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. Acts 1 26 And they cast their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 2 Acts 2 1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Acts 2 2 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 3 And there appeared unto them separated tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. Acts 2 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Acts 2 6 Now when this was sounded abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because every man heard them speak in his own language. Acts 2 7 And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans? Acts 2 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, in which we were born? Acts 2 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Acts 2 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, Jews and proselytes, Acts 2 11 Cretans and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. Acts 2 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What means this? Acts 2 13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. Acts 2 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, You men of Judea, and all you that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: Acts 2 15 For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. Acts 2 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; Acts 2 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says 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 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: Acts 2 19 And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: Acts 2 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord comes: Acts 2 21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2 22 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 midst of you, as you yourselves also know: Acts 2 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Acts 2 24 Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be held by it. Acts 2 25 For David spoke 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 26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Acts 2 27 Because you will not leave my soul in hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; you shall make me full of joy with your countenance. Acts 2 29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day. Acts 2 30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of his descendants, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; Acts 2 31 He seeing this before spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hades, neither his flesh did see corruption. Acts 2 32 This Jesus has God raised up, of which we all are witnesses. Acts 2 33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured forth this, which you now see and hear. Acts 2 34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he said himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Acts 2 35 Until I make your foes your footstool. Acts 2 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made that same Jesus, whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ. Acts 2 37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Acts 2 38 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 you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2 39 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 40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this corrupt generation. Acts 2 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. Acts 2 42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. Acts 2 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. Acts 2 44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; Acts 2 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all men, as every man had need. Acts 2 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their food with gladness and sincerity of heart, Acts 2 47 Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as were being saved. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 3 Acts 3 1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. Acts 3 2 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 3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked for alms. Acts 3 4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. Acts 3 5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. Acts 3 6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. Acts 3 7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. Acts 3 8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. Acts 3 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: Acts 3 10 And they knew that it was he who 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 11 And as the lame man who 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 12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto 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 13 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 14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; Acts 3 15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead; of which we are witnesses. Acts 3 16 And his name through faith in his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know: yea, the faith which is by him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. Acts 3 17 And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance you did it, as did also your rulers. Acts 3 18 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 19 Repent 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 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, who before was preached unto you: Acts 3 21 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 22 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 you hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. Acts 3 23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, who will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. Acts 3 24 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 25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Acts 3 26 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, Chapter 4 Acts 4 1 And as they spoke unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, Acts 4 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. Acts 4 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day: for it was now evening. Acts 4 4 But many of them who heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. Acts 4 5 And it came to pass on the next day, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, Acts 4 6 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 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have you done this? Acts 4 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, Acts 4 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the crippled man, by what means he is made whole; Acts 4 10 Be it known unto 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 11 This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the head of the corner. Acts 4 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we must be saved. Acts 4 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ordinary men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Acts 4 14 And beholding the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. Acts 4 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, Acts 4 16 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 17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us sternly threaten them, that they speak no longer to any man in this name. Acts 4 18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. Acts 4 19 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 you. Acts 4 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. Acts 4 21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing for which they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. Acts 4 22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was showed. Acts 4 23 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 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, you are God, who has made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that is in them: Acts 4 25 Who by the mouth of your servant David has said, Why did the nations rage, and the people imagine vain things? Acts 4 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. Acts 4 27 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 28 To do whatsoever your hand and your counsel determined before to be done. Acts 4 29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto your servants, that with all boldness they may speak your word, Acts 4 30 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 31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. Acts 4 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that any of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. Acts 4 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Acts 4 34 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 35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. Acts 4 36 And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of encouragement,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, Acts 4 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 5 Acts 5 1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, Acts 5 2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also knowing it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. Acts 5 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Acts 5 4 While 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 unto men, but unto God. Acts 5 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and died: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. Acts 5 6 And the young men arose, wrapped him up, and carried him out, and buried him. Acts 5 7 And it was about the space of three hours later, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. Acts 5 8 And Peter said unto her, Tell me whether you sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. Acts 5 9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them who have buried your husband are at the door, and shall carry you out. Acts 5 10 Then she fell down immediately at his feet, and died: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. Acts 5 11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. Acts 5 12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. Acts 5 13 And of the rest dared no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. Acts 5 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) Acts 5 15 So that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. Acts 5 16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and those who were tormented with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. Acts 5 17 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 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. Acts 5 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Acts 5 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. Acts 5 21 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 22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, Acts 5 23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing outside before the doors: but when we had opened it, we found no man within. Acts 5 24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they were perplexed of what might come of this. Acts 5 25 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 26 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 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, Acts 5 28 Saying, Did not we strictly 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's blood upon us. Acts 5 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. Acts 5 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew and hanged on a tree. Acts 5 31 Him has God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. Acts 5 32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to them that obey him. Acts 5 33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. Acts 5 34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles outside a little while; Acts 5 35 And said unto them, You men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do concerning these men. Acts 5 36 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 came to nothing. Acts 5 37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the census, and drew away many people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. Acts 5 38 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 nothing: Acts 5 39 But if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God. Acts 5 40 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 41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. Acts 5 42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 6 Acts 6 1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. Acts 6 2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reasonable that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Acts 6 3 Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. Acts 6 4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. Acts 6 5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch: Acts 6 6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. Acts 6 7 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 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. Acts 6 9 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 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke. Acts 6 11 Then they bribed men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. Acts 6 12 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 13 And set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceases not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: Acts 6 14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered to us. Acts 6 15 And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 7 Acts 7 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? Acts 7 2 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 Haran, Acts 7 3 And said unto him, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and come into the land which I shall show you. Acts 7 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from there, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, in which you now dwell. Acts 7 5 And he gave him no 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 descendants after him, when as yet he had no child. Acts 7 6 And God spoke in this way, That his descendants should live in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and ill-treat them for four hundred years. Acts 7 7 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 8 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 9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, Acts 7 10 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 11 Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. Acts 7 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. Acts 7 13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. Acts 7 14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. Acts 7 15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, Acts 7 16 And were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem. Acts 7 17 But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, Acts 7 18 Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph. Acts 7 19 The same dealt craftily with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, so that they exposed their infants, to the end that they might not live. Acts 7 20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly fair, and was nourished in his father's house three months: Acts 7 21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son. Acts 7 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. Acts 7 23 And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. Acts 7 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: Acts 7 25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. Acts 7 26 And the next day he showed himself unto them as they strove, and would have reconciled them again, saying, Sirs, you are brethren; why do you wrong one to another? Acts 7 27 But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Acts 7 28 Will you kill me, as you did the Egyptian yesterday? Acts 7 29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was an exile in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons. Acts 7 30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. Acts 7 31 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 32 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 33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off your shoes from your feet: for the place where you stand is holy ground. Acts 7 34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people who are 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 35 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 who appeared to him in the bush. Acts 7 36 He brought them out, after he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. Acts 7 37 This is that Moses, who 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 you hear. Acts 7 38 This is he, that was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give unto us: Acts 7 39 Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, Acts 7 40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. Acts 7 41 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 42 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 43 Yea, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rephan, figures which you made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. Acts 7 44 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 45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Joshua into the possession of the nations, which God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; Acts 7 46 Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. Acts 7 47 But Solomon built him a house. Acts 7 48 Yet the most High dwells not in temples made with hands; as says the prophet, Acts 7 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will you build me? says the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Acts 7 50 Has not my hand made all these things? Acts 7 51 You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you. Acts 7 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers: Acts 7 53 Who have received the law as delivered by angels, and have not kept it. Acts 7 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. Acts 7 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, Acts 7 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Acts 7 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, Acts 7 58 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 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Acts 7 60 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, Chapter 8 Acts 8 1 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 Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. Acts 8 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. Acts 8 3 As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and dragging off men and women committed them to prison. Acts 8 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word. Acts 8 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. Acts 8 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spoke, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. Acts 8 7 For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many that were paralyzed, and that were lame, were healed. Acts 8 8 And there was great joy in that city. Acts 8 9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, who previously in the same city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that he was some great one: Acts 8 10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. Acts 8 11 And to him they had regard, because for a long time he had amazed them with sorceries. Acts 8 12 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 13 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 14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: Acts 8 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit: Acts 8 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Acts 8 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Acts 8 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, Acts 8 19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. Acts 8 20 But Peter said unto him, Your money perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Acts 8 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter: for your heart is not right in the sight of God. Acts 8 22 Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. Acts 8 23 For I perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. Acts 8 24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray you to the Lord for me, that none of these things which you have spoken come upon me. Acts 8 25 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 26 And the angel of the Lord spoke unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goes down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. Acts 8 27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, Acts 8 28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Isaiah the prophet. Acts 8 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join yourself to this chariot. Acts 8 30 And Philip ran to him, and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understand what you read? Acts 8 31 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 32 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 33 In his humiliation his justice was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. Acts 8 34 And the eunuch asked Philip, and said, I pray you, of whom speaks the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? Acts 8 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. Acts 8 36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what does hinder me to be baptized? Acts 8 37 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 38 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 39 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 40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 9 Acts 9 1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, Acts 9 2 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 3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: Acts 9 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? Acts 9 5 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 goads. Acts 9 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what will you have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do. Acts 9 7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. Acts 9 8 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 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. Acts 9 10 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 11 And the Lord said unto 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 12 And has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hands on him, that he might receive his sight. Acts 9 13 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 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name. Acts 9 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go your 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 16 For I will show him what great things he must suffer for my name's sake. Acts 9 17 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 you in the way as you came, has sent me, that you might receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Acts 9 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight, and arose, and was baptized. Acts 9 19 And when he had received food, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples who were at Damascus. Acts 9 20 And immediately he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. Acts 9 21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them who called on this name in Jerusalem, and came here for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? Acts 9 22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, proving that this one is the very Christ. Acts 9 23 And after many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: Acts 9 24 But their plot was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. Acts 9 25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall in a basket. Acts 9 26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. Acts 9 27 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 28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. Acts 9 29 And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Hellenists: but they went about to slay him. Acts 9 30 But when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. Acts 9 31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied. Acts 9 32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints who dwelt at Lydda. Acts 9 33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been in bed eight years, and was paralyzed. Acts 9 34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you whole: arise, and make your bed. And he arose immediately. Acts 9 35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and turned to the Lord. Acts 9 36 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 37 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 38 And since as Lydda was near 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 39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had 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 40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. Acts 9 41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive. Acts 9 42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. Acts 9 43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 10 Acts 10 1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, Acts 10 2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always. Acts 10 3 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 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Your prayers and your alms are come up for a memorial before God. Acts 10 5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: Acts 10 6 He lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the seaside: he shall tell you what you ought to do. Acts 10 7 And when the angel who spoke unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; Acts 10 8 And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. Acts 10 9 On the next day, as they went on their journey, and drew near unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: Acts 10 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, Acts 10 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet held at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Acts 10 12 In which were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. Acts 10 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. Acts 10 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean. Acts 10 15 And the voice spoke unto him again the second time, What God has cleansed, that call not common. Acts 10 16 This was done three times: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. Acts 10 17 Now while Peter wondered in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, Acts 10 18 And called, and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, was lodged there. Acts 10 19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek you. Acts 10 20 Arise therefore, and get down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. Acts 10 21 Then Peter went down to the men who were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom you seek: what is the cause for which you are come? Acts 10 22 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 a holy angel to send for you to come into his house, and to hear words from you. Acts 10 23 Then he called them in, and lodged them. And on the next day Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him. Acts 10 24 And the next day they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends. Acts 10 25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshiped him. Acts 10 26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. Acts 10 27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. Acts 10 28 And he said unto them, You know 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 has showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. Acts 10 29 Therefore I came unto you without questioning as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent you have sent for me? Acts 10 30 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 31 And said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. Acts 10 32 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 seaside: who, when he comes, shall speak unto you. Acts 10 33 Immediately therefore I sent to you; and you have done well 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 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: Acts 10 35 But in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him. Acts 10 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) Acts 10 37 That word, I say, you know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; Acts 10 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. Acts 10 39 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 40 Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly; Acts 10 41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. Acts 10 42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he who was ordained of God to be the Judge of the living and dead. Acts 10 43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believes in him shall receive remission of sins. Acts 10 44 While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them who heard the word. Acts 10 45 And they of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 10 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, Acts 10 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we? Acts 10 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to tarry certain days. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 11 Acts 11 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. Acts 11 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, Acts 11 3 Saying, You went in to men uncircumcised, and did eat with them. Acts 11 4 But Peter reviewed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it in order unto them, saying, Acts 11 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: Acts 11 6 Upon which when I had fastened my eyes, I considered, and saw four-footed animals of the earth, and wild beasts, and reptiles, and fowls of the air. Acts 11 7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. Acts 11 8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth. Acts 11 9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God has cleansed, that call not you common. Acts 11 10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven. Acts 11 11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. Acts 11 12 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 13 And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; Acts 11 14 Who shall tell you words, by which you and all your house shall be saved. Acts 11 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning. Acts 11 16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Acts 11 17 If then God gave them the same gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, that I could withstand God? Acts 11 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then has God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. Acts 11 19 Now they who were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. Acts 11 20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they were come to Antioch, spoke unto the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus. Acts 11 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. Acts 11 22 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 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cling unto the Lord. Acts 11 24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and many people were added unto the Lord. Acts 11 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, to seek Saul: Acts 11 26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that for a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught many people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. Acts 11 27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. Acts 11 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great famine throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. Acts 11 29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren who dwelt in Judea: Acts 11 30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 12 Acts 12 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to persecute certain of the church. Acts 12 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. Acts 12 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Acts 12 4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him; intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people. Acts 12 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Acts 12 6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the guards before the door kept the prison. Acts 12 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he struck Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. Acts 12 8 And the angel said unto him, Gird yourself, and bind on your sandals. And so he did. And he said unto him, Cast your garment about you, and follow me. Acts 12 9 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 10 When they were past the first and the second guard, they came unto the iron gate that leads unto the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel departed from him. Acts 12 11 And when Peter had 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 12 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 13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda. Acts 12 14 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 15 And they said unto her, You are mad. But she continued to affirm that it was so. Then they said, It is his angel. Acts 12 16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. Acts 12 17 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 show these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place. Acts 12 18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. Acts 12 19 And when Herod had sought him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and there abode. Acts 12 20 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 fed by the king's country. Acts 12 21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. Acts 12 22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. Acts 12 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and died. Acts 12 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied. Acts 12 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 13 Acts 13 1 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, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. Acts 13 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. Acts 13 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. Acts 13 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, departed unto Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus. Acts 13 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as their helper. Acts 13 6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: Acts 13 7 Who 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 8 But Elymas the magician (for so is his name translated) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. Acts 13 9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him, Acts 13 10 And said, O full of all deceit 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 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. 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 12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. Acts 13 13 Now when Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. Acts 13 14 And 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 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, You men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. Acts 13 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen. Acts 13 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as sojourners in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he brought them out of it. Acts 13 18 And about the time of forty years he endured their manners in the wilderness. Acts 13 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot. Acts 13 20 And after that he gave unto them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. Acts 13 21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. Acts 13 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who shall fulfill all my will. Acts 13 23 Of this man's descendants has God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Savior, Jesus: Acts 13 24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. Acts 13 25 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 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fears God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. Acts 13 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets who are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. Acts 13 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. Acts 13 29 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 30 But God raised him from the dead: Acts 13 31 And he was seen many days of them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. Acts 13 32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how the promise which was made unto the fathers, Acts 13 33 God has fulfilled the same unto 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 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said in this way, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Acts 13 35 Therefore he says also in another psalm, You shall not allow your Holy One to see corruption. Acts 13 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption: Acts 13 37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. Acts 13 38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: Acts 13 39 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 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; Acts 13 41 Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no way believe, though a man declare it unto you. Acts 13 42 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 43 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 44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. Acts 13 45 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 46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew 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, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. Acts 13 47 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 unto the ends of the earth. Acts 13 48 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 49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region. Acts 13 50 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 district. Acts 13 51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. Acts 13 52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Spirit. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 14 Acts 14 1 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 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds embittered against the brethren. Acts 14 3 A long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, who gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. Acts 14 4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. Acts 14 5 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 6 They were aware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lies round about: Acts 14 7 And there they preached the gospel. Acts 14 8 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 9 The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, Acts 14 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped and walked. Acts 14 11 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 12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker. Acts 14 13 Then the priest of Jupiter, being before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. Acts 14 14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they tore their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, Acts 14 15 And saying, Sirs, why do you these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that you should turn from these vanities unto the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them: Acts 14 16 Who in times past allowed all nations to walk in their own ways. Acts 14 17 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 18 And with these sayings scarcely restrained they the people, that they would not do sacrifice unto them. Acts 14 19 And there came there 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 20 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 21 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 22 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 23 And when they had ordained elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. Acts 14 24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. Acts 14 25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: Acts 14 26 And from there sailed to Antioch, from where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled. Acts 14 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. Acts 14 28 And there they abode a long time with the disciples. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 15 Acts 15 1 And certain men who came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except you be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved. Acts 15 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute 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 3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. Acts 15 4 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 5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. Acts 15 6 And the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter. Acts 15 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, 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 8 And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us; Acts 15 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Acts 15 10 Now therefore why test God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Acts 15 11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. Acts 15 12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring what miracles and wonders God had done among the Gentiles by them. Acts 15 13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: Acts 15 14 Simeon has declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. Acts 15 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, Acts 15 16 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 17 That the rest of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, says the Lord, who does all these things. Acts 15 18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Acts 15 19 Therefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them, who from among the Gentiles are turned to God: Acts 15 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from defilements of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. Acts 15 21 For Moses of old time has in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. Acts 15 22 Then it pleased 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 Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: Acts 15 23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greetings unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: Acts 15 24 Since we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, You must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: Acts 15 25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, Acts 15 26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 15 27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. Acts 15 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; Acts 15 29 That you abstain from anything offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if you keep yourselves, you shall do well. Farewell. Acts 15 30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: Acts 15 31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the exhortation. Acts 15 32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and strengthened them. Acts 15 33 And after they had tarried there awhile, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles. Acts 15 34 But it pleased Silas to abide there still. Acts 15 35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. Acts 15 36 And some days later 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 37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. Acts 15 38 But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. Acts 15 39 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 40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being commended by the brethren unto the grace of God. Acts 15 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 16 Acts 16 1 Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain woman, who was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: Acts 16 2 Who was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. Acts 16 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places: for they all knew that his father was a Greek. Acts 16 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem. Acts 16 5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. Acts 16 6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia, Acts 16 7 After they were come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit permitted them not. Acts 16 8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. Acts 16 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, beseeching him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. Acts 16 10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel unto them. Acts 16 11 Therefore setting sail from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; Acts 16 12 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 13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a riverside, where prayer was accustomed to be made; and we sat down, and spoke unto the women who met there. Acts 16 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, so that she attended unto the things which were spoken by Paul. Acts 16 15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she prevailed upon us. Acts 16 16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain maid possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: Acts 16 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who show unto us the way of salvation. Acts 16 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being troubled, 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 19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace unto the rulers, Acts 16 20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, Acts 16 21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. Acts 16 22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates tore off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. Acts 16 23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely: Acts 16 24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. Acts 16 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. Acts 16 26 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 27 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 fled. Acts 16 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm: for we are all here. Acts 16 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, Acts 16 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Acts 16 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, and your house. Acts 16 32 And they spoke unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. Acts 16 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately. Acts 16 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he sat food before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. Acts 16 35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, Let those men go. Acts 16 36 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 37 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 secretly? nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out. Acts 16 38 And the officers told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. Acts 16 39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. Acts 16 40 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, Chapter 17 Acts 17 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews: Acts 17 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Acts 17 3 Opening them up 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 4 And some of them believed, and joined Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. Acts 17 5 But the Jews who believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain wicked fellows of the rabble, and gathered a company, and set all the city in an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. Acts 17 6 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 here also; Acts 17 7 Whom Jason has received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. Acts 17 8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. Acts 17 9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go. Acts 17 10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there went into the synagogue of the Jews. Acts 17 11 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 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women who were Greeks, and of men, not a few. Acts 17 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also, and stirred up the people. Acts 17 14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still. Acts 17 15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed. Acts 17 16 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 17 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 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? Others, He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. Acts 17 19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof you speak, is? Acts 17 20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. Acts 17 21 (For all the Athenians and strangers who were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) Acts 17 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, You men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious. Acts 17 23 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 unto you. Acts 17 24 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 25 Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things; Acts 17 26 And has made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; Acts 17 27 That they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: Acts 17 28 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 29 Therefore then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Deity is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. Acts 17 30 And the times of this ignorance God overlooked; but now commands all men everywhere to repent: Acts 17 31 Because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; and of this he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the dead. Acts 17 32 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 33 So Paul departed from among them. Acts 17 34 But certain men joined unto him, and believed: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 18 Acts 18 1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; Acts 18 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. Acts 18 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and worked: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. Acts 18 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. Acts 18 5 And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the word, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. Acts 18 6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his clothes, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. Acts 18 7 And he departed from there, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. Acts 18 8 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 9 Then spoke the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not your peace: Acts 18 10 For I am with you, and no man shall set on you to hurt you: for I have many people in this city. Acts 18 11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. Acts 18 12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made an attack with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, Acts 18 13 Saying, This fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. Acts 18 14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked crime, O you Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: Acts 18 15 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 16 And he drove them from the judgment seat. Acts 18 17 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 18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed from there into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shaved his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. Acts 18 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. Acts 18 20 When they desired him to tarry a longer time with them, he consented not; Acts 18 21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that comes in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God wills. And he sailed from Ephesus. Acts 18 22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, having gone up, and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch. Acts 18 23 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 24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. Acts 18 25 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 26 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 27 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 who had believed through grace: Acts 18 28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 19 Acts 19 1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, Acts 19 2 He said unto them, Received you the Holy Spirit when you believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Spirit. Acts 19 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were you baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. Acts 19 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him who should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. Acts 19 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 19 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied. Acts 19 7 And all the men were about twelve. Acts 19 8 And he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for the space of three months, arguing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. Acts 19 9 But when some were hardened, and believed not, but spoke evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, arguing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. Acts 19 10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. Acts 19 11 And God did special miracles by the hands of Paul: Acts 19 12 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 13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon themselves to call over them who had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches. Acts 19 14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, who did so. Acts 19 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? Acts 19 16 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 17 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 18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and told of their deeds. Acts 19 19 Many of them also who used magic 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 20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. Acts 19 21 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 22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a time. Acts 19 23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. Acts 19 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; Acts 19 25 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 26 Moreover you see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, which are made with hands: Acts 19 27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be discredited; 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 worship. Acts 19 28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. Acts 19 29 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 theater. Acts 19 30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples allowed him not. Acts 19 31 And certain of the chief of Asia, who were his friends, sent unto him, begging him that he would not venture into the theater. Acts 19 32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the majority knew not why they were come together. Acts 19 33 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 unto the people. Acts 19 34 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 35 And when the town clerk had quieted the people, he said, You men of Ephesus, what man is there that knows not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? Acts 19 36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. Acts 19 37 For you have brought here these men, who are neither robbers of temples, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. Acts 19 38 Therefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen who are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them charge one another. Acts 19 39 But if you inquire anything concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. Acts 19 40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause for which we may give an account of this commotion. Acts 19 41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 20 Acts 20 1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed to go into Macedonia. Acts 20 2 And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, Acts 20 3 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 4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. Acts 20 5 These going before tarried for us at Troas. Acts 20 6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them at Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. Acts 20 7 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 next day; and continued his speech until midnight. Acts 20 8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. Acts 20 9 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 10 And Paul went down, and fell upon him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. Acts 20 11 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 12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. Acts 20 13 And we went ahead to the ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take aboard Paul: for so had he appointed, intending himself to go on foot. Acts 20 14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him aboard, and came to Mitylene. Acts 20 15 And we sailed from there, and came the next day opposite Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. Acts 20 16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hastened, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. Acts 20 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. Acts 20 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, You know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all times, Acts 20 19 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 20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, Acts 20 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 20 22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: Acts 20 23 Except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. Acts 20 24 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 25 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 26 Therefore I testify to you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. Acts 20 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Acts 20 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood. Acts 20 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Acts 20 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Acts 20 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn everyone night and day with tears. Acts 20 32 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 who are sanctified. Acts 20 33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Acts 20 34 Yea, you yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. Acts 20 35 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 36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. Acts 20 37 And they all wept much, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, Acts 20 38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 21 Acts 21 1 And it came to pass, that after we were parted from them, and had set sail, we came with a straight course unto Cos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from there unto Patara: Acts 21 2 And finding a ship sailing over unto Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. Acts 21 3 Now when we had sighted Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unload her cargo. Acts 21 4 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 5 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 6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we boarded ship; and they returned home again. Acts 21 7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and greeted the brethren, and abode with them one day. Acts 21 8 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, who was one of the seven; and abode with him. Acts 21 9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, who did prophesy. Acts 21 10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. Acts 21 11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's belt, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus says the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this belt, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. Acts 21 12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. Acts 21 13 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 14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. Acts 21 15 And after those days we made ready, and went up to Jerusalem. Acts 21 16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge. Acts 21 17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. Acts 21 18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. Acts 21 19 And when he had greeted them, he declared particularly what things God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry. Acts 21 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe; and they are all zealous of the law: Acts 21 21 And they are informed of you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. Acts 21 22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that you are come. Acts 21 23 Do therefore this that we say to you: We have four men who have a vow on themselves; Acts 21 24 Them take, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, of which they were informed concerning you, are nothing; but that you yourself also walk orderly, and keep the law. Acts 21 25 And concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, except only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication. Acts 21 26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to announce the accomplishment of the days of purification, until an offering should be offered for every one of them. Acts 21 27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews who were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, Acts 21 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teaches all men everywhere 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 29 (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 30 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 31 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 32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. Acts 21 33 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 34 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 barracks. Acts 21 35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers because of the violence of the people. Acts 21 36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him. Acts 21 37 And as Paul was to be led into the barracks, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto you? Who said, Can you speak Greek? Acts 21 38 Are not you that Egyptian, who before these days made an uproar, and led out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? Acts 21 39 But Paul said, I am a man who is a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech you, allow me to speak unto the people. Acts 21 40 And when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, ------------------------Acts, Chapter 22 Acts 22 1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear you my defense which I make now unto you. Acts 22 2 (And when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he said,) Acts 22 3 I am verily a man who is 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 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. Acts 22 5 As also the high priest does bear me witness, and all the council of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them who were there bound unto Jerusalem, to be punished. Acts 22 6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come near unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. Acts 22 7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? Acts 22 8 And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute. Acts 22 9 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 10 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 you all things which are appointed for you to do. Acts 22 11 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 12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews who dwelt there, Acts 22 13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. Acts 22 14 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 15 For you shall be his witness unto all men of what you have seen and heard. Acts 22 16 And now why do you tarry? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Acts 22 17 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 18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive your testimony concerning me. Acts 22 19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on you: Acts 22 20 And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the clothing of them that slew him. Acts 22 21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send you far from here unto the Gentiles. Acts 22 22 And they gave him audience until 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 23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, Acts 22 24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the barracks, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know why they cried so against him. Acts 22 25 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 26 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 27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, are you a Roman? He said, Yes. Acts 22 28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. Acts 22 29 Then immediately they departed from him who 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 30 On the next day, because he would have known the certainty of why he was accused of the Jews, he released him, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 23 Acts 23 1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. Acts 23 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Acts 23 3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite you, you whited wall: for do you sit to judge me after the law, and command me to be smitten contrary to the law? Acts 23 4 And they that stood by said, Do you revile God's high priest? Acts 23 5 Then said Paul, I knew not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people. Acts 23 6 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 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. Acts 23 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. Acts 23 9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' party arose, and contended, 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 10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the barracks. Acts 23 11 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 12 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 13 And they were more than forty who had made this conspiracy. Acts 23 14 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 15 Now therefore you with the council inform the chief captain that he bring him down unto you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more exactly concerning him: and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him. Acts 23 16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the barracks, and told Paul. Acts 23 17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he has a certain thing to tell him. Acts 23 18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto you, who has something to say unto you. Acts 23 19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is it that you have to tell me? Acts 23 20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask you that you would bring down Paul tomorrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more exactly. Acts 23 21 But do not yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who 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 22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See that you tell no man that you have showed these things to me. Acts 23 23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; Acts 23 24 And provide them mounts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. Acts 23 25 And he wrote a letter after this manner: Acts 23 26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sends greeting. Acts 23 27 This man was taken of the Jews, and would have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. Acts 23 28 And when I would have known the cause for which they accused him, I brought him forth into their council: Acts 23 29 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 30 And when it was told me that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent immediately to you, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before you what they had against him. Farewell. Acts 23 31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. Acts 23 32 The next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks: Acts 23 33 When they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, they presented Paul also before him. Acts 23 34 And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia he said, Acts 23 35 I will hear you when your accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 24 Acts 24 1 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 2 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 unto this nation by your provision, Acts 24 3 We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. Acts 24 4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto you, I pray you that you would hear us in your kindness a few words. Acts 24 5 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 6 Who also has gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. Acts 24 7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, Acts 24 8 Commanding his accusers to come unto you: by examining of whom you yourself may take knowledge of all these things, of which we accuse him. Acts 24 9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. Acts 24 10 Then Paul, after the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Since I know that you have been for many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: Acts 24 11 Because you may understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship. Acts 24 12 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 13 Neither can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. Acts 24 14 But this I confess unto 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 15 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 16 And in this do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men. Acts 24 17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. Acts 24 18 Then certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. Acts 24 19 Who ought to have been here before you, and object, if they had anything against me. Acts 24 20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, Acts 24 21 Except it be for this one thing, that I cried standing among them, Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. Acts 24 22 And when Felix heard these things, having more complete knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the rest of your matter. Acts 24 23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintances to minister or come unto him. Acts 24 24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Acts 24 25 And as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go your way for this time; when I have a convenient time, I will call for you. Acts 24 26 He hoped also that money should have been given him by Paul, that he might release him: therefore he sent for him often, and conferred with him. Acts 24 27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' position: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a favor, left Paul bound. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 25 Acts 25 1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem. Acts 25 2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and urged him, Acts 25 3 And desired a favor from him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him along the way. Acts 25 4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart there shortly. Acts 25 5 Let them therefore, said he, who among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. Acts 25 6 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 7 And when he was come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many serious complaints against Paul, which they could not prove. Acts 25 8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended anything at all. Acts 25 9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul, and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me? Acts 25 10 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 you very well know. Acts 25 11 For if I be an offender, or have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things of which these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar. Acts 25 12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Have you appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shall you go. Acts 25 13 And after some days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to greet Festus. Acts 25 14 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 15 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 16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before he that is accused have the accusers face to face, and have opportunity to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him. Acts 25 17 Therefore, when they were come here, without any delay the next day I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth. Acts 25 18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of such things as I supposed: Acts 25 19 But had certain questions against him of their own religion, and of one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. Acts 25 20 And because I was perplexed concerning such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters. Acts 25 21 But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar. Acts 25 22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. Tomorrow, said he, you shall hear him. Acts 25 23 And the next day, 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 24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have petitioned me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. Acts 25 25 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 26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before you, O king Agrippa, that, after examination, I might have somewhat to write. Acts 25 27 For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not to specify the crimes laid against him. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 26 Acts 26 1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and answered for himself: Acts 26 2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before you concerning all the things of which I am accused of the Jews: Acts 26 3 Especially because I know you to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: therefore I beseech you to hear me patiently. Acts 26 4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among my own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; Acts 26 5 Who knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most strict sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. Acts 26 6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: Acts 26 7 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 8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Acts 26 9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Acts 26 10 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 11 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities. Acts 26 12 Thus as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, Acts 26 13 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 who journeyed with me. Acts 26 14 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 do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the goads. Acts 26 15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. Acts 26 16 But rise, and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared unto 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 which I will appear unto you; Acts 26 17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send you, Acts 26 18 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 who are sanctified by faith that is in me. Acts 26 19 Therefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: Acts 26 20 But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works befitting repentance. Acts 26 21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. Acts 26 22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: Acts 26 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should proclaim light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. Acts 26 24 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 25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and good sense. Acts 26 26 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 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe. Acts 26 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost you persuade me to be a Christian. Acts 26 29 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 30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: Acts 26 31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds. Acts 26 32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. ------------------------Acts, Chapter 27 Acts 27 1 And when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. Acts 27 2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we embarked, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. Acts 27 3 And the next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius courteously treated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. Acts 27 4 And when we had put to sea from there, we sailed close to Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. Acts 27 5 And when we had sailed over the sea near Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. Acts 27 6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy; and he put us on it. Acts 27 7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were hardly come off Cnidus, the wind not allowing us, we sailed close to Crete, off Salmone; Acts 27 8 And, with difficulty passing it, came unto a place which is called The Fair Havens; near to which was the city of Lasea. Acts 27 9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, Acts 27 10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives. Acts 27 11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the captain and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. Acts 27 12 And because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to depart from there also, if by any means they might arrive at Phoenix, and there to winter; which is a haven of Crete, and opens toward the southwest and northwest. Acts 27 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, raising anchor, they sailed close by Crete. Acts 27 14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. Acts 27 15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her be driven. Acts 27 16 And running under a certain island which is called Cauda, we had much work to secure the boat: Acts 27 17 Which when they had hoisted it, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksand, struck sail, and so were driven. Acts 27 18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; Acts 27 19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. Acts 27 20 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 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, you should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. Acts 27 22 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 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, Acts 27 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God has given you all them that sail with you. Acts 27 25 Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. Acts 27 26 However we must be cast upon a certain island. Acts 27 27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the sailors deemed that they drew near to some country; Acts 27 28 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 29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. Acts 27 30 And as the sailors were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under pretense as though they would have cast anchors out of the bow, Acts 27 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, you cannot be saved. Acts 27 32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. Acts 27 33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that you have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. Acts 27 34 Therefore I pray you to take some food: for this is for your health: for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you. Acts 27 35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. Acts 27 36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some food. Acts 27 37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls. Acts 27 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. Acts 27 39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain bay with a shore, into which they were minded, if it were possible, to drive in the ship. Acts 27 40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and released the rudder bands, and hoisted up the foresail to the wind, and made toward shore. Acts 27 41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the bow stuck fast, and remained unmovable, but the stern was broken with the violence of the waves. Acts 27 42 And the soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. Acts 27 43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: Acts 27 44 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, Chapter 28 Acts 28 1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Malta. Acts 28 2 And the native 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 3 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 4 And when the natives saw the creature hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice allows not to live. Acts 28 5 And he shook off the creature into the fire, and felt no harm. Acts 28 6 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 7 In the same place were lands of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously. Acts 28 8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of dysentery: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. Acts 28 9 So when this was done, others also, who had diseases in the island, came, and were healed: Acts 28 10 Who also honored us with many honors; and when we departed, they put on board such things as were necessary. Acts 28 11 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 12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. Acts 28 13 And from there we set a course, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: Acts 28 14 Where we found brethren, and were invited to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. Acts 28 15 And from there, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as the Appii Forum, and The Three Taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. Acts 28 16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was allowed to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. Acts 28 17 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 18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. Acts 28 19 But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had anything to accuse my nation of. Acts 28 20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. Acts 28 21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning you, neither any of the brethren that came showed or spoke any harm of you. Acts 28 22 But we desire to hear of you what you think: for as concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against. Acts 28 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified of 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 24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. Acts 28 25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after Paul had spoken one word, Well spoke the Holy Spirit by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, Acts 28 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and not perceive: Acts 28 27 For the heart of this people is stubborn, 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 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. Acts 28 29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had much dispute among themselves. Acts 28 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, Acts 28 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 1 Rom 1 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, Rom 1 2 (Which he had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) Rom 1 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was made of the descendants of David according to the flesh; Rom 1 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: Rom 1 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: Rom 1 6 Among whom are you also the called of Jesus Christ: Rom 1 7 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. Rom 1 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. Rom 1 9 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; Rom 1 10 Making request, if by any means now at last I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. Rom 1 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end you may be established; Rom 1 12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. Rom 1 13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that often I purposed to come unto you, (but was prevented thus far,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. Rom 1 14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. Rom 1 15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. Rom 1 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Rom 1 17 For in it is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Rom 1 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Rom 1 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has showed it unto them. Rom 1 20 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 deity; so that they are without excuse: Rom 1 21 Because, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Rom 1 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, Rom 1 23 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. Rom 1 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: Rom 1 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Rom 1 26 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: Rom 1 27 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 shameful, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was fitting. Rom 1 28 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 proper; Rom 1 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Rom 1 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Rom 1 31 Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Rom 1 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 2 Rom 2 1 Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whosoever you are that judge: for in what you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you that judge do the same things. Rom 2 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them who commit such things. Rom 2 3 And do you think, O man, that judge them who do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God? Rom 2 4 Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? Rom 2 5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart treasure up unto yourself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Rom 2 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: Rom 2 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: Rom 2 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Rom 2 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek; Rom 2 10 But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek: Rom 2 11 For there is no respect of persons with God. Rom 2 12 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; Rom 2 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. Rom 2 14 For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Rom 2 15 Who 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;) Rom 2 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. Rom 2 17 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God, Rom 2 18 And know his will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; Rom 2 19 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of them who are in darkness, Rom 2 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, who has the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. Rom 2 21 You therefore who teach another, can you not teach yourself? you that preach a man should not steal, do you steal? Rom 2 22 You that say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? you that abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? Rom 2 23 You that make your boast of the law, through breaking the law do you dishonor God? Rom 2 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. Rom 2 25 For circumcision verily profits, if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision. Rom 2 26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keeps the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? Rom 2 27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision do transgress the law? Rom 2 28 For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: Rom 2 29 But he is a Jew, who 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, Chapter 3 Rom 3 1 What advantage then has the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Rom 3 2 Much every way: chiefly, because unto them were committed the oracles of God. Rom 3 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? Rom 3 4 God forbid: yea, 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. Rom 3 5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who takes vengeance? (I speak as a man) Rom 3 6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? Rom 3 7 For if the truth of God has more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? Rom 3 8 And not rather, (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just. Rom 3 9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no way: for we have before proved both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin; Rom 3 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: Rom 3 11 There is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God. Rom 3 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, no, not one. Rom 3 13 Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Rom 3 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Rom 3 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: Rom 3 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: Rom 3 17 And the way of peace have they not known: Rom 3 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. Rom 3 19 Now we know that whatsoever things the law says, it says to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Rom 3 20 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. Rom 3 21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Rom 3 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith in Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: Rom 3 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Rom 3 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Rom 3 25 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; Rom 3 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him who believes in Jesus. Rom 3 27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Rom 3 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Rom 3 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: Rom 3 30 Seeing it is one God, who shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Rom 3 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 4 Rom 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, has found? Rom 4 2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he has something in which to boast; but not before God. Rom 4 3 For what says the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Rom 4 4 Now to him that works is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. Rom 4 5 But to him that works not, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Rom 4 6 Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputes righteousness without works, Rom 4 7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Rom 4 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Rom 4 9 Comes this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Rom 4 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. Rom 4 11 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: Rom 4 12 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. Rom 4 13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. Rom 4 14 For if they who are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: Rom 4 15 Because the law works wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Rom 4 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but to those also who are of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, Rom 4 17 (As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which are not as though they were. Rom 4 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall your descendants be. Rom 4 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body as now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: Rom 4 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; Rom 4 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. Rom 4 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Rom 4 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; Rom 4 24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Rom 4 25 Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 5 Rom 5 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: Rom 5 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Rom 5 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience; Rom 5 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: Rom 5 5 And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us. Rom 5 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom 5 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet perhaps for a good man some would even dare to die. Rom 5 8 But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Rom 5 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Rom 5 10 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. Rom 5 11 And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation. Rom 5 12 Therefore, 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: Rom 5 13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Rom 5 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. Rom 5 15 So also is the free gift not like the offense. For if through the offense of one many are dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, has abounded unto many. Rom 5 16 So is the gift not like it was by one that sinned: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offenses unto justification. Rom 5 17 For if by one man's offense death reigned by one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Rom 5 18 Therefore as by the offense 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. Rom 5 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Rom 5 20 Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: Rom 5 21 That as sin has reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 6 Rom 6 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? Rom 6 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer in it? Rom 6 3 Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Rom 6 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that just as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Rom 6 5 For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Rom 6 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin. Rom 6 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. Rom 6 8 Now if we are dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Rom 6 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dies no more; death has no more dominion over him. Rom 6 10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he lives, he lives unto God. Rom 6 11 Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom 6 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. Rom 6 13 Neither yield 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. Rom 6 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace. Rom 6 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Rom 6 16 Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Rom 6 17 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. Rom 6 18 Being then made free from sin, you became the servants of righteousness. Rom 6 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the weakness of your flesh: for as you have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. Rom 6 20 For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. Rom 6 21 What fruit had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. Rom 6 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Rom 6 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 7 Rom 7 1 Know you not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? Rom 7 2 For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he lives; but if the husband dies, she is loosed from the law of her husband. Rom 7 3 So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband dies, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she is married to another man. Rom 7 4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have 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 unto God. Rom 7 5 For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. Rom 7 6 But now we are delivered from the law, being dead to that in which we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. Rom 7 7 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, you shall not covet. Rom 7 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all manner of covetousness. For without the law sin was dead. Rom 7 9 For I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. Rom 7 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. Rom 7 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Rom 7 12 Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Rom 7 13 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 exceedingly sinful. Rom 7 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. Rom 7 15 For that which I do I know not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. Rom 7 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Rom 7 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. Rom 7 18 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. Rom 7 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Rom 7 20 Now if I do that which I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. Rom 7 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. Rom 7 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: Rom 7 23 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. Rom 7 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Rom 7 25 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, Chapter 8 Rom 8 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom 8 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. Rom 8 3 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: Rom 8 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom 8 5 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. Rom 8 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Rom 8 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Rom 8 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Rom 8 9 But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Rom 8 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. Rom 8 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also bring to life your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you. Rom 8 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. Rom 8 13 For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live. Rom 8 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Rom 8 15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father. Rom 8 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: Rom 8 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, so that we may be also glorified together. Rom 8 18 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. Rom 8 19 For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. Rom 8 20 For the creation was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected the same in hope, Rom 8 21 Because the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Rom 8 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. Rom 8 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, that is, the redemption of our body. Rom 8 24 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? Rom 8 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Rom 8 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps our weakness:for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Rom 8 27 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. Rom 8 28 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. Rom 8 29 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. Rom 8 30 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. Rom 8 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Rom 8 32 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? Rom 8 33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies. Rom 8 34 Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Rom 8 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Rom 8 36 As it is written, For your sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Rom 8 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Rom 8 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Rom 8 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 9 Rom 9 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, Rom 9 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. Rom 9 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: Rom 9 4 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; Rom 9 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen. Rom 9 6 Not as though the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel: Rom 9 7 Neither, because they are the descendants of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called. Rom 9 8 That is, They who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the descendants. Rom 9 9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. Rom 9 10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; Rom 9 11 (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;) Rom 9 12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. Rom 9 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Rom 9 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. Rom 9 15 For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Rom 9 16 So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy. Rom 9 17 For the scripture says unto 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. Rom 9 18 Therefore has he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardens. Rom 9 19 You will say then unto me, Why does he yet find fault? For who has resisted his will? Rom 9 20 Nay but, O man, who are you that replies against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus? Rom 9 21 Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor? Rom 9 22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: Rom 9 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared unto glory, Rom 9 24 Even us, whom he has called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? Rom 9 25 As he says also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people; and her beloved, who was not beloved. Rom 9 26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, You are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. Rom 9 27 Isaiah also cries concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: Rom 9 28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. Rom 9 29 And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of hosts had left us a descendant, we had been as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrah. Rom 9 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. Rom 9 31 But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. Rom 9 32 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; Rom 9 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense: and whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 10 Rom 10 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. Rom 10 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. Rom 10 3 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. Rom 10 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes. Rom 10 5 For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, That the man who does those things shall live by them. Rom 10 6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaks thus, Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Rom 10 7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) Rom 10 8 But what says it? The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; Rom 10 9 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. Rom 10 10 For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Rom 10 11 For the scripture says, Whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed. Rom 10 12 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. Rom 10 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Rom 10 14 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? Rom 10 15 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! Rom 10 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report? Rom 10 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Rom 10 18 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. Rom 10 19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. Rom 10 20 But Isaiah is very bold, and says, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. Rom 10 21 But to Israel he says, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and contrary people. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 11 Rom 11 1 I say then, Has God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the descendants of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Rom 11 2 God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah? how he makes intercession to God against Israel, saying, Rom 11 3 Lord, they have killed your prophets, and dug down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. Rom 11 4 But what says 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. Rom 11 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. Rom 11 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. Rom 11 7 What then? Israel has not obtained that which it seeks for; but the election has obtained it, and the rest were blinded Rom 11 8 (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;) unto this day. Rom 11 9 And David says, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them: Rom 11 10 Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back always. Rom 11 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. Rom 11 12 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? Rom 11 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, since I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office: Rom 11 14 If by any means I may provoke to envy them who are my flesh, and might save some of them. Rom 11 15 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? Rom 11 16 For if the firstfruit are holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root is holy, so are the branches. Rom 11 17 And if some of the branches were 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; Rom 11 18 Boast not against the branches. But if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root you. Rom 11 19 You will say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. Rom 11 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Be not arrogant, but fear: Rom 11 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also not spare you. Rom 11 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness: otherwise you also shall be cut off. Rom 11 23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. Rom 11 24 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, who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? Rom 11 25 For I would not, brethren, 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 comes in. Rom 11 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: Rom 11 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. Rom 11 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. Rom 11 29 For the gifts and calling of God are unchangeable. Rom 11 30 For as you in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: Rom 11 31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. Rom 11 32 For God has concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. Rom 11 33 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! Rom 11 34 For who has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been his counselor? Rom 11 35 Or who has first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? Rom 11 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 12 Rom 12 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom 12 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Rom 12 3 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 has dealt to every man the measure of faith. Rom 12 4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: Rom 12 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Rom 12 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Rom 12 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teaches, on teaching; Rom 12 8 Or he that exhorts, on exhortation: he that gives, let him do it in simplicity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Rom 12 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Rom 12 10 Be tender loving one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another; Rom 12 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Rom 12 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; constant in prayer; Rom 12 13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. Rom 12 14 Bless them who persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rom 12 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Rom 12 16 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. Rom 12 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Rom 12 18 If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men. Rom 12 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord. Rom 12 20 Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink: for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head. Rom 12 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 13 Rom 13 1 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. Rom 13 2 Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves judgment. Rom 13 3 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: Rom 13 4 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, an avenger to execute wrath upon him that does evil. Rom 13 5 Therefore you must be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience's sake. Rom 13 6 For, for this cause pay you tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Rom 13 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. Rom 13 8 Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law. Rom 13 9 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 summed up in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Rom 13 10 Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Rom 13 11 And this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Rom 13 12 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. Rom 13 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and wantonness, not in strife and envying. Rom 13 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 14 Rom 14 1 Receive him that is weak in the faith, but not for passing judgment. Rom 14 2 For one believes that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eats herbs. Rom 14 3 Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and let not him who eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him. Rom 14 4 Who are you that judge another man's servant? to his own master he stands or falls. Yea, he shall be held up: for God is able to make him stand. Rom 14 5 One man esteems one day above another: another esteems every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. Rom 14 6 He that regards the day, regards it unto 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. Rom 14 7 For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself. Rom 14 8 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. Rom 14 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. Rom 14 10 But why do you judge your brother? or why do you despise your brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Rom 14 11 For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. Rom 14 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Rom 14 13 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's way. Rom 14 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteems anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Rom 14 15 But if your brother is grieved with your food, you no longer walk in love. Destroy not him with your food, for whom Christ died. Rom 14 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: Rom 14 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Rom 14 18 For he that in these things serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. Rom 14 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things with which one may edify another. Rom 14 20 For food destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eats with offense. Rom 14 21 It is good neither to eat meat, nor to drink wine, nor anything by which your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak. Rom 14 22 Have you faith? have it to yourself before God. Happy is he that condemns not himself in that thing which he allows. Rom 14 23 And he that doubts is condemned if he eats, because he eats not of faith: for whatever is not of faith is sin. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 15 Rom 15 1 We then that are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Rom 15 2 Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification. Rom 15 3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached you fell on me. Rom 15 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Rom 15 5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: Rom 15 6 That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Rom 15 7 Therefore receive one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. Rom 15 8 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: Rom 15 9 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 unto your name. Rom 15 10 And again he says, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people. Rom 15 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; and laud him, all you people. Rom 15 12 And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. Rom 15 13 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 Spirit. Rom 15 14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. Rom 15 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some way, as reminding you, because of the grace that is given to me of God, Rom 15 16 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 Spirit. Rom 15 17 I have therefore that of which I may boast through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. Rom 15 18 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, Rom 15 19 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. Rom 15 20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: Rom 15 21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand. Rom 15 22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you. Rom 15 23 But now having no more place of work in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you; Rom 15 24 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 there by you, if first I am somewhat refreshed with your company. Rom 15 25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. Rom 15 26 For it has pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who are at Jerusalem. Rom 15 27 It has pleased them greatly; 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 material things. Rom 15 28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you to Spain. Rom 15 29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. Rom 15 30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; Rom 15 31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; Rom 15 32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. Rom 15 33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. ------------------------Romans, Chapter 16 Rom 16 1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: Rom 16 2 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 helper of many, and of myself also. Rom 16 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: Rom 16 4 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. Rom 16 5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Greet my well beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. Rom 16 6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us. Rom 16 7 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. Rom 16 8 Greet Ampliatus my beloved in the Lord. Rom 16 9 Greet Urbanus our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. Rom 16 10 Greet Apelles approved in Christ. Greet them who are of Aristobulus' household. Rom 16 11 Greet Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that are of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord. Rom 16 12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord. Rom 16 13 Greet Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. Rom 16 14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren who are with them. Rom 16 15 Greet Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. Rom 16 16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ greet you. Rom 16 17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them. Rom 16 18 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 innocent. Rom 16 19 For your obedience is well known unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and innocent concerning evil. Rom 16 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. Rom 16 21 Timothy my fellow worker, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, greet you. Rom 16 22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord. Rom 16 23 Gaius my host, and of the whole church, greets you. Erastus the treasurer of the city greets you, and Quartus a brother. Rom 16 24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Rom 16 25 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 was kept secret since the world began, Rom 16 26 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: Rom 16 27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 1 1Cor 1 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 1Cor 1 2 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 theirs and ours: 1Cor 1 3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 1Cor 1 4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 1Cor 1 5 That in every thing you are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 1Cor 1 6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 1Cor 1 7 So that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1Cor 1 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Cor 1 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 1Cor 1 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, 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. 1Cor 1 11 For it has been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 1Cor 1 12 Now this I say, that every one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 1Cor 1 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 1Cor 1 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 1Cor 1 15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name. 1Cor 1 16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 1Cor 1 17 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 no effect. 1Cor 1 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. 1Cor 1 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 1Cor 1 20 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? 1Cor 1 21 For since 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. 1Cor 1 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 1Cor 1 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 1Cor 1 24 But unto them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 1Cor 1 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 1Cor 1 26 For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 1Cor 1 27 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; 1Cor 1 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are: 1Cor 1 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 1Cor 1 30 And of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 1Cor 1 31 That, according as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 2 1Cor 2 1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 1Cor 2 2 For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 1Cor 2 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 1Cor 2 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 1Cor 2 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 1Cor 2 6 But we speak wisdom among them that are mature: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nothing: 1Cor 2 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 1Cor 2 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 1Cor 2 9 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. 1Cor 2 10 But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God. 1Cor 2 11 For what man knows the things of a man, except the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knows no man, but the Spirit of God. 1Cor 2 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 1Cor 2 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 1Cor 2 14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1Cor 2 15 But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 1Cor 2 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 3 1Cor 3 1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 1Cor 3 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food: for until now you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able. 1Cor 3 3 For you are yet carnal: for while there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men? 1Cor 3 4 For while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not carnal? 1Cor 3 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 1Cor 3 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 1Cor 3 7 So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase. 1Cor 3 8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. 1Cor 3 9 For we are laborers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building. 1Cor 3 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto 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. 1Cor 3 11 For no other foundation can a man lay than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1Cor 3 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 1Cor 3 13 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 test every man's work of what sort it is. 1Cor 3 14 If any man's work abide which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 1Cor 3 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. 1Cor 3 16 Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 1Cor 3 17 If any man defiles the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. 1Cor 3 18 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. 1Cor 3 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takes the wise in their own craftiness. 1Cor 3 20 And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 1Cor 3 21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 1Cor 3 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 1Cor 3 23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 4 1Cor 4 1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 1Cor 4 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 1Cor 4 3 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 my own self. 1Cor 4 4 For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not thereby justified: but he that judges me is the Lord. 1Cor 4 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, 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. 1Cor 4 6 And these things, brethren, 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. 1Cor 4 7 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? 1Cor 4 8 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. 1Cor 4 9 For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 1Cor 4 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are despised. 1Cor 4 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place; 1Cor 4 12 And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it: 1Cor 4 13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the trash of all things unto this day. 1Cor 4 14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 1Cor 4 15 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. 1Cor 4 16 Therefore I beseech you, be followers of me. 1Cor 4 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church. 1Cor 4 18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. 1Cor 4 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and will know, not the speech of them who are puffed up, but the power. 1Cor 4 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 1Cor 4 21 What do you wish? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 5 1Cor 5 1 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. 1Cor 5 2 And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 1Cor 5 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that has so done this deed, 1Cor 5 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1Cor 5 5 To deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 1Cor 5 6 Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 1Cor 5 7 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: 1Cor 5 8 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. 1Cor 5 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 1Cor 5 10 Yet not entirely with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must you needs go out of the world. 1Cor 5 11 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 a one no not to eat. 1Cor 5 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are outside? do not you judge them that are within? 1Cor 5 13 But them that are outside God judges. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 6 1Cor 6 1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 1Cor 6 2 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? 1Cor 6 3 Know you not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 1Cor 6 4 If then you have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 1Cor 6 5 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? 1Cor 6 6 But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. 1Cor 6 7 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 allow yourselves to be defrauded? 1Cor 6 8 Nay, you do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. 1Cor 6 9 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, 1Cor 6 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 1Cor 6 11 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. 1Cor 6 12 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. 1Cor 6 13 Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods: 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. 1Cor 6 14 And God has both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. 1Cor 6 15 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 a harlot? God forbid. 1Cor 6 16 What? know you not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? for two, says he, shall be one flesh. 1Cor 6 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 1Cor 6 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he that commits fornication sins against his own body. 1Cor 6 19 What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have of God, and you are not your own? 1Cor 6 20 For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 7 1Cor 7 1 Now concerning the things of which you wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 1Cor 7 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 1Cor 7 3 Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 1Cor 7 4 The wife has not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband has not power over his own body, but the wife. 1Cor 7 5 Deprive 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 lack of self-control. 1Cor 7 6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 1Cor 7 7 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. 1Cor 7 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 1Cor 7 9 But if they cannot have self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 1Cor 7 10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 1Cor 7 11 But if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. 1Cor 7 12 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. 1Cor 7 13 And the woman who has a husband that believes not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 1Cor 7 14 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. 1Cor 7 15 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. 1Cor 7 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? or how do you know, O man, whether you shall save your wife? 1Cor 7 17 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. 1Cor 7 18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 1Cor 7 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 1Cor 7 20 Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called. 1Cor 7 21 Are you called being a servant? care not for it: but if you may be made free, use it rather. 1Cor 7 22 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. 1Cor 7 23 You are bought with a price; be not the servants of men. 1Cor 7 24 Brethren, let every man, however he is called, therein abide with God. 1Cor 7 25 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. 1Cor 7 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 1Cor 7 27 Are you bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 1Cor 7 28 But 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. 1Cor 7 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remains, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; 1Cor 7 30 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; 1Cor 7 31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passes away. 1Cor 7 32 But I would have you without concern. He that is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 1Cor 7 33 But he that is married cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 1Cor 7 34 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. 1Cor 7 35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is proper, and that you may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 1Cor 7 36 But if any man think that he behaves himself improperly toward his virgin, if she pass the prime of her age, and need so require, let him do what he desires, he sins not: let them marry. 1Cor 7 37 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 her his virgin, does well. 1Cor 7 38 So then he that gives her in marriage does well; but he that gives her not in marriage does better. 1Cor 7 39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. 1Cor 7 40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 8 1Cor 8 1 Now concerning things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. 1Cor 8 2 And if any man thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. 1Cor 8 3 But if any man loves God, the same is known by him. 1Cor 8 4 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 no other God but one. 1Cor 8 5 For though there be those called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 1Cor 8 6 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. 1Cor 8 7 But there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience about the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 1Cor 8 8 But food commends us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 1Cor 8 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours becomes a stumbling block to them that are weak. 1Cor 8 10 For if any man sees you who have knowledge eating in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him who is weak be encouraged to eat those things which are offered to idols; 1Cor 8 11 And through your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 1Cor 8 12 But when you sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 1Cor 8 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat while the world stands, lest I make my brother to stumble. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 9 1Cor 9 1 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? 1Cor 9 2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord. 1Cor 9 3 My answer to them that do examine me is this, 1Cor 9 4 Have we not the right to eat and to drink? 1Cor 9 5 Have we not the right to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? 1Cor 9 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we the right to forbear working? 1Cor 9 7 Who goes to warfare any time at his own expense? 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? 1Cor 9 8 Say I these things as a man? or says not the law the same also? 1Cor 9 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads out the grain. Does God care for oxen? 1Cor 9 10 Or says 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. 1Cor 9 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your material things? 1Cor 9 12 If others be partakers of this right over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this right; but endure all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. 1Cor 9 13 Do you not know that they who minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? 1Cor 9 14 Even so has the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel should live of the gospel. 1Cor 9 15 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 boasting void. 1Cor 9 16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! 1Cor 9 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a stewardship of the gospel is committed unto me. 1Cor 9 18 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 right in the gospel. 1Cor 9 19 For though I am free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 1Cor 9 20 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; 1Cor 9 21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law of Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 1Cor 9 22 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. 1Cor 9 23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. 1Cor 9 24 Know you not that they who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain. 1Cor 9 25 And every man that strives for self control is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 1Cor 9 26 I therefore so run, not with uncertainty; so fight I, not as one that beats the air: 1Cor 9 27 But I roughly treat my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 10 1Cor 10 1 Moreover, brethren, I want not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 1Cor 10 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 1Cor 10 3 And did all eat the same spiritual food; 1Cor 10 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 1Cor 10 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 1Cor 10 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 1Cor 10 7 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. 1Cor 10 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 1Cor 10 9 Neither let us test Christ, as some of them also tested him, and were destroyed by serpents. 1Cor 10 10 Neither murmur you, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 1Cor 10 11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. 1Cor 10 12 Therefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 1Cor 10 13 There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow 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. 1Cor 10 14 Therefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 1Cor 10 15 I speak as to wise men; judge what I say. 1Cor 10 16 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? 1Cor 10 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 1Cor 10 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 1Cor 10 19 What do I say then? that the idol is anything, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything? 1Cor 10 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that you should have fellowship with demons. 1Cor 10 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons. 1Cor 10 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 1Cor 10 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 1Cor 10 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's good. 1Cor 10 25 Whatsoever is sold in the meat market, that eat, asking no question for conscience's sake: 1Cor 10 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof. 1Cor 10 27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and you be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience's sake. 1Cor 10 28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for conscience's sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof: 1Cor 10 29 Conscience, I say, not your own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another man's conscience? 1Cor 10 30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? 1Cor 10 31 Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1Cor 10 32 Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 1Cor 10 33 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, Chapter 11 1Cor 11 1 Be followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 1Cor 11 2 Now I praise you, brethren, because you remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 1Cor 11 3 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. 1Cor 11 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. 1Cor 11 5 But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head: for that is one and the same as if she were shaven. 1Cor 11 6 For if the woman is not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. 1Cor 11 7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 1Cor 11 8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. 1Cor 11 9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. 1Cor 11 10 For this cause ought the woman to have authority on her head because of the angels. 1Cor 11 11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. 1Cor 11 12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God. 1Cor 11 13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 1Cor 11 14 Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man has long hair, it is a shame unto him? 1Cor 11 15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. 1Cor 11 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. 1Cor 11 17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse. 1Cor 11 18 For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 1Cor 11 19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they who are approved may be made manifest among you. 1Cor 11 20 When you come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. 1Cor 11 21 For in eating every one takes first his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 1Cor 11 22 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. 1Cor 11 23 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: 1Cor 11 24 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. 1Cor 11 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, after he had eaten, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do you, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. 1Cor 11 26 For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death till he comes. 1Cor 11 27 Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 1Cor 11 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 1Cor 11 29 For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 1Cor 11 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 1Cor 11 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 1Cor 11 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 1Cor 11 33 Therefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait one for another. 1Cor 11 34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that you come not together unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order when I come. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 12 1Cor 12 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 1Cor 12 2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as you were led. 1Cor 12 3 Therefore 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 Spirit. 1Cor 12 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 1Cor 12 5 And there are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 1Cor 12 6 And there are diversities of workings, but it is the same God who works all in all. 1Cor 12 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man for profit. 1Cor 12 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 1Cor 12 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 1Cor 12 10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another various kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 1Cor 12 11 But in all these works that one and same Spirit, dividing to every man individually as he will. 1Cor 12 12 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. 1Cor 12 13 For by one Spirit were 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. 1Cor 12 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 1Cor 12 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 1Cor 12 16 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? 1Cor 12 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 1Cor 12 18 But now has God set the members every one of them in the body, as it has pleased him. 1Cor 12 19 And if they were all one member, where would be the body? 1Cor 12 20 But now are they many members, yet but one body. 1Cor 12 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of you: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 1Cor 12 22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: 1Cor 12 23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our less respectable parts have greater respect. 1Cor 12 24 For our more respectable parts have no need: but God has arranged the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked: 1Cor 12 25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 1Cor 12 26 And whether one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it. 1Cor 12 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 1Cor 12 28 And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helpers, administrators, various kinds of tongues. 1Cor 12 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 1Cor 12 30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 1Cor 12 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet I show unto you a more excellent way. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 13 1Cor 13 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 1Cor 13 2 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 love, I am nothing. 1Cor 13 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing. 1Cor 13 4 Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up, 1Cor 13 5 Does not behave itself rudely, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, keeps no record of evil; 1Cor 13 6 Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 1Cor 13 7 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1Cor 13 8 Love 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. 1Cor 13 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 1Cor 13 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 1Cor 13 11 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. 1Cor 13 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1Cor 13 13 And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 14 1Cor 14 1 Follow after love, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy. 1Cor 14 2 For he that speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not unto men, but unto God: for no man understands him; but in the spirit he speaks mysteries. 1Cor 14 3 But he that prophesies speaks unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 1Cor 14 4 He that speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies the church. 1Cor 14 5 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. 1Cor 14 6 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? 1Cor 14 7 And even things without life which give sound, whether flute or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is played? 1Cor 14 8 For if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for the battle? 1Cor 14 9 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. 1Cor 14 10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without meaning. 1Cor 14 11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaks a foreigner, and he that speaks shall be a foreigner unto me. 1Cor 14 12 Even so you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that you may excel to the edifying of the church. 1Cor 14 13 Therefore let him that speaks in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. 1Cor 14 14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. 1Cor 14 15 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. 1Cor 14 16 Else when you shall bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupies the place of the unlearned say Amen at your giving of thanks, seeing he understands not what you said? 1Cor 14 17 For you verily give thanks well, but the other is not edified. 1Cor 14 18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than you all: 1Cor 14 19 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. 1Cor 14 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: but in malice be children, but in understanding be men. 1Cor 14 21 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, says the Lord. 1Cor 14 22 Therefore 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 that believe. 1Cor 14 23 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? 1Cor 14 24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believes not, or one unlearned, he is convicted of all, he is judged of all: 1Cor 14 25 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. 1Cor 14 26 How is it then, brethren? 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 unto edifying. 1Cor 14 27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that in turn; and let one interpret. 1Cor 14 28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. 1Cor 14 29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the others judge. 1Cor 14 30 If anything be revealed to another that sits by, let the first hold his peace. 1Cor 14 31 For you may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. 1Cor 14 32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 1Cor 14 33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. 1Cor 14 34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be submissive, as also says the law. 1Cor 14 35 And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is shameful for women to speak in the church. 1Cor 14 36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? 1Cor 14 37 If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 1Cor 14 38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 1Cor 14 39 Therefore, brethren, be eager to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. 1Cor 14 40 Let all things be done decently and in order. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 15 1Cor 15 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also you have received, and in which you stand; 1Cor 15 2 By which also you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain. 1Cor 15 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 1Cor 15 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 1Cor 15 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 1Cor 15 6 After that, he was seen of over five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep. 1Cor 15 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 1Cor 15 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one untimely born. 1Cor 15 9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 1Cor 15 10 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 labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 1Cor 15 11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so you believed. 1Cor 15 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 1Cor 15 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 1Cor 15 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 1Cor 15 15 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. 1Cor 15 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 1Cor 15 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; you are yet in your sins. 1Cor 15 18 Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 1Cor 15 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied. 1Cor 15 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 1Cor 15 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 1Cor 15 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1Cor 15 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 1Cor 15 24 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. 1Cor 15 25 For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet. 1Cor 15 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 1Cor 15 27 For he has put all things under his feet. But when he says all things are put under him, it is clear that he is excepted, who did put all things under him. 1Cor 15 28 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. 1Cor 15 29 Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? 1Cor 15 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 1Cor 15 31 I protest by your boasting which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 1Cor 15 32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the gain to me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die. 1Cor 15 33 Be not deceived: evil companions corrupt good morals. 1Cor 15 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. 1Cor 15 35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 1Cor 15 36 You fool, that which you sow is not made alive, except it die: 1Cor 15 37 And that which you sow, you sow not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may by chance be wheat, or of some other grain: 1Cor 15 38 But God gives it a body as it has pleased him, and to every seed its own body. 1Cor 15 39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fish, and another of birds. 1Cor 15 40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 1Cor 15 41 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. 1Cor 15 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 1Cor 15 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 1Cor 15 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 1Cor 15 45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a life-giving spirit. 1Cor 15 46 But that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 1Cor 15 47 The first man is of the earth, made of dust: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 1Cor 15 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 1Cor 15 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 1Cor 15 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. 1Cor 15 51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 1Cor 15 52 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. 1Cor 15 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 1Cor 15 54 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. 1Cor 15 55 O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? 1Cor 15 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 1Cor 15 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Cor 15 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. ------------------------1 Corinthians, Chapter 16 1Cor 16 1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do you. 1Cor 16 2 Upon 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. 1Cor 16 3 And when I come, whomsoever you shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. 1Cor 16 4 And if it be fitting that I go also, they shall go with me. 1Cor 16 5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. 1Cor 16 6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that you may bring me on my journey wherever I go. 1Cor 16 7 For I will not see you now in passing; but I trust to tarry awhile with you, if the Lord permits. 1Cor 16 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. 1Cor 16 9 For a great and effective door is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. 1Cor 16 10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he may be with you without fear: for he works the work of the Lord, as I also do. 1Cor 16 11 Let no man therefore despise him: but send him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren. 1Cor 16 12 Concerning 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 opportunity. 1Cor 16 13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be men, be strong. 1Cor 16 14 Let all your things be done with love. 1Cor 16 15 I beseech you, brethren, (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints,) 1Cor 16 16 That you submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that works with us, and labors. 1Cor 16 17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. 1Cor 16 18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge them that are such. 1Cor 16 19 The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. 1Cor 16 20 All the brethren greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. 1Cor 16 21 The salutation is of me Paul with my own hand. 1Cor 16 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. 1Cor 16 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 1Cor 16 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. ------------------------2 Corinthians, Chapter 1 2Cor 1 1 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 who are in all Achaia: 2Cor 1 2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 2Cor 1 3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 2Cor 1 4 Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God. 2Cor 1 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds by Christ. 2Cor 1 6 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. 2Cor 1 7 And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall you be also of the consolation. 2Cor 1 8 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, so that we despaired even of life: 2Cor 1 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead: 2Cor 1 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; 2Cor 1 11 You 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. 2Cor 1 12 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 conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you. 2Cor 1 13 For we write none other things unto you, than what you read or acknowledge; and I trust you shall acknowledge even to the end; 2Cor 1 14 As also you have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. 2Cor 1 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that you might have a second benefit; 2Cor 1 16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be sent on my way toward Judea. 2Cor 1 17 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? 2Cor 1 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. 2Cor 1 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silas and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. 2Cor 1 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 2Cor 1 21 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is God; 2Cor 1 22 Who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 2Cor 1 23 Moreover I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. 2Cor 1 24 Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith you stand. ------------------------2 Corinthians, Chapter 2 2Cor 2 1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. 2Cor 2 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that makes me glad, but the same who is made sorry by me? 2Cor 2 3 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. 2Cor 2 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you. 2Cor 2 5 But if any has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overburden you all. 2Cor 2 6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. 2Cor 2 7 So that instead you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with too much sorrow. 2Cor 2 8 Therefore I beseech you that you would confirm your love toward him. 2Cor 2 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether you be obedient in all things. 2Cor 2 10 To whom you forgive anything, I forgive also: for if I forgave anything, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes I forgave it in the person of Christ; 2Cor 2 11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 2Cor 2 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 2Cor 2 13 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. 2Cor 2 14 Now thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the fragrance of his knowledge by us in every place. 2Cor 2 15 For we are unto God a sweet fragrance of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 2Cor 2 16 To the one we are the fragrance of death unto death; and to the other the fragrance of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? 2Cor 2 17 For we are not as many, who corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. ------------------------2 Corinthians, Chapter 3 2Cor 3 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2Cor 3 2 You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 2Cor 3 3 Since you 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 fleshly tables of the heart. 2Cor 3 4 And such trust have we through Christ toward God: 2Cor 3 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; 2Cor 3 6 Who also has made us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life. 2Cor 3 7 But if the ministry 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: 2Cor 3 8 How shall not the ministry of the Spirit be more glorious? 2Cor 3 9 For if the ministry of condemnation be glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness exceed in glory. 2Cor 3 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excels. 2Cor 3 11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remains is glorious. 2Cor 3 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: 2Cor 3 13 And not as Moses, who put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly see the end of that which is abolished: 2Cor 3 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same veil not taken away in the reading of the old covenant; which veil is done away in Christ. 2Cor 3 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their hearts. 2Cor 3 16 Nevertheless when one shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. 2Cor 3 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2Cor 3 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror 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, Chapter 4 2Cor 4 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2Cor 4 2 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. 2Cor 4 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 2Cor 4 4 In whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 2Cor 4 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 2Cor 4 6 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. 2Cor 4 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 2Cor 4 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 2Cor 4 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 2Cor 4 10 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. 2Cor 4 11 For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 2Cor 4 12 So then death works in us, but life in you. 2Cor 4 13 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; 2Cor 4 14 Knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. 2Cor 4 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many increase to the glory of God. 2Cor 4 16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 2Cor 4 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 2Cor 4 18 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, Chapter 5 2Cor 5 1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2Cor 5 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 2Cor 5 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 2Cor 5 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 2Cor 5 5 Now he that has made us for the same thing is God, who also has given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 2Cor 5 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 2Cor 5 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 2Cor 5 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 2Cor 5 9 Therefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 2Cor 5 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may be recompensed for the things done in his body, according to what he has done, whether it be good or bad. 2Cor 5 11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. 2Cor 5 12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to boast on our behalf, that you may have something to answer them who boast in appearance, and not in heart. 2Cor 5 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be in our right mind, it is for your cause. 2Cor 5 14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 2Cor 5 15 And that he died for all, that they who live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again. 2Cor 5 16 Therefore from now on know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet from now on know we him no more. 2Cor 5 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2Cor 5 18 And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 2Cor 5 19 That is, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 2Cor 5 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 2Cor 5 21 For he has made him, who knew no sin, to be sin for us; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. ------------------------2 Corinthians, Chapter 6 2Cor 6 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain. 2Cor 6 2 (For he says, I have heard you in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I helped you: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 2Cor 6 3 Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry be not blamed: 2Cor 6 4 But in all things presenting ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 2Cor 6 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; 2Cor 6 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned, 2Cor 6 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 2Cor 6 8 By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; 2Cor 6 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 2Cor 6 10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. 2Cor 6 11 O you Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. 2Cor 6 12 You are not constrained in us, but you are constrained in your own affections. 2Cor 6 13 Now in return for the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be you also enlarged in heart. 2Cor 6 14 Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what partnership has light with darkness? 2Cor 6 15 And what harmony has Christ with Belial? or what part has he that believes with an infidel? 2Cor 6 16 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. 2Cor 6 17 Therefore come out from among them, and be you separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 2Cor 6 18 And will be a Father unto you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. ------------------------2 Corinthians, Chapter 7 2Cor 7 1 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. 2Cor 7 2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 2Cor 7 3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die and live with you. 2Cor 7 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation. 2Cor 7 5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our body had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. 2Cor 7 6 Nevertheless God, who comforts those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 2Cor 7 7 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. 2Cor 7 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not regret, though I did regret: for I perceive that the same epistle has made you sorry, though it were but for a time. 2Cor 7 9 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 suffer loss by us in nothing. 2Cor 7 10 For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be regretted: but the sorrow of the world works death. 2Cor 7 11 For behold this same thing, that you sorrowed after a godly sort, what earnestness it worked in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what full punishment! In all things you have proved yourselves to be pure in this matter. 2Cor 7 12 Therefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause who had done the wrong, nor for his cause who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. 2Cor 7 13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more we rejoiced at the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. 2Cor 7 14 For if I have boasted anything 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 to be truth. 2Cor 7 15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him. 2Cor 7 16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things. ------------------------2 Corinthians, Chapter 8 2Cor 8 1 Moreover, brethren, we want you to know of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 2Cor 8 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 2Cor 8 3 For to their ability, I bear record, yea, and beyond their ability they were willing of themselves; 2Cor 8 4 Begging us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 2Cor 8 5 And this they did, not as we expected, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. 2Cor 8 6 So that we urged Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. 2Cor 8 7 Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that you abound in this grace also. 2Cor 8 8 I speak not by commandment, but to prove by the earnestness of others, the sincerity of your love. 2Cor 8 9 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. 2Cor 8 10 And in this I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to desire a year ago. 2Cor 8 11 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. 2Cor 8 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man has, and not according to what he has not. 2Cor 8 13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and you burdened: 2Cor 8 14 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: 2Cor 8 15 As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. 2Cor 8 16 But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. 2Cor 8 17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more earnest, of his own accord he went unto you. 2Cor 8 18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches; 2Cor 8 19 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 a testimony of your eagerness: 2Cor 8 20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: 2Cor 8 21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. 2Cor 8 22 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. 2Cor 8 23 If any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker concerning you: or if our brethren be inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. 2Cor 8 24 Therefore show to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. ------------------------2 Corinthians, Chapter 9 2Cor 9 1 For concerning the ministering to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you: 2Cor 9 2 For I know the eagerness 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. 2Cor 9 3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, you may be ready: 2Cor 9 4 Lest perhaps 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. 2Cor 9 5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your gift, of which you had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of gift, and not as an extortion. 2Cor 9 6 But this I say, He who sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 2Cor 9 7 Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver. 2Cor 9 8 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: 2Cor 9 9 (As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever. 2Cor 9 10 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;) 2Cor 9 11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, who causes through us thanksgiving to God. 2Cor 9 12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the need of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; 2Cor 9 13 While by the proof of this ministry they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; 2Cor 9 14 And by their prayer for you, who long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. 2Cor 9 15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. ------------------------2 Corinthians, Chapter 10 2Cor 10 1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am humble among you, but being absent am bold toward you: 2Cor 10 2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, though I think to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 2Cor 10 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh: 2Cor 10 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;) 2Cor 10 5 Casting down arguments, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 2Cor 10 6 And having a readiness to punish all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 2Cor 10 7 Do you look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trusts 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. 2Cor 10 8 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: 2Cor 10 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 2Cor 10 10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. 2Cor 10 11 Let such a 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. 2Cor 10 12 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. 2Cor 10 13 But we will not boast of things beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the field which God has distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. 2Cor 10 14 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: 2Cor 10 15 Not boasting of things beyond our measure, that is, of other men's labors; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be strengthened by you according to our field abundantly, 2Cor 10 16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's field of things made ready to our hand. 2Cor 10 17 But he that glories, let him glory in the Lord. 2Cor 10 18 For not he that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends. ------------------------2 Corinthians, Chapter 11 2Cor 11 1 I wish that you could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. 2Cor 11 2 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. 2Cor 11 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his cunning, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 2Cor 11 4 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. 2Cor 11 5 For I suppose I was not the least behind the very chief apostles. 2Cor 11 6 But though I be unskilled in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. 2Cor 11 7 Have I committed an offense in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? 2Cor 11 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. 2Cor 11 9 And when I was present with you, and in want, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. 2Cor 11 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 2Cor 11 11 Why? because I love you not? God knows. 2Cor 11 12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them who desire occasion; that when they glory, they may be found even as we. 2Cor 11 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 2Cor 11 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 2Cor 11 15 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. 2Cor 11 16 I say again, Let no man think me foolish; but if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. 2Cor 11 17 That which I speak, I speak it not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 2Cor 11 18 Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will boast also. 2Cor 11 19 For you put up with fools gladly, seeing you yourselves are wise. 2Cor 11 20 For you permit it, if a man brings you into bondage, if a man devours you, if a man takes of you, if a man exalts himself, if a man smites you on the face. 2Cor 11 21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. But in whatsoever way any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. 2Cor 11 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the descendants of Abraham? so am I. 2Cor 11 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often. 2Cor 11 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes less one. 2Cor 11 25 Three times was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, three times I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 2Cor 11 26 In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 2Cor 11 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 2Cor 11 28 Besides those things that are outside, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 2Cor 11 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 2Cor 11 30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things which concern my weaknesses. 2Cor 11 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forevermore, knows that I lie not. 2Cor 11 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of Damascus with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 2Cor 11 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. ------------------------2 Corinthians, Chapter 12 2Cor 12 1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2Cor 12 2 I knew a man in Christ fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such a one caught up to the third heaven. 2Cor 12 3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) 2Cor 12 4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 2Cor 12 5 Of such a one will I boast: yet of myself I will not boast, but in my weaknesses. 2Cor 12 6 For though I would desire to boast, 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. 2Cor 12 7 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. 2Cor 12 8 For this thing I besought the Lord three times, that it might depart from me. 2Cor 12 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2Cor 12 10 Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. 2Cor 12 11 I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I be nothing. 2Cor 12 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were done among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 2Cor 12 13 For what is it in which you were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. 2Cor 12 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 2Cor 12 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved. 2Cor 12 16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I took you with guile. 2Cor 12 17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? 2Cor 12 18 I urged 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? 2Cor 12 19 Again, do you think that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. 2Cor 12 20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found unto you such as you desire not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, conceit, tumults: 2Cor 12 21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall mourn over many who have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have committed. ------------------------2 Corinthians, Chapter 13 2Cor 13 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. 2Cor 13 2 I told you before, and tell you again, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them who earlier have sinned, and to all others, that, if I come again, I will not spare: 2Cor 13 3 Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who toward you is not weak, but is mighty in you. 2Cor 13 4 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. 2Cor 13 5 Examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove your own selves. Know you not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are counterfeits? 2Cor 13 6 But I trust that you shall know that we are not counterfeits. 2Cor 13 7 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 failures. 2Cor 13 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 2Cor 13 9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and you are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. 2Cor 13 10 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. 2Cor 13 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be restored, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. 2Cor 13 12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 2Cor 13 13 All the saints greet you. 2Cor 13 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. ------------------------Galatians, Chapter 1 Gal 1 1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) Gal 1 2 And all the brethren who are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: Gal 1 3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Gal 1 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God our Father: Gal 1 5 To whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. Gal 1 6 I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Gal 1 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. Gal 1 8 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. Gal 1 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that you have received, let him be accursed. Gal 1 10 For do I now seek the favor of men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. Gal 1 11 But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. Gal 1 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Gal 1 13 For you have heard of my manner of life in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: Gal 1 14 And advanced in the Jews' religion above many of my equals in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. Gal 1 15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, Gal 1 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: Gal 1 17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them who were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. Gal 1 18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. Gal 1 19 But other of the apostles saw I none, except James the Lord's brother. Gal 1 20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. Gal 1 21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; Gal 1 22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judea which were in Christ: Gal 1 23 But they had heard only, That he who persecuted us in times past now preaches the faith which once he destroyed. Gal 1 24 And they glorified God in me. ------------------------Galatians, Chapter 2 Gal 2 1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. Gal 2 2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them who were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. Gal 2 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: Gal 2 4 And because of false brethren brought in unawares, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: Gal 2 5 To whom we yielded in subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. Gal 2 6 But of these who seemed to be somebody, (whatsoever they were, it makes no matter to me: God accepts no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somebody in conference added nothing to me: Gal 2 7 But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; Gal 2 8 (For he that worked effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) Gal 2 9 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 hand of fellowship; that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision. Gal 2 10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was eager to do. Gal 2 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed. Gal 2 12 For before certain men came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them who were of the circumcision. Gal 2 13 And the other Jews joined likewise with him; so that Barnabas also was carried away with their hypocrisy. Gal 2 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto 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? Gal 2 15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, Gal 2 16 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. Gal 2 17 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. Gal 2 18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. Gal 2 19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. Gal 2 20 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. Gal 2 21 I do not nullify the grace of God: for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. ------------------------Galatians, Chapter 3 Gal 3 1 O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been openly set forth, crucified among you? Gal 3 2 This only would I learn of you, Received you the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Gal 3 3 Are you so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the flesh? Gal 3 4 Have you suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. Gal 3 5 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? Gal 3 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Gal 3 7 Know you therefore that they who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. Gal 3 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In you shall all nations be blessed. Gal 3 9 So then they who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. Gal 3 10 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. Gal 3 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. Gal 3 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that does them shall live in them. Gal 3 13 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: Gal 3 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Gal 3 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannuls, or adds thereto. Gal 3 16 Now to Abraham and his descendant were the promises made. He says not, And to descendants, as of many; but as of one, And to your descendant, who is Christ. Gal 3 17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of no effect. Gal 3 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Gal 3 19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the descendant should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Gal 3 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Gal 3 21 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. Gal 3 22 But the scripture has consigned all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. Gal 3 23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Gal 3 24 Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Gal 3 25 But after faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. Gal 3 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Gal 3 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Gal 3 28 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. Gal 3 29 And if you are Christ's, then are you Abraham's descendants, and heirs according to the promise. ------------------------Galatians, Chapter 4 Gal 4 1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differs nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; Gal 4 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Gal 4 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: Gal 4 4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, Gal 4 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Gal 4 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Gal 4 7 Therefore you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Gal 4 8 But then, when you knew not God, you did service unto them which by nature are no gods. Gal 4 9 But now, after you have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn you again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? Gal 4 10 You observe days, and months, and times, and years. Gal 4 11 I am afraid for you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain. Gal 4 12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as you are: you have not injured me at all. Gal 4 13 You know how through weakness of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. Gal 4 14 And my trial which was in my flesh you despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. Gal 4 15 Where is then the blessedness you spoke of? for I bear you witness, that, if it had been possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. Gal 4 16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? Gal 4 17 They are zealous of you, but not for good; yea, they would exclude you, that you might be zealous of them. Gal 4 18 But it is good to be zealous always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. Gal 4 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, Gal 4 20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I stand in doubt of you. Gal 4 21 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? Gal 4 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman. Gal 4 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the free woman was by promise. Gal 4 24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from mount Sinai, which brings forth to bondage, which is Hagar. Gal 4 25 For this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. Gal 4 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. Gal 4 27 For it is written, Rejoice, you barren that bear not; break forth and cry, you that travail not: for the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband. Gal 4 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. Gal 4 29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. Gal 4 30 Nevertheless what says the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman. Gal 4 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. ------------------------Galatians, Chapter 5 Gal 5 1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Gal 5 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. Gal 5 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Gal 5 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; you are fallen from grace. Gal 5 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Gal 5 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love. Gal 5 7 You did run well; who did hinder you that you should not obey the truth? Gal 5 8 This persuasion comes not of him that calls you. Gal 5 9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. Gal 5 10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will not be otherwise minded: but he that troubles you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. Gal 5 11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offense of the cross ceased. Gal 5 12 I would they were even cut off who trouble you. Gal 5 13 For, brethren, you have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. Gal 5 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Gal 5 15 But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you be not consumed one of another. Gal 5 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Gal 5 17 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. Gal 5 18 But if you be led of the Spirit, you are not under the law. Gal 5 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, impurity, licentiousness, Gal 5 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strife, jealousy, wrath, selfishness, divisions, heresies, Gal 5 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of which I tell you beforehand, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Gal 5 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Gal 5 23 Meekness, self-control: against such there is no law. Gal 5 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Gal 5 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Gal 5 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. ------------------------Galatians, Chapter 6 Gal 6 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted. Gal 6 2 Bear you one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Gal 6 3 For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Gal 6 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. Gal 6 5 For every man shall bear his own burden. Gal 6 6 Let him that is taught in the word share with him that teaches in all good things. Gal 6 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. Gal 6 8 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. Gal 6 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Gal 6 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. Gal 6 11 You see with what large letters I have written unto you with my own hand. Gal 6 12 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. Gal 6 13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. Gal 6 14 But God forbid that I should glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Gal 6 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. Gal 6 16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. Gal 6 17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Gal 6 18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. ------------------------Ephesians, Chapter 1 Eph 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: Eph 1 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Eph 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: Eph 1 4 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: Eph 1 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Eph 1 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved. Eph 1 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Eph 1 8 Which he has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Eph 1 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he has purposed in himself: Eph 1 10 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: Eph 1 11 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: Eph 1 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. Eph 1 13 In whom you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after you believed, you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, Eph 1 14 Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. Eph 1 15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Eph 1 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; Eph 1 17 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: Eph 1 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what is the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, Eph 1 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Eph 1 20 Which he performed in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Eph 1 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come: Eph 1 22 And has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Eph 1 23 Which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all in all. ------------------------Ephesians, Chapter 2 Eph 2 1 And you has he made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins: Eph 2 2 In which 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: Eph 2 3 Among whom also we all had our behavior 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. Eph 2 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, Eph 2 5 Even when we were dead in sins, has made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;) Eph 2 6 And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Eph 2 7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. Eph 2 8 For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Eph 2 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph 2 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them. Eph 2 11 Therefore 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; Eph 2 12 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: Eph 2 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. Eph 2 14 For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Eph 2 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; to make in himself of two one new man, so making peace; Eph 2 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: Eph 2 17 And came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to them that were near. Eph 2 18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Eph 2 19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and sojourners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; Eph 2 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone; Eph 2 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto a holy temple in the Lord: Eph 2 22 In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit. ------------------------Ephesians, Chapter 3 Eph 3 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, Eph 3 2 If you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me toward you: Eph 3 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote before in few words, Eph 3 4 By which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Eph 3 5 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; Eph 3 6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: Eph 3 7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Eph 3 8 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; Eph 3 9 And to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: Eph 3 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, Eph 3 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: Eph 3 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in him. Eph 3 13 Therefore I desire that you faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. Eph 3 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Eph 3 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, Eph 3 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; Eph 3 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, Eph 3 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; Eph 3 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God. Eph 3 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, Eph 3 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. ------------------------Ephesians, Chapter 4 Eph 4 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation by which you are called, Eph 4 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Eph 4 3 Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Eph 4 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; Eph 4 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, Eph 4 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Eph 4 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Eph 4 8 Therefore he says, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Eph 4 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? Eph 4 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) Eph 4 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; Eph 4 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Eph 4 13 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 fullness of Christ: Eph 4 14 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, by which they lie in wait to deceive; Eph 4 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ: Eph 4 16 From whom the whole body being fitly joined together and knit together by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, makes increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. Eph 4 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Eph 4 18 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: Eph 4 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto licentiousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. Eph 4 20 But you have not so learned Christ; Eph 4 21 If so be that you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: Eph 4 22 That you put off concerning the former way of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; Eph 4 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; Eph 4 24 And that you put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Eph 4 25 Therefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. Eph 4 26 Be angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Eph 4 27 Neither give place to the devil. Eph 4 28 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. Eph 4 29 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. Eph 4 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed unto the day of redemption. Eph 4 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: Eph 4 32 And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you. ------------------------Ephesians, Chapter 5 Eph 5 1 Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children; Eph 5 2 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 fragrance. Eph 5 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints; Eph 5 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not fitting: but rather giving of thanks. Eph 5 5 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. Eph 5 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Eph 5 7 Be not therefore partakers with them. Eph 5 8 For you were once darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light: Eph 5 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Eph 5 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. Eph 5 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Eph 5 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. Eph 5 13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever does make manifest is light. Eph 5 14 Therefore he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light. Eph 5 15 See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise, Eph 5 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Eph 5 17 Therefore be not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. Eph 5 18 And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Eph 5 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Eph 5 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God, even the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Eph 5 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Eph 5 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. Eph 5 23 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. Eph 5 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Eph 5 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; Eph 5 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, Eph 5 27 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. Eph 5 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself. Eph 5 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church: Eph 5 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. Eph 5 31 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. Eph 5 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Eph 5 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she respect her husband. ------------------------Ephesians, Chapter 6 Eph 6 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Eph 6 2 Honor your father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; Eph 6 3 That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth. Eph 6 4 And, you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Eph 6 5 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; Eph 6 6 Not with eye service, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; Eph 6 7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Eph 6 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man does, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. Eph 6 9 And, you 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. Eph 6 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Eph 6 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Eph 6 12 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 heavenly places. Eph 6 13 Therefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Eph 6 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; Eph 6 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Eph 6 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. Eph 6 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Eph 6 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thus with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Eph 6 19 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, Eph 6 20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that in this I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. Eph 6 21 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: Eph 6 22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that you might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. Eph 6 23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Eph 6 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. ------------------------Philippians, Chapter 1 Phi 1 1 Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: Phi 1 2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Phi 1 3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Phi 1 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, Phi 1 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; Phi 1 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Phi 1 7 Even as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; since as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my grace. Phi 1 8 For God is my witness, how greatly I long after you all in the affections of Jesus Christ. Phi 1 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; Phi 1 10 That you may approve things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ; Phi 1 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. Phi 1 12 But I wish you to understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have served rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; Phi 1 13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; Phi 1 14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, becoming confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Phi 1 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: Phi 1 16 The one preach Christ out of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: Phi 1 17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel. Phi 1 18 What then? only that, every way, whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. Phi 1 19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, Phi 1 20 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. Phi 1 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Phi 1 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I know not. Phi 1 23 For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Phi 1 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. Phi 1 25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; Phi 1 26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. Phi 1 27 Only let your manner of life 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; Phi 1 28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that of God. Phi 1 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; Phi 1 30 Having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me. ------------------------Philippians, Chapter 2 Phi 2 1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affections and mercies, Phi 2 2 Fulfill you my joy, that you be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Phi 2 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves. Phi 2 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Phi 2 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Phi 2 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not a thing to be grasped to be equal with God: Phi 2 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: Phi 2 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Phi 2 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: Phi 2 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; Phi 2 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Phi 2 12 Therefore, 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. Phi 2 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Phi 2 14 Do all things without murmuring and disputing: Phi 2 15 That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world; Phi 2 16 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. Phi 2 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. Phi 2 18 For the same cause also do you joy, and rejoice with me. Phi 2 19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. Phi 2 20 For I have no man like minded, who will naturally care for your state. Phi 2 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. Phi 2 22 But you know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he has served with me in the gospel. Phi 2 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, as soon as I shall see how it will go with me. Phi 2 24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. Phi 2 25 Yet I thought 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. Phi 2 26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because you had heard that he had been sick. Phi 2 27 For indeed he was sick near unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. Phi 2 28 I sent him therefore the more eagerly, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. Phi 2 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in honor: Phi 2 30 Because for the work of Christ he was near unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. ------------------------Philippians, Chapter 3 Phi 3 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not troublesome, but for you it is safe. Phi 3 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilators. Phi 3 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. Phi 3 4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has reasons he might trust in the flesh, I more: Phi 3 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; Phi 3 6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. Phi 3 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Phi 3 8 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 rubbish, that I may win Christ, Phi 3 9 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: Phi 3 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Phi 3 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Phi 3 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if indeed I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Phi 3 13 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, Phi 3 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Phi 3 15 Let us therefore, as many as would be perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything you be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Phi 3 16 Nevertheless, to what we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. Phi 3 17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them who so walk, since you have us for an example. Phi 3 18 (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: Phi 3 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) Phi 3 20 For our citizenship is in heaven; from which also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: Phi 3 21 Who shall change our humble body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. ------------------------Philippians, Chapter 4 Phi 4 1 Therefore, my brethren, dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. Phi 4 2 I urge Euodias, and urge Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. Phi 4 3 And I entreat you also, true yokefellow, help those women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other of my fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life. Phi 4 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Phi 4 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Phi 4 6 Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Phi 4 7 And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Phi 4 8 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. Phi 4 9 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. Phi 4 10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me has flourished again; in which you were also concerned, but you lacked opportunity. Phi 4 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content. Phi 4 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. Phi 4 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phi 4 14 Notwithstanding you have done well, that you did share in my affliction. Phi 4 15 Now you Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me as concerning giving and receiving, but you only. Phi 4 16 For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again unto my necessity. Phi 4 17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. Phi 4 18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God. Phi 4 19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phi 4 20 Now unto God and our Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. Phi 4 21 Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me greet you. Phi 4 22 All the saints greet you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household. Phi 4 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. ------------------------Colossians, Chapter 1 Col 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, Col 1 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Col 1 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, Col 1 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have to all the saints, Col 1 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; Col 1 6 Which is come unto 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: Col 1 7 As you also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; Col 1 8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Col 1 9 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; Col 1 10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Col 1 11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Col 1 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Col 1 13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: Col 1 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Col 1 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation: Col 1 16 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: Col 1 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things are held together. Col 1 18 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. Col 1 19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell; Col 1 20 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. Col 1 21 And you, that were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled Col 1 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in his sight: Col 1 23 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 who is under heaven; of which I Paul am made a minister; Col 1 24 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: Col 1 25 Of which I am made a minister, according to the commission of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God; Col 1 26 Even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: Col 1 27 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: Col 1 28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Col 1 29 For which I also labor, striving according to his working, who works in me mightily. ------------------------Colossians, Chapter 2 Col 2 1 For I desire that you know 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; Col 2 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; Col 2 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Col 2 4 And this I say, lest any man should deceive you with enticing words. Col 2 5 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. Col 2 6 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him: Col 2 7 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Col 2 8 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. Col 2 9 For in him dwells all the fullness of the Deity bodily. Col 2 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power: Col 2 11 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: Col 2 12 Buried with him in baptism, in which also you are risen with him through the faith of the working of God, who has raised him from the dead. Col 2 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Col 2 14 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; Col 2 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Col 2 16 Let no man therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Col 2 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Col 2 18 Let no man deceive you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, Col 2 19 And not holding the Head, from whom all the body by joints and ligaments having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increases with the increase of God. Col 2 20 Therefore if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances, Col 2 21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Col 2 22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Col 2 23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any value to the indulgence of the flesh. ------------------------Colossians, Chapter 3 Col 3 1 If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. Col 3 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Col 3 3 For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Col 3 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory. Col 3 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry: Col 3 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience: Col 3 7 In which you also once walked, when you lived in them. Col 3 8 But now you also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy talk out of your mouth. Col 3 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds; Col 3 10 And have put on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Col 3 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. Col 3 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Col 3 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you. Col 3 14 And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. Col 3 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you are called in one body; and be thankful. Col 3 16 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. Col 3 17 And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him. Col 3 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fitting in the Lord. Col 3 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Col 3 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Col 3 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col 3 22 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: Col 3 23 And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Col 3 24 Knowing that of the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for you serve the Lord Christ. Col 3 25 But he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done: and there is no respect of persons. ------------------------Colossians, Chapter 4 Col 4 1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. Col 4 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in it with thanksgiving; Col 4 3 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: Col 4 4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. Col 4 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are outsiders, redeeming the time. Col 4 6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. Col 4 7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord: Col 4 8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your state, and comfort your hearts; Col 4 9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. Col 4 10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark, cousin to Barnabas, (concerning whom you received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) Col 4 11 And Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow workers unto the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort unto me. Col 4 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Col 4 13 For I bear him witness, that he has a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea and them in Hierapolis. Col 4 14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. Col 4 15 Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. Col 4 16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. Col 4 17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it. Col 4 18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. ------------------------1 Thessalonians, Chapter 1 1The 1 1 Paul, and Silas, and Timothy, 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. 1The 1 2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; 1The 1 3 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; 1The 1 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. 1The 1 5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as you know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. 1The 1 6 And you became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit: 1The 1 7 So that you were examples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 1The 1 8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak anything. 1The 1 9 For they themselves show of us what manner of welcome we had unto you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 1The 1 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivered us from the wrath to come. ------------------------1 Thessalonians, Chapter 2 1The 2 1 For yourselves, brethren, know our visit unto you, that it was not in vain: 1The 2 2 But even after we had suffered before, and were shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much opposition. 1The 2 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: 1The 2 4 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, who tests our hearts. 1The 2 5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness: 1The 2 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. 1The 2 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherishes her children: 1The 2 8 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 you were dear unto us. 1The 2 9 For you remember, brethren, our labor and travail: for laboring night and day, because we would not be a burden unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. 1The 2 10 You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and just and unblamable was our behavior among you that believe: 1The 2 11 As you know how we exhorted and encouraged and charged every one of you, as a father does his children, 1The 2 12 That you would walk worthy of God, who has called you unto his kingdom and glory. 1The 2 13 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. 1The 2 14 For you, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 1The 2 15 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: 1The 2 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. 1The 2 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. 1The 2 18 Therefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. 1The 2 19 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? 1The 2 20 For you are our glory and joy. ------------------------1 Thessalonians, Chapter 3 1The 3 1 Therefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 1The 3 2 And sent Timothy, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to encourage you concerning your faith: 1The 3 3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for you yourselves know that we are appointed unto this. 1The 3 4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and you know. 1The 3 5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor be in vain. 1The 3 6 But now when Timothy came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and love, and that you have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 1The 3 7 Therefore, brethren, we were encouraged over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 1The 3 8 For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord. 1The 3 9 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; 1The 3 10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? 1The 3 11 Now God himself even our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 1The 3 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 1The 3 13 To the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. ------------------------1 Thessalonians, Chapter 4 1The 4 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, 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. 1The 4 2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 1The 4 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication: 1The 4 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor; 1The 4 5 Not in the lust of passion, even as the Gentiles who know not God: 1The 4 6 That no man transgress and wrong his brother in any matter: because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 1The 4 7 For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 1The 4 8 He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who has also given unto us his Holy Spirit. 1The 4 9 But concerning brotherly love you need not that I write unto you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 1The 4 10 And indeed you do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that you increase more and more; 1The 4 11 And that you study to be quiet, and to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 1The 4 12 That you may walk honestly toward them that are outside, and that you may have lack of nothing. 1The 4 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope. 1The 4 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 1The 4 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede them who are asleep. 1The 4 16 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: 1The 4 17 Then we who 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. 1The 4 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. ------------------------1 Thessalonians, Chapter 5 1The 5 1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write unto you. 1The 5 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 1The 5 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 1The 5 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 1The 5 5 You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 1The 5 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 1The 5 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunk are drunk in the night. 1The 5 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 1The 5 9 For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 1The 5 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 1The 5 11 Therefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do. 1The 5 12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 1The 5 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. 1The 5 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are idle, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 1The 5 15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. 1The 5 16 Rejoice evermore. 1The 5 17 Pray without ceasing. 1The 5 18 In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1The 5 19 Quench not the Spirit. 1The 5 20 Despise not prophesying. 1The 5 21 Test all things; hold fast that which is good. 1The 5 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. 1The 5 23 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. 1The 5 24 Faithful is he that calls you, who also will do it. 1The 5 25 Brethren, pray for us. 1The 5 26 Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. 1The 5 27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. 1The 5 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. ------------------------2 Thessalonians, Chapter 1 2The 1 1 Paul, and Silas, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2The 1 2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2The 1 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds; 2The 1 4 So that we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure: 2The 1 5 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: 2The 1 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 2The 1 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 2The 1 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 2The 1 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 2The 1 10 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. 2The 1 11 Therefore 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: 2The 1 12 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, Chapter 2 2The 2 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2The 2 2 That you be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, that the day of the Lord is at hand. 2The 2 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come the falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 2The 2 4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 2The 2 5 Do you not remember, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 2The 2 6 And now you know what restrains that he might be revealed in his time. 2The 2 7 For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only he who now restrains will do so, until he be taken out of the way. 2The 2 8 And then shall that Wicked One be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 2The 2 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 2The 2 10 And with all deception of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 2The 2 11 And for this cause God shall send them a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 2The 2 12 That they all might be condemned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2The 2 13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 2The 2 14 To which he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2The 2 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 2The 2 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and has given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through grace, 2The 2 17 Encourage your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work. ------------------------2 Thessalonians, Chapter 3 2The 3 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2The 3 2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. 2The 3 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. 2The 3 4 And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things which we command you. 2The 3 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. 2The 3 6 Now we command you, brethren, 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 from us. 2The 3 7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 2The 3 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing; but worked with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you: 2The 3 9 Not because we have not that right, but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us. 2The 3 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 2The 3 11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 2The 3 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 2The 3 13 But you, brethren, be not weary in well doing. 2The 3 14 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. 2The 3 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 2The 3 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. 2The 3 17 The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is a sign in every epistle: so I write. 2The 3 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. ------------------------1 Timothy, Chapter 1 1Tim 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Savior, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is our hope; 1Tim 1 2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 1Tim 1 3 As I besought you to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that you might charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 1Tim 1 4 Neither give heed to myths and endless genealogies, which cause questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. 1Tim 1 5 Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 1Tim 1 6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talk; 1Tim 1 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor the things they affirm. 1Tim 1 8 But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully; 1Tim 1 9 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, 1Tim 1 10 For fornicators, for homosexuals, for slave traders, for liars, for perjurers, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; 1Tim 1 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 1Tim 1 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 1Tim 1 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and insolent: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 1Tim 1 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 1Tim 1 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1Tim 1 16 But for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for an example to them who should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 1Tim 1 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1Tim 1 18 This charge I commit unto you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which were made concerning you, that you by them might war a good warfare; 1Tim 1 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made it shipwreck: 1Tim 1 20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. ------------------------1 Timothy, Chapter 2 1Tim 2 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 1Tim 2 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 1Tim 2 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; 1Tim 2 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 1Tim 2 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 1Tim 2 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, this to be a testimony at the proper time. 1Tim 2 7 To this 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 truth. 1Tim 2 8 I desire therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 1Tim 2 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with decency and propriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 1Tim 2 10 But (as becomes women professing godliness) with good works. 1Tim 2 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 1Tim 2 12 But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have authority over the man, but to be in silence. 1Tim 2 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 1Tim 2 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 1Tim 2 15 Yet she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with propriety. ------------------------1 Timothy, Chapter 3 1Tim 3 1 This is a true saying, If a man desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work. 1Tim 3 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 1Tim 3 3 Not given to wine, not violent, not greedy of money; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 1Tim 3 4 One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all respect; 1Tim 3 5 (For if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 1Tim 3 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 1Tim 3 7 Moreover he must have a good report of them who are outside; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 1Tim 3 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of dishonest gain; 1Tim 3 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 1Tim 3 10 And let these also first be tested; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 1Tim 3 11 Even so must their wives be serious, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. 1Tim 3 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 1Tim 3 13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 1Tim 3 14 These things write I unto you, hoping to come unto you shortly: 1Tim 3 15 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. 1Tim 3 16 And without doubt 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, Chapter 4 1Tim 4 1 Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits, and doctrines of demons; 1Tim 4 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 1Tim 4 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving of them who believe and know the truth. 1Tim 4 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 1Tim 4 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 1Tim 4 6 If you put the brethren 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, which you have attained. 1Tim 4 7 But refuse profane and old wives' tales, and exercise yourself rather unto godliness. 1Tim 4 8 For bodily exercise profits for a little while: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 1Tim 4 9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance. 1Tim 4 10 For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those that believe. 1Tim 4 11 These things command and teach. 1Tim 4 12 Let no man despise your youth; but be an example of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 1Tim 4 13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 1Tim 4 14 Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 1Tim 4 15 Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them; that your progress may appear to all. 1Tim 4 16 Take heed unto yourself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this you shall both save yourself, and them that hear you. ------------------------1 Timothy, Chapter 5 1Tim 5 1 Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brothers; 1Tim 5 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 1Tim 5 3 Honor widows that are widows indeed. 1Tim 5 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety at home, and so repay their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 1Tim 5 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. 1Tim 5 6 But she that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives. 1Tim 5 7 And these things give in a charge, that they may be blameless. 1Tim 5 8 But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever. 1Tim 5 9 Let not a widow be put on the list under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, 1Tim 5 10 Well reported of for good works; if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work. 1Tim 5 11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry; 1Tim 5 12 Having judgment, because they have cast off their first faith. 1Tim 5 13 And at the same time they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but gossips also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 1Tim 5 14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. 1Tim 5 15 For some are already turned aside after Satan. 1Tim 5 16 If any man or woman that believes has widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. 1Tim 5 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. 1Tim 5 18 For the scripture says, You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward. 1Tim 5 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, unless before two or three witnesses. 1Tim 5 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. 1Tim 5 21 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. 1Tim 5 22 Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure. 1Tim 5 23 Drink no longer water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent illnesses. 1Tim 5 24 Some men's sins are evident beforehand, going before them to judgment; and some men they follow after. 1Tim 5 25 Likewise also the good works of some are evident beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid. ------------------------1 Timothy, Chapter 6 1Tim 6 1 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. 1Tim 6 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are believers and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 1Tim 6 3 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; 1Tim 6 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting over questions and disputes of words, out of which comes envy, strife, railings, evil suspicions, 1Tim 6 5 Perverse wranglings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw yourself. 1Tim 6 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1Tim 6 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 1Tim 6 8 And having food and clothing let us be with these things content. 1Tim 6 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and perdition. 1Tim 6 10 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. 1Tim 6 11 But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 1Tim 6 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses. 1Tim 6 13 I give you charge in the sight of God, who brings all things to life, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 1Tim 6 14 That you keep this commandment without spot, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1Tim 6 15 Who in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 1Tim 6 16 Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen. 1Tim 6 17 Charge them that are rich in this present age, that they be not haughty, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy; 1Tim 6 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to share; 1Tim 6 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 1Tim 6 20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to your trust, avoiding profane and vain utterances, and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge: 1Tim 6 21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen. ------------------------2 Timothy, Chapter 1 2Tim 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 2Tim 1 2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 2Tim 1 3 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; 2Tim 1 4 Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy; 2Tim 1 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and I am persuaded in you also. 2Tim 1 6 Therefore I remind you that you stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the laying on of my hands. 2Tim 1 7 For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2Tim 1 8 Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 2Tim 1 9 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 given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, 2Tim 1 10 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: 2Tim 1 11 For which I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 2Tim 1 12 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. 2Tim 1 13 Hold fast the pattern of sound words, which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 2Tim 1 14 That good thing which was committed unto you keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. 2Tim 1 15 This you know, that all they who are in Asia are turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. 2Tim 1 16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains: 2Tim 1 17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. 2Tim 1 18 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, you know very well. ------------------------2 Timothy, Chapter 2 2Tim 2 1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2Tim 2 2 And the things that you have heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 2Tim 2 3 You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2Tim 2 4 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. 2Tim 2 5 And if a man also competes as an athlete, yet is he not crowned, unless he strives lawfully. 2Tim 2 6 The farmer that labors must be first partaker of the fruits. 2Tim 2 7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give you understanding in all things. 2Tim 2 8 Remember that Jesus Christ, descended from David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel: 2Tim 2 9 In which I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. 2Tim 2 10 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. 2Tim 2 11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 2Tim 2 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: 2Tim 2 13 If we believe not, yet he abides faithful: he cannot deny himself. 2Tim 2 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the ruin of the hearers. 2Tim 2 15 Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2Tim 2 16 But shun profane and vain utterances: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. 2Tim 2 17 And their word will eat as does a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; 2Tim 2 18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. 2Tim 2 19 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. 2Tim 2 20 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. 2Tim 2 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and fit for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. 2Tim 2 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2Tim 2 23 But foolish and ignorant questions avoid, knowing that they do produce strifes. 2Tim 2 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 2Tim 2 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose them; if God perhaps will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 2Tim 2 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. ------------------------2 Timothy, Chapter 3 2Tim 3 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2Tim 3 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 2Tim 3 3 Without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 2Tim 3 4 Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 2Tim 3 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 2Tim 3 6 For of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with various lusts, 2Tim 3 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2Tim 3 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 2Tim 3 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. 2Tim 3 10 But you have fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience, 2Tim 3 11 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. 2Tim 3 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2Tim 3 13 But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 2Tim 3 14 But continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom you have learned them; 2Tim 3 15 And that from a child you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2Tim 3 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2Tim 3 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. ------------------------2 Timothy, Chapter 4 2Tim 4 1 I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2Tim 4 2 Preach the word; be diligent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 2Tim 4 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they draw to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 2Tim 4 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto myths. 2Tim 4 5 But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry. 2Tim 4 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 2Tim 4 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 2Tim 4 8 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. 2Tim 4 9 Do your diligence to come shortly unto me: 2Tim 4 10 For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 2Tim 4 11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. 2Tim 4 12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. 2Tim 4 13 The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when you come, bring with you, and the books, but especially the parchments. 2Tim 4 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: 2Tim 4 15 Of whom you beware also; for he has greatly withstood our words. 2Tim 4 16 At my first defense no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. 2Tim 4 17 However 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. 2Tim 4 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 2Tim 4 19 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. 2Tim 4 20 Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletus sick. 2Tim 4 21 Do your diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. 2Tim 4 22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. ------------------------Titus, Chapter 1 Titus 1 1 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 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages began; Titus 1 3 But has in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Savior; Titus 1 4 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 5 For this cause I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed you: Titus 1 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of rebellion or unruly. Titus 1 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not violent, not given to dishonest gain; Titus 1 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good, sensible, just, holy, temperate; Titus 1 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to refute the opposition. Titus 1 10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision: Titus 1 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who ruin whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain. Titus 1 12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. Titus 1 13 This witness is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; Titus 1 14 Not giving heed to Jewish myths, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. Titus 1 15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. Titus 1 16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. ------------------------Titus, Chapter 2 Titus 2 1 But you speak the things which become sound doctrine: Titus 2 2 That the aged men be sensible, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience. Titus 2 3 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 4 That they may teach the young women to be sensible, to love their husbands, to love their children, Titus 2 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Titus 2 6 Young men likewise exhort to be sensible. Titus 2 7 In all things showing yourself a pattern of good works: in doctrine showing incorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Titus 2 8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is an opponent may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. Titus 2 9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not talking back; Titus 2 10 Not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. Titus 2 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, Titus 2 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live sensibly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Titus 2 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; Titus 2 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own, zealous of good works. Titus 2 15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise you. ------------------------Titus, Chapter 3 Titus 3 1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, Titus 3 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men. Titus 3 3 For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. Titus 3 4 But after the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, Titus 3 5 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 Spirit; Titus 3 6 Whom he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior; Titus 3 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I desire that you affirm constantly, that they who have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. Titus 3 9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. Titus 3 10 A man that is divisive after the first and second admonition reject; Titus 3 11 Knowing that he that is such is perverted, and sins, being condemned of himself. Titus 3 12 When I shall send Artemas unto you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. Titus 3 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be lacking unto them. Titus 3 14 And let our own also learn to maintain good works for urgent needs, that they not be unfruitful. Titus 3 15 All that are with me greet you. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. ------------------------Philemon, Chapter 1 Phm 1 1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow laborer, Phm 1 2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: Phm 1 3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Phm 1 4 I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers, Phm 1 5 Hearing of your love and faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; Phm 1 6 That the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. Phm 1 7 For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed by you, brother. Phm 1 8 Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you that which is required, Phm 1 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. Phm 1 10 I beseech you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: Phm 1 11 Who in time past was to you unprofitable, but now profitable to you and to me: Phm 1 12 Whom I have sent again: you therefore receive him, that is, my own heart: Phm 1 13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in your stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: Phm 1 14 But without your consent would I do nothing; that your benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. Phm 1 15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that you should receive him forever; Phm 1 16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more unto you, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? Phm 1 17 If you count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. Phm 1 18 If he has wronged you, or owes you anything, put that on my account; Phm 1 19 I Paul have written it with my own hand, I will repay it: nevertheless I do not say to you how you owe me even your own self besides. Phm 1 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: refresh my heart in the Lord. Phm 1 21 Having confidence in your obedience I wrote unto you, knowing that you will also do more than I say. Phm 1 22 At the same time prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you. Phm 1 23 There greet you Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus; Phm 1 24 Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers. Phm 1 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. ------------------------Hebrews, Chapter 1 Heb 1 1 God, who at many times and in various manners spoke in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Heb 1 2 Has in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Heb 1 3 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; Heb 1 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Heb 1 5 For unto 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? Heb 1 6 And again, when he brings the firstbegotten into the world, he says, And let all the angels of God worship him. Heb 1 7 And of the angels he says, Who makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. Heb 1 8 But unto the Son he says, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom. Heb 1 9 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. Heb 1 10 And, you, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands: Heb 1 11 They shall perish; but you remain; and they all shall grow old as does a garment; Heb 1 12 And as a mantle shall you fold them up, and they shall be changed: but you are the same, and your years shall not fail. Heb 1 13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool? Heb 1 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation? ------------------------Hebrews, Chapter 2 Heb 2 1 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. Heb 2 2 For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; Heb 2 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; Heb 2 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will? Heb 2 5 For unto the angels has he not put in subjection the world to come, of which we speak. Heb 2 6 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? Heb 2 7 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: Heb 2 8 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. Heb 2 9 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. Heb 2 10 For it befitted 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. Heb 2 11 For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, Heb 2 12 Saying, I will declare your name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I sing praise unto you. Heb 2 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children whom God has given me. Heb 2 14 Since then 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; Heb 2 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Heb 2 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the nature of Abraham. Heb 2 17 Therefore in all things he had 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. Heb 2 18 For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help them that are tempted. ------------------------Hebrews, Chapter 3 Heb 3 1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Heb 3 2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. Heb 3 3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who has built the house has more honor than the house. Heb 3 4 For every house is built by some man; but he that built all things is God. Heb 3 5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; Heb 3 6 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. Heb 3 7 Therefore (as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you will hear his voice, Heb 3 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness: Heb 3 9 When your fathers tested me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Heb 3 10 Therefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. Heb 3 11 So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) Heb 3 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. Heb 3 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. Heb 3 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end; Heb 3 15 While it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the rebellion. Heb 3 16 For who, when they had heard, did rebel? did not all that came out of Egypt by Moses? Heb 3 17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? Heb 3 18 And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? Heb 3 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. ------------------------Hebrews, Chapter 4 Heb 4 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, although a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. Heb 4 2 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. Heb 4 3 For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. Heb 4 4 For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. Heb 4 5 And in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest. Heb 4 6 Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter into it, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: Heb 4 7 Again, he limits a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so long a time; as it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Heb 4 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. Heb 4 9 There remains therefore a rest to the people of God. Heb 4 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Heb 4 11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Heb 4 12 For the word of God is living, 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. Heb 4 13 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. Heb 4 14 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. Heb 4 15 For we have not a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our weaknesses; but was in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. Heb 4 16 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, Chapter 5 Heb 5 1 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: Heb 5 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are wayward; for he himself also is beset with weakness. Heb 5 3 And for this reason he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. Heb 5 4 And no man takes this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. Heb 5 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest; but he that said unto him, You are my Son, today have I begotten you. Heb 5 6 As he says also in another place, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Heb 5 7 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; Heb 5 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; Heb 5 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Heb 5 10 Called of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. Heb 5 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to explain, seeing you are dull of hearing. Heb 5 12 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 solid food. Heb 5 13 For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. Heb 5 14 But solid food 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, Chapter 6 Heb 6 1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto maturity; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Heb 6 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. Heb 6 3 And this will we do, if God permits. Heb 6 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, Heb 6 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, Heb 6 6 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. Heb 6 7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth plants fit for them by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God: Heb 6 8 But that which bears thorns and briars is worthless, and is near unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. Heb 6 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. Heb 6 10 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. Heb 6 11 And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: Heb 6 12 That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Heb 6 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself, Heb 6 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you. Heb 6 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. Heb 6 16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Heb 6 17 So God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: Heb 6 18 That by two immutable things, in that it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Heb 6 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil; Heb 6 20 Where the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. ------------------------Hebrews, Chapter 7 Heb 7 1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; Heb 7 2 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; Heb 7 3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abides a priest continually. Heb 7 4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. Heb 7 5 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 are descendants of Abraham: Heb 7 6 But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. Heb 7 7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. Heb 7 8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives. Heb 7 9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receives tithes, paid tithes in Abraham. Heb 7 10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him. Heb 7 11 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 Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron? Heb 7 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. Heb 7 13 For he of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, of which no man has ever served at the altar. Heb 7 14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah; of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. Heb 7 15 And it is yet far more evident: that after the similitude of Melchizedek there arises another priest, Heb 7 16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. Heb 7 17 For he testifies, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Heb 7 18 For there is verily an annulment of the previous commandment because of the weakness and uselessness thereof. Heb 7 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near unto God. Heb 7 20 And since it was not without an oath he was made priest: Heb 7 21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord swore and will not change, you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek:) Heb 7 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better covenant. Heb 7 23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not allowed to continue by reason of death: Heb 7 24 But this man, because he continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Heb 7 25 Therefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them. Heb 7 26 For such a high priest was befitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Heb 7 27 Who needs 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. Heb 7 28 For the law makes men high priests who have weakness; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, makes the Son, who is consecrated forevermore. ------------------------Hebrews, Chapter 8 Heb 8 1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; Heb 8 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. Heb 8 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: therefore it is of necessity that this man have something also to offer. Heb 8 4 For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Heb 8 5 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, says he, that you make all things according to the pattern showed to you in the mount. Heb 8 6 But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. Heb 8 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. Heb 8 8 For finding fault with them, he says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Heb 8 9 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, says the Lord. Heb 8 10 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 mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: Heb 8 11 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. Heb 8 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. Heb 8 13 In that he says, A new covenant, he has made the first old. Now that which decays and grows old is ready to vanish away. ------------------------Hebrews, Chapter 9 Heb 9 1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary. Heb 9 2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, in which was the lampstand, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary. Heb 9 3 And behind the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; Heb 9 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, in which was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; Heb 9 5 And over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. Heb 9 6 Now when these things were thus prepared, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. Heb 9 7 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: Heb 9 8 The Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while the first tabernacle was yet standing: Heb 9 9 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; Heb 9 10 Which stood only in foods and drinks, and various washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. Heb 9 11 But Christ being come a 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; Heb 9 12 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. Heb 9 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh: Heb 9 14 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? Heb 9 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they who are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Heb 9 16 For where a will is, there must also of necessity be the death of the maker. Heb 9 17 For a will is in force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the maker lives. Heb 9 18 Hence neither the first covenant was dedicated without blood. Heb 9 19 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, Heb 9 20 Saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded unto you. Heb 9 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. Heb 9 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. Heb 9 23 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. Heb 9 24 For Christ has 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: Heb 9 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place every year with blood of others; Heb 9 26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the age has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Heb 9 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: Heb 9 28 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, Chapter 10 Heb 10 1 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 ones approaching perfect. Heb 10 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because the worshipers once purged should have had no more consciousness of sins. Heb 10 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. Heb 10 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Heb 10 5 Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering you desired not, but a body have you prepared me: Heb 10 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you have had no pleasure. Heb 10 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do your will, O God. Heb 10 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin you desired not, neither had pleasure in them; which are offered by the law; Heb 10 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second. Heb 10 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Heb 10 11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering frequently the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: Heb 10 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God; Heb 10 13 From then on waiting till his enemies be made his footstool. Heb 10 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever them that are sanctified. Heb 10 15 The Holy Spirit also is a witness to us: for after this he had said before, Heb 10 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; Heb 10 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Heb 10 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. Heb 10 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, Heb 10 20 By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; Heb 10 21 And having a high priest over the house of God; Heb 10 22 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. Heb 10 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) Heb 10 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Heb 10 25 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. Heb 10 26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, Heb 10 27 But a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. Heb 10 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Heb 10 29 Of how much worse 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 insult unto the Spirit of grace? Heb 10 30 For we know him that has said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. Heb 10 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Heb 10 32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great fight with afflictions; Heb 10 33 Partly, while you were made a public display both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, while you became companions of them that were so used. Heb 10 34 For you had compassion on 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 possession. Heb 10 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward. Heb 10 36 For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise. Heb 10 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Heb 10 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. Heb 10 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. ------------------------Hebrews, Chapter 11 Heb 11 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Heb 11 2 For by it the elders obtained approval. Heb 11 3 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. Heb 11 4 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 speaks. Heb 11 5 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. Heb 11 6 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. Heb 11 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved by fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Heb 11 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should later receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he went. Heb 11 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: Heb 11 10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Heb 11 11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Heb 11 12 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 seashore innumerable. Heb 11 13 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 exiles on the earth. Heb 11 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. Heb 11 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. Heb 11 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city. Heb 11 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Heb 11 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall your descendants be called: Heb 11 19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from which also he received him in a figure. Heb 11 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. Heb 11 21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshiped, leaning upon the top of his staff. Heb 11 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. Heb 11 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. Heb 11 24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Heb 11 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time; Heb 11 26 Esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he looked for the recompense of the reward. Heb 11 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. Heb 11 28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. Heb 11 29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as on dry land: which the Egyptians attempting to do were drowned. Heb 11 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were encircled seven days. Heb 11 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. Heb 11 32 And what shall I say more? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: Heb 11 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Heb 11 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in war, turned to flight the armies of foreigners. Heb 11 35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: Heb 11 36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: Heb 11 37 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; Heb 11 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. Heb 11 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: Heb 11 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. ------------------------Hebrews, Chapter 12 Heb 12 1 Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily ensnare us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Heb 12 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Heb 12 3 For consider him that endured such hostility of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds. Heb 12 4 You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. Heb 12 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto children, My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of him: Heb 12 6 For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives. Heb 12 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not? Heb 12 8 But if you be without chastisement, of which all are partakers, then are you illegitimate children, and not sons. Heb 12 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? Heb 12 10 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. Heb 12 11 Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them who are trained by it. Heb 12 12 Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; Heb 12 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Heb 12 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Heb 12 15 Looking diligently lest any man fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Heb 12 16 Lest there be any immoral, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. Heb 12 17 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. Heb 12 18 For you are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, Heb 12 19 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: Heb 12 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as an animal touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a spear: Heb 12 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) Heb 12 22 But you are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, Heb 12 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, who are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, Heb 12 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel. Heb 12 25 See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven: Heb 12 26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. Heb 12 27 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. Heb 12 28 Therefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: Heb 12 29 For our God is a consuming fire. ------------------------Hebrews, Chapter 13 Heb 13 1 Let brotherly love continue. Heb 13 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Heb 13 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them who suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. Heb 13 4 Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. Heb 13 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you. Heb 13 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Heb 13 7 Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their manner of life. Heb 13 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Heb 13 9 Be not carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with foods, which have not profited them that have been observing them. Heb 13 10 We have an altar, of which they have no right to eat who serve the tabernacle. Heb 13 11 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. Heb 13 12 Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered outside the gate. Heb 13 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him outside the camp, bearing his reproach. Heb 13 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. Heb 13 15 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. Heb 13 16 But to do good and to share forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Heb 13 17 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. Heb 13 18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. Heb 13 19 But I beseech you rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. Heb 13 20 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, Heb 13 21 Make you complete 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 forever and ever. Amen. Heb 13 22 And I beseech you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words. Heb 13 23 Know that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you. Heb 13 24 Greet all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy greet you. Heb 13 25 Grace be with you all. Amen. ------------------------James, Chapter 1 James 1 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. James 1 2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials; James 1 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience. James 1 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. James 1 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally, and reproaches not; and it shall be given him. James 1 6 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 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord. James 1 8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: James 1 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. James 1 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of the appearance of it perishes: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. James 1 12 Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him. James 1 13 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 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. James 1 15 Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death. James 1 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. James 1 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. James 1 18 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 19 Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger: James 1 20 For the anger of man works not the righteousness of God. James 1 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and extreme wickedness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. James 1 22 But be you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. James 1 23 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 mirror: James 1 24 For he beholds himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was. James 1 25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. James 1 26 If any man among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain. James 1 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. ------------------------James, Chapter 2 James 2 1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. James 2 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in fine apparel, and there come in also a poor man in shabby clothing; James 2 3 And you have respect to him that wears the fine clothing, and say unto him, Sit here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand there, or sit here under my footstool: James 2 4 Are you not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? James 2 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, 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 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judges? James 2 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by which you are called? James 2 8 If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well: James 2 9 But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, and are convicted of the law as transgressors. James 2 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. James 2 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if you commit no adultery, yet you kill, you are become a transgressor of the law. James 2 12 So speak, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. James 2 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; and mercy triumphs over judgment. James 2 14 What does it profit, my brethren, though a man says he has faith, and has not works? can faith save him? James 2 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, James 2 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled; notwithstanding you give them not those things which are needful to the body; what does it profit? James 2 17 Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone. James 2 18 Yea, 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 19 You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble. James 2 20 But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? James 2 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? James 2 22 See how faith worked with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? James 2 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. James 2 24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. James 2 25 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 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. ------------------------James, Chapter 3 James 3 1 My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the severer judgment. James 3 2 For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. James 3 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. James 3 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven by fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires. James 3 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles! James 3 6 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 by hell. James 3 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind: James 3 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James 3 9 With this bless we God, even the Father; and with this curse we men, who are made after the similitude of God. James 3 10 Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. James 3 11 Does a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? James 3 12 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 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good life his works with meekness of wisdom. James 3 14 But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not, and lie not against the truth. James 3 15 This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. James 3 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. James 3 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. James 3 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace. ------------------------James, Chapter 4 James 4 1 From where come wars and fightings among you? come they not from here, even of your lusts that war in your members? James 4 2 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 3 You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it upon your lusts. James 4 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, know you 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 5 Do you think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy? James 4 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble. James 4 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4 8 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 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. James 4 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. James 4 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. 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 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who are you that judge another? James 4 13 Come now, you that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: James 4 14 Whereas you know not what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. James 4 15 For you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall live, and do this, or that. James 4 16 But now you rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. James 4 17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin. ------------------------James, Chapter 5 James 5 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. James 5 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. James 5 3 Your gold and silver is rusted; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as if it were fire. You have heaped treasure together for the last days. James 5 4 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 who have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. James 5 5 You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. James 5 6 You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you. James 5 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain. James 5 8 Be also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws near. James 5 9 Murmur not one against another, brethren, lest you be judged: behold, the judge stands before the door. James 5 10 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 11 Behold, we count them happy who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very compassionate, and of tender mercy. James 5 12 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 you fall under judgment. James 5 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. James 5 14 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 15 And the prayer of faith shall deliver the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. James 5 16 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 17 Elijah 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 for three years and six months. James 5 18 And he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit. James 5 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; James 5 20 Let him know, that he who converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. ------------------------1 Peter, Chapter 1 1Pet 1 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the exiles scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 1Pet 1 2 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. 1Pet 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1Pet 1 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you, 1Pet 1 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1Pet 1 6 In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold trials: 1Pet 1 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 1Pet 1 8 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: 1Pet 1 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 1Pet 1 10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 1Pet 1 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when he testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 1Pet 1 12 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 Spirit sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 1Pet 1 13 Therefore 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; 1Pet 1 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 1Pet 1 15 But as he who has called you is holy, so be holy in all manner of conduct; 1Pet 1 16 Because it is written, You will be holy; for I am holy. 1Pet 1 17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man's work, pass the time of your exile here in fear: 1Pet 1 18 Since you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain manner of life received by tradition from your fathers; 1Pet 1 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 1Pet 1 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 1Pet 1 21 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. 1Pet 1 22 Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto sincere love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently: 1Pet 1 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever. 1Pet 1 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower thereof falls away: 1Pet 1 25 But the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. ------------------------1 Peter, Chapter 2 1Pet 2 1 Therefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking, 1Pet 2 2 As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby: 1Pet 2 3 If so be you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 1Pet 2 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 1Pet 2 5 You also, as living stones, are built up into a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 1Pet 2 6 Therefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be confounded. 1Pet 2 7 Unto you therefore who believe he is precious: but unto them who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner, 1Pet 2 8 And, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them who stumble at the word, being disobedient: to which also they were appointed. 1Pet 2 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: 1Pet 2 10 Who in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 1Pet 2 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 1Pet 2 12 Having your conduct 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. 1Pet 2 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 1Pet 2 14 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. 1Pet 2 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 1Pet 2 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 1Pet 2 17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. 1Pet 2 18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. 1Pet 2 19 For this is commendable, if a man for conscience toward God endures grief, suffering wrongfully. 1Pet 2 20 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 commendable with God. 1Pet 2 21 For even to this were you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps: 1Pet 2 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 1Pet 2 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judges righteously: 1Pet 2 24 Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed. 1Pet 2 25 For you were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. ------------------------1 Peter, Chapter 3 1Pet 3 1 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 conduct of the wives; 1Pet 3 2 While they behold your chaste behavior coupled with fear. 1Pet 3 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 1Pet 3 4 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. 1Pet 3 5 For after this manner in former times the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: 1Pet 3 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, as long as you do well, and are not afraid with any terror. 1Pet 3 7 Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. 1Pet 3 8 Finally, be all of one mind, having compassion one with another, love as brethren, be tender hearted, be courteous: 1Pet 3 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary blessing; knowing that you are unto this called, that you should inherit a blessing. 1Pet 3 10 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: 1Pet 3 11 Let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it. 1Pet 3 12 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. 1Pet 3 13 And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good? 1Pet 3 14 But if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and, Be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 1Pet 3 15 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: 1Pet 3 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good behavior in Christ. 1Pet 3 17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that you suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. 1Pet 3 18 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 made alive by the Spirit: 1Pet 3 19 By whom also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 1Pet 3 20 Who formerly were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, by which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through water. 1Pet 3 21 The like figure unto which 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: 1Pet 3 22 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, Chapter 4 1Pet 4 1 Since therefore 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; 1Pet 4 2 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. 1Pet 4 3 For the time past of our life will suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in licentiousness, lusts, excess of wine, reveling, carousing, and abominable idolatries: 1Pet 4 4 In which they think it strange that you run not with them to the same excess of dissipation, speaking evil of you: 1Pet 4 5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead. 1Pet 4 6 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. 1Pet 4 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be therefore sober minded, and watch unto prayer. 1Pet 4 8 And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for love shall cover a multitude of sins. 1Pet 4 9 Practice hospitality one to another without grudging. 1Pet 4 10 As every man has received a gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 1Pet 4 11 If any man speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man ministers, 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 forever and ever. Amen. 1Pet 4 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 1Pet 4 13 But rejoice, since you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy. 1Pet 4 14 If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 1Pet 4 15 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. 1Pet 4 16 Yet if any man suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 1Pet 4 17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 1Pet 4 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 1Pet 4 19 Therefore 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, Chapter 5 1Pet 5 1 The elders who 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: 1Pet 5 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but of a ready mind; 1Pet 5 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock. 1Pet 5 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away. 1Pet 5 5 Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble. 1Pet 5 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 1Pet 5 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you. 1Pet 5 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour: 1Pet 5 9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 1Pet 5 10 But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, restore, establish, strengthen, settle you. 1Pet 5 11 To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1Pet 5 12 By Silas, a faithful brother unto you, as I regard, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand. 1Pet 5 13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, greets you; and so does Mark my son. 1Pet 5 14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. ------------------------2 Peter, Chapter 1 2Pet 1 1 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: 2Pet 1 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 2Pet 1 3 According as his divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue: 2Pet 1 4 By which are given unto us exceedingly 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. 2Pet 1 5 And for this reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 2Pet 1 6 And to knowledge self control; and to self control patience; and to patience godliness; 2Pet 1 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love. 2Pet 1 8 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. 2Pet 1 9 But he that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. 2Pet 1 10 Therefore rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you shall never fall: 2Pet 1 11 For so an entrance shall be provided unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2Pet 1 12 Therefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth. 2Pet 1 13 Yea, I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 2Pet 1 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has showed me. 2Pet 1 15 Moreover I will endeavor that you may be able after my departure to have these things always in remembrance. 2Pet 1 16 For we have not followed cunningly devised myths, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2Pet 1 17 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. 2Pet 1 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. 2Pet 1 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which you do well that you take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 2Pet 1 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of one's own interpretation. 2Pet 1 21 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 Spirit. ------------------------2 Peter, Chapter 2 2Pet 2 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who shall secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2Pet 2 2 And many shall follow their shameful ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 2Pet 2 3 And through covetousness shall they with false words exploit you: whose judgment of old now lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not. 2Pet 2 4 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; 2Pet 2 5 And spared not the ancient world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 2Pet 2 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them by a catastrophe, making them an example unto those that later should live ungodly; 2Pet 2 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy behavior of the wicked: 2Pet 2 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 2Pet 2 9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 2Pet 2 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise authority. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of the glorious ones. 2Pet 2 11 Whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. 2Pet 2 12 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; 2Pet 2 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, reveling themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; 2Pet 2 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 2Pet 2 15 Who have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 2Pet 2 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb donkey speaking with man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet. 2Pet 2 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever. 2Pet 2 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that have just escaped from them who live in error. 2Pet 2 19 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. 2Pet 2 20 For if after they have escaped the defilements 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. 2Pet 2 21 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. 2Pet 2 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog has turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. ------------------------2 Peter, Chapter 3 2Pet 3 1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2Pet 3 2 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: 2Pet 3 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 2Pet 3 4 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. 2Pet 3 5 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: 2Pet 3 6 By which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 2Pet 3 7 But the heavens and the earth, which now are, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. 2Pet 3 8 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. 2Pet 3 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2Pet 3 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in 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. 2Pet 3 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conduct and godliness, 2Pet 3 12 Looking for and hastening unto the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 2Pet 3 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness. 2Pet 3 14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 2Pet 3 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you; 2Pet 3 16 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 twist, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 2Pet 3 17 You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things beforehand, beware lest you also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. 2Pet 3 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen. ------------------------1 John, Chapter 1 1John 1 1 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; 1John 1 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 1John 1 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 1John 1 4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 1John 1 5 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. 1John 1 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 1John 1 7 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 cleanses us from all sin. 1John 1 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1John 1 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1John 1 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. ------------------------1 John, Chapter 2 1John 2 1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 1John 2 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1John 2 3 And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 1John 2 4 He that says, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1John 2 5 But whoever keeps his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him. 1John 2 6 He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 1John 2 7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard from the beginning. 1John 2 8 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 shines. 1John 2 9 He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now. 1John 2 10 He that loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. 1John 2 11 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. 1John 2 12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 1John 2 13 I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because you have known the Father. 1John 2 14 I have written unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one. 1John 2 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1John 2 16 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. 1John 2 17 And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God abides forever. 1John 2 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; by which we know that it is the last time. 1John 2 19 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. 1John 2 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. 1John 2 21 I have not written unto you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 1John 2 22 Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son. 1John 2 23 Whosoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: [but] he that confesses the Son has the Father also. 1John 2 24 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. 1John 2 25 And this is the promise that he has promised us, even eternal life. 1John 2 26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that deceive you. 1John 2 27 But the anointing which you have received of him abides 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. 1John 2 28 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. 1John 2 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone that does righteousness is born of him. ------------------------1 John, Chapter 3 1John 3 1 Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not. 1John 3 2 Beloved, now are we the children 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. 1John 3 3 And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure. 1John 3 4 Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 1John 3 5 And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 1John 3 6 Whosoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins has not seen him, neither known him. 1John 3 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 1John 3 8 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. 1John 3 9 Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his nature remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 1John 3 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother. 1John 3 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 1John 3 12 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's righteous. 1John 3 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hates you. 1John 3 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loves not his brother abides in death. 1John 3 15 Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 1John 3 16 By this 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. 1John 3 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his heart of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him? 1John 3 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 1John 3 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 1John 3 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 1John 3 21 Beloved, if our heart condemns us not, then have we confidence toward God. 1John 3 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 1John 3 23 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. 1John 3 24 And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. ------------------------1 John, Chapter 4 1John 4 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1John 4 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 1John 4 3 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, of which you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 1John 4 4 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. 1John 4 5 They are of the world: therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them. 1John 4 6 We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. 1John 4 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God. 1John 4 8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love. 1John 4 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 1John 4 10 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. 1John 4 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 1John 4 12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us. 1John 4 13 By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 1John 4 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 1John 4 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God. 1John 4 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him. 1John 4 17 In this 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. 1John 4 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has to do with punishment. He that fears is not made perfect in love. 1John 4 19 We love him, because he first loved us. 1John 4 20 If a man says, 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? 1John 4 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God loves his brother also. ------------------------1 John, Chapter 5 1John 5 1 Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone that loves him that begat loves him also that is begotten of him. 1John 5 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 1John 5 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome. 1John 5 4 For whoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith. 1John 5 5 Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1John 5 6 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. 1John 5 7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one. 1John 5 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 1John 5 9 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. 1John 5 10 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 witness that God gave of his Son. 1John 5 11 And this is the witness, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 1John 5 12 He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life. 1John 5 13 These things have I written unto 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. 1John 5 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us: 1John 5 15 And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we desired of him. 1John 5 16 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. 1John 5 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. 1John 5 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sins not; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not. 1John 5 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness. 1John 5 20 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. 1John 5 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. ------------------------2 John, Chapter 1 2John 1 1 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; 2John 1 2 For the truth's sake, which dwells in us, and shall be with us forever. 2John 1 3 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. 2John 1 4 I rejoiced greatly that I found some of your children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. 2John 1 5 And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. 2John 1 6 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. 2John 1 7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 2John 1 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have worked for, but that we receive a full reward. 2John 1 9 Whoever goes beyond, and abides not in the doctrine of Christ, has not God. He that abides in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son. 2John 1 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 2John 1 11 For he that bids him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. 2John 1 12 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. 2John 1 13 The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen. ------------------------3 John, Chapter 1 3John 1 1 The elder unto the well beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. 3John 1 2 Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. 3John 1 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, even as you walk in the truth. 3John 1 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 3John 1 5 Beloved, you do faithfully whatsoever you do for the brethren, and for strangers; 3John 1 6 Who have borne witness of your love before the church: whom if you send forward on their journey in a godly manner, you shall do well: 3John 1 7 Because for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. 3John 1 8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth. 3John 1 9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, receives us not. 3John 1 10 Therefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he does, speaking against us with malicious words: and not content with that, neither does he himself receive the brethren, and forbids them that would, and casts them out of the church. 3John 1 11 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. 3John 1 12 Demetrius has good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear witness; and you know that our witness is true. 3John 1 13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto you: 3John 1 14 But I trust I shall shortly see you, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to you. Our friends greet you. Greet the friends by name. ------------------------Jude, Chapter 1 Jude 1 1 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 2 Mercy unto you, and peace and love, be multiplied. Jude 1 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was necessary for me to write unto you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. Jude 1 4 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 licentiousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude 1 5 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 6 And the angels who kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Jude 1 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after unnatural lust, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude 1 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise authority, and speak evil of the glorious ones. Jude 1 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil as he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke you. Jude 1 10 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 11 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 rebellion of Korah. Jude 1 12 These are spots in your love feasts, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about by winds; trees whose fruit withers, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Jude 1 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. Jude 1 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints, Jude 1 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convict 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 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling words, holding men in admiration for the sake of advantage. Jude 1 17 But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; Jude 1 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. Jude 1 19 These are they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. Jude 1 20 But you, beloved, building up yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, Jude 1 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Jude 1 22 And on some have compassion, making a difference: Jude 1 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Jude 1 24 Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Jude 1 25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 1 Rev 1 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and revealed it by his angel unto his servant John: Rev 1 2 Who bore witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Rev 1 3 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. Rev 1 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto 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; Rev 1 5 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 loves us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Rev 1 6 And has made us a kingdom and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Rev 1 7 Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also who pierced him: and all tribes of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. Rev 1 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, says the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. Rev 1 9 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. Rev 1 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Rev 1 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. Rev 1 12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden lampstands; Rev 1 13 And in the midst of the seven lampstands one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girded about the breast with a golden belt. Rev 1 14 His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; Rev 1 15 And his feet like unto fine bronze, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. Rev 1 16 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 its strength. Rev 1 17 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: Rev 1 18 I am he that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hades and of death. Rev 1 19 Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; Rev 1 20 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 which you saw are the seven churches. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 2 Rev 2 1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands; Rev 2 2 I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and how you can not bear them who are evil: and you have tried them who say they are apostles, and are not, and have found them liars: Rev 2 3 And have endured, and have patience, and for my name's sake have labored, and have not fainted. Rev 2 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against you, because you have left your first love. Rev 2 5 Remember therefore from where you are fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto you quickly, and will remove your lampstand out of its place, except you repent. Rev 2 6 But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. Rev 2 7 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. Rev 2 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things says the first and the last, who was dead, and is alive; Rev 2 9 I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Rev 2 10 Fear none of those things which you will suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life. Rev 2 11 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death. Rev 2 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write; These things says he who has the sharp sword with two edges; Rev 2 13 I know your works and where you dwell, even where Satan's throne is: and you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days when Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells. Rev 2 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. Rev 2 15 So have you also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. Rev 2 16 Repent; or else I will come unto you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. Rev 2 17 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto 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 except him who receives it. Rev 2 18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things says the Son of God, who has his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine bronze; Rev 2 19 I know your works, and love, and service, and faith, and your patience, and your works; and the last to be more than the first. Rev 2 20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Rev 2 21 And I gave her time to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Rev 2 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. Rev 2 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. Rev 2 24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say; I will put upon you no other burden. Rev 2 25 But that which you have already hold fast till I come. Rev 2 26 And he that overcomes, and keeps my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: Rev 2 27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to pieces: even as I received of my Father. Rev 2 28 And I will give him the morning star. Rev 2 29 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 3 Rev 3 1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things says 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. Rev 3 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found your works perfect before God. Rev 3 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you will not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. Rev 3 4 You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. Rev 3 5 He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white clothing; 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. Rev 3 6 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches. Rev 3 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things says 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; Rev 3 8 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. Rev 3 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, who 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. Rev 3 10 Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Rev 3 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown. Rev 3 12 He that overcomes 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 comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. Rev 3 13 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches. Rev 3 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; Rev 3 15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would that you were cold or hot. Rev 3 16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth. Rev 3 17 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: Rev 3 18 I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white clothing, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. Rev 3 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Rev 3 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will eat with him, and he with me. Rev 3 21 To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne. Rev 3 22 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 4 Rev 4 1 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. Rev 4 2 And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. Rev 4 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a carnelian stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in appearance like unto an emerald. Rev 4 4 And round about the throne were four and twenty thrones: and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white clothing; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. Rev 4 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightning and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. Rev 4 6 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 living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. Rev 4 7 And the first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature had a face as a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. Rev 4 8 And the four living creatures 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, who was, and is, and is to come. Rev 4 9 And when those living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him that sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, Rev 4 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that is sitting on the throne, and worship him that lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Rev 4 11 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, Chapter 5 Rev 5 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. Rev 5 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the scroll, and to loose the seals thereof? Rev 5 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the scroll, neither to look thereon. Rev 5 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the scroll, neither to look thereon. Rev 5 5 And one of the elders said unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll, and to loose the seven seals thereof. Rev 5 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. Rev 5 7 And he came and took the scroll out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. Rev 5 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of saints. Rev 5 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open the seals thereof: for you were slain, and have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation; Rev 5 10 And have made us unto our God a kingdom and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. Rev 5 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Rev 5 12 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. Rev 5 13 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 unto him that sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever. Rev 5 14 And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshiped him that lives forever and ever. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 6 Rev 6 1 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 living creatures saying, Come and see. Rev 6 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. Rev 6 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come and see. Rev 6 4 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. Rev 6 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on it had a pair of balances in his hand. Rev 6 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures 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. Rev 6 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, Come and see. Rev 6 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on it was Death, and Hades 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 living creatures of the earth. Rev 6 9 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: Rev 6 10 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? Rev 6 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little while, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. Rev 6 12 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; Rev 6 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casts its unripe figs, when it is shaken by a mighty wind. Rev 6 14 And the heavens departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. Rev 6 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the generals , and the mighty men, and every slave, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; Rev 6 16 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: Rev 6 17 For the great day of his wrath has come; and who shall be able to stand? ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 7 Rev 7 1 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. Rev 7 2 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, Rev 7 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads. Rev 7 4 And I heard the number of them who were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Rev 7 5 Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Rev 7 6 Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand. Rev 7 7 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. Rev 7 8 Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. Rev 7 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; Rev 7 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. Rev 7 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God, Rev 7 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen. Rev 7 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, Who are these who are arrayed in white robes? and from where did they come? Rev 7 14 And I said unto him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they who came out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Rev 7 15 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. Rev 7 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike them, nor any heat. Rev 7 17 For the Lamb who 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, Chapter 8 Rev 8 1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Rev 8 2 And I saw the seven angels who stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. Rev 8 3 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. Rev 8 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. Rev 8 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire from the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. Rev 8 6 And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. Rev 8 7 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. Rev 8 8 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; Rev 8 9 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. Rev 8 10 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; Rev 8 11 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. Rev 8 12 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 shined not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. Rev 8 13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through midheaven, 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, Chapter 9 Rev 9 1 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. Rev 9 2 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. Rev 9 3 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. Rev 9 4 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 who have not the seal of God in their foreheads. Rev 9 5 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 it strikes a man. Rev 9 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. Rev 9 7 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. Rev 9 8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. Rev 9 9 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. Rev 9 10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. Rev 9 11 And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue he has the name Apollyon. Rev 9 12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more after these. Rev 9 13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Rev 9 14 Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Loose the four angels who are bound in the great river Euphrates. Rev 9 15 And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to slay the third part of men. Rev 9 16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. Rev 9 17 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. Rev 9 18 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. Rev 9 19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, with heads, and with them they do hurt. Rev 9 20 And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and bronze, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Rev 9 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 10 Rev 10 1 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: Rev 10 2 And he had in his hand a little scroll open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, Rev 10 3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. Rev 10 4 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. Rev 10 5 And the angel whom I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, Rev 10 6 And swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that are therein, and the earth, and the things that are therein, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: Rev 10 7 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. Rev 10 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke unto me again, and said, Go and take the little scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who stands upon the sea and upon the earth. Rev 10 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little scroll. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make your stomach bitter, but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey. Rev 10 10 And I took the little scroll 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 stomach was bitter. Rev 10 11 And he said unto me, you must prophesy again about many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 11 Rev 11 1 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. Rev 11 2 But the court which is outside 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. Rev 11 3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth. Rev 11 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. Rev 11 5 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. Rev 11 6 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. Rev 11 7 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. Rev 11 8 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. Rev 11 9 And they of the people and tribes and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not allow their dead bodies to be put in graves. Rev 11 10 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. Rev 11 11 And after three days and a half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them who saw them. Rev 11 12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up here. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. Rev 11 13 And the same hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the rest were frightened, and gave glory to the God of heaven. Rev 11 14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe comes quickly. Rev 11 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever. Rev 11 16 And the four and twenty elders, who sat before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces, and worshiped God, Rev 11 17 Saying, We give you thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who is, and was, and is to come; because you have taken to you your great power, and have reigned. Rev 11 18 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 unto your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear your name, small and great; and should destroy them who destroy the earth. Rev 11 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 12 Rev 12 1 And there appeared a great sign in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: Rev 12 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. Rev 12 3 And there appeared another sign in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. Rev 12 4 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 who was ready to be delivered, to devour her child as soon as it was born. Rev 12 5 And she brought forth a male child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. Rev 12 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and three score days. Rev 12 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, Rev 12 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. Rev 12 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Rev 12 10 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, who accused them before our God day and night. Rev 12 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto death. Rev 12 12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil has come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time. Rev 12 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the male child. Rev 12 14 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. Rev 12 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. Rev 12 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. Rev 12 17 And the dragon was angry with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 13 Rev 13 1 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. Rev 13 2 And the beast that 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 throne, and great authority. Rev 13 3 And I saw one of his heads as if it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world marveled after the beast. Rev 13 4 And they worshiped the dragon who gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? Rev 13 5 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. Rev 13 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. Rev 13 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all tribes, and tongues, and nations. Rev 13 8 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. Rev 13 9 If any man has an ear, let him hear. Rev 13 10 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. Rev 13 11 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. Rev 13 12 And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and them who dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. Rev 13 13 And he does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, Rev 13 14 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, that had the wound by a sword, and did live. Rev 13 15 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. Rev 13 16 And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: Rev 13 17 And that no man might buy or sell, except he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Rev 13 18 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, Chapter 14 Rev 14 1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. Rev 14 2 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: Rev 14 3 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-four thousand, who were redeemed from the earth. Rev 14 4 These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb. Rev 14 5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. Rev 14 6 And I saw another angel fly in midheaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people, Rev 14 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment has come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. Rev 14 8 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. Rev 14 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, Rev 14 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out undiluted 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: Rev 14 11 And the smoke of their torment ascends up forever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receives the mark of his name. Rev 14 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Rev 14 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on: Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. Rev 14 14 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. Rev 14 15 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 has come for you to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. Rev 14 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. Rev 14 17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. Rev 14 18 And another angel came out from the altar, who 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. Rev 14 19 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. Rev 14 20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horses' bridles, for a thousand and six hundred furlongs. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 15 Rev 15 1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is completed the wrath of God. Rev 15 2 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. Rev 15 3 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. Rev 15 4 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. Rev 15 5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: Rev 15 6 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 sashes. Rev 15 7 And one of the four living creatures gave unto the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. Rev 15 8 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, Chapter 16 Rev 16 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God upon the earth. Rev 16 2 And the first went, and poured out his bowl upon the earth; and there fell foul and evil sores upon the men who had the mark of the beast, and upon them who worshiped his image. Rev 16 3 And the second angel poured out his bowl upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living thing died in the sea. Rev 16 4 And the third angel poured out his bowl upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. Rev 16 5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, who is, and was, and shall be, because you have judged thus. Rev 16 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are deserving of it. Rev 16 7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments. Rev 16 8 And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun; and power was given unto it to scorch men with fire. Rev 16 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. Rev 16 10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, Rev 16 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. Rev 16 12 And the sixth angel poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. Rev 16 13 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. Rev 16 14 For they are the spirits of demons, working miracles, who 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. Rev 16 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. Rev 16 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. Rev 16 17 And the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. Rev 16 18 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. Rev 16 19 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. Rev 16 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. Rev 16 21 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 exceedingly great. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 17 Rev 17 1 And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come here; I will show unto you the judgment of the great harlot that sits upon many waters: Rev 17 2 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. Rev 17 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. Rev 17 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: Rev 17 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Rev 17 6 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 wonder. Rev 17 7 And the angel said unto 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. Rev 17 8 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. Rev 17 9 And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits. Rev 17 10 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 time. Rev 17 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition. Rev 17 12 And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. Rev 17 13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. Rev 17 14 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. Rev 17 15 And he said unto me, The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. Rev 17 16 And the ten horns which you saw upon the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. Rev 17 17 For God has put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. Rev 17 18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 18 Rev 18 1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was made bright with his glory. Rev 18 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of demons, and the haunt of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Rev 18 3 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 have grown rich through the abundance of her luxury. Rev 18 4 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. Rev 18 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Rev 18 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled, fill to her double. Rev 18 7 So much as she has glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Rev 18 8 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. Rev 18 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived in luxury with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Rev 18 10 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. Rev 18 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buys their merchandise any more: Rev 18 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all citron wood, and all manner of vessels of ivory, and all manner of vessels of most precious wood, and of bronze, and iron, and marble, Rev 18 13 And cinnamon, and incense, and myrrh, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. Rev 18 14 And the fruits that your soul lusted after are departed from you, and all things which were luxurious and splendid are departed from you, and you shall find them no more at all. Rev 18 15 The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, Rev 18 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! Rev 18 17 For in one hour such great riches is come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all seafarers, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, Rev 18 18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! Rev 18 19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her wealth! for in one hour is she made desolate. Rev 18 20 Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her. Rev 18 21 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. Rev 18 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of flutists, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he may be, shall be found any more in you; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you; Rev 18 23 And the light of a lamp 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. Rev 18 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 19 Rev 19 1 And after these things I heard a great voice of many people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God: Rev 19 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great harlot, who did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. Rev 19 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up forever and ever. Rev 19 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. Rev 19 5 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. Rev 19 6 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 reigns. Rev 19 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready. Rev 19 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of saints. Rev 19 9 And he said unto me, Write, Blessed are they who are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me, These are the true sayings of God. Rev 19 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See you do it not: I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Rev 19 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon it was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does judge and make war. Rev 19 12 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. Rev 19 13 And he was clothed with a robe dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. Rev 19 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. Rev 19 15 And out of his mouth goes forth 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 winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. Rev 19 16 And he has on his robe and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Rev 19 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in midheaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; Rev 19 18 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 slave, both small and great. Rev 19 19 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. Rev 19 20 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 worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Rev 19 21 And the rest 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, Chapter 20 Rev 20 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. Rev 20 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, Rev 20 3 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 while. Rev 20 4 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 who had not worshiped 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. Rev 20 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Rev 20 6 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. Rev 20 7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, Rev 20 8 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. Rev 20 9 And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and encircled the camp of the saints, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. Rev 20 10 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 forever and ever. Rev 20 11 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. Rev 20 12 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. Rev 20 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it; and death and hades delivered up the dead who were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. Rev 20 14 And death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. Rev 20 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 21 Rev 21 1 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. Rev 21 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Rev 21 3 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. Rev 21 4 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. Rev 21 5 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. Rev 21 6 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 thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely. Rev 21 7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. Rev 21 8 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. Rev 21 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come here, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev 21 10 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, Rev 21 11 Having the glory of God: and its radiance was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; Rev 21 12 And having a wall great and high, and having 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: Rev 21 13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. Rev 21 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Rev 21 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. Rev 21 16 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. Rev 21 17 And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. Rev 21 18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. Rev 21 19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; Rev 21 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, carnelian; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprase; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. Rev 21 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: each of the gates was a single pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. Rev 21 22 And I saw no temple in it: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. Rev 21 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God is its light, and the Lamb is its lamp. Rev 21 24 And the nations of them who are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. Rev 21 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. Rev 21 26 And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. Rev 21 27 And there shall in no way enter into it anything that defiles, neither whatsoever works abomination, or makes a lie: but they who are written in the Lamb's book of life. ------------------------Revelation, Chapter 22 Rev 22 1 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. Rev 22 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bore twelve manner of fruit, and yielded its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Rev 22 3 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: Rev 22 4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be on their foreheads. Rev 22 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no lamp, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign forever and ever. Rev 22 6 And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. Rev 22 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book. Rev 22 8 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 who showed me these things. Rev 22 9 Then he said unto me, See you do it not: for I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of them who keep the words of this book: worship God. Rev 22 10 And he said unto me, Seal not the words of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. Rev 22 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he that 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. Rev 22 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. Rev 22 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Rev 22 14 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. Rev 22 15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie. Rev 22 16 I Jesus have sent my 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. Rev 22 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is thirsty come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Rev 22 18 For I testify unto every man that hears 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: Rev 22 19 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. Rev 22 20 He who testifies these things says, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Rev 22 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.