firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption,

[to wit], the redemption of our body. And [beneath] upon the hem of it thou shalt make
pomegranates [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and
bells of gold between them round about: A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a
pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. Then the priest shall look upon it: and,
behold, [if] the rising of the sore [be] white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald
forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; He is a leprous man, he [is]
unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague [is] in his head. How are
they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. Dead
flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little
folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour. And they took strong cities, and a fat
land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit
trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves
in thy great goodness. And what do thy eyes wink at, That thou turnest thy spirit against God,
and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth? And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood
with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the man said, They are departed hence;
for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And when the LORD saw [it], he abhorred [them],
because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 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: But [it was] thou, a man
mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was
departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on
him continually; And when he had declared all [these] things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that
dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven;
yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. And he commanded the multitude to sit down
on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to [his] disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? The word which came
unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 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. There were present at that season
some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. Then
the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only. And the
priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the
wall. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. But God prepared a
worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. Bring them out
unto us, that we may know them. Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou
dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest. Then Solomon assembled
the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children
of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of
David, which [is] Zion. Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with
perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great
joy. Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall
the work say of him that made it, He made me not? And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of
Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah,
saying, Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou
trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of
Assyria. And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go. And the
families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and]
Suchathites. Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. Thus have I been twenty years
in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle:
and thou hast changed my wages ten times. For the LORD [is] our judge, the LORD [is] our
lawgiver, the LORD [is] our king; he will save us. That is, They which are the children of the
flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the
seed. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. For by grace
are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works,
lest any man should boast. Who hath sent out the wild ass free? And as the king of Israel was
passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. These
[are] the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the
children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho. And it came to pass on the
fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s
father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go
your way. But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and
brought him over to Mahanaim; And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over
Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. He said again, Give the
people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave [thereof].
And they asked him, What then? For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands]
among us, and multiplieth his words against God. And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife
of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he [is] sick: thus and thus shalt
thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself [to be]
another [woman]. Blessed [is the man whom] thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee,
that] he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, [even]
of thy holy temple. Job 7:2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling
looketh 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. And the LORD said, Go up against him.) And the children of
Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. It hath been already of old
time, which was before us. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, [and] slew [them],
and had the name among three. And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times,
[and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is] his treasure. But, behold, there cometh
one after me, whose shoes of [his] feet I am not worthy to loose. Go not to glean in another
field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: [Let] thine eyes [be] on the
field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they
shall not touch thee? As a piece of a pomegranate [are] thy temples within thy locks. Upon the
four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which [is] the month Sebat, in the second year of
Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the
prophet, saying, I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among
the myrtle trees that [were] in the bottom; and behind him [were there] red horses, speckled,
and white. And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh [is] one: God hath shewed Pharaoh
what he [is] about to do. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with
me. And the messengers returned, and told the king. Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the
length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. Save thy people, and bless thine
inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. And Joseph commanded his servants the
physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. And the women also, which
came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. The Nethinims: the children
of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, The children of Keros, the children
of Siaha, the children of Padon, The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children
of Akkub, The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, The children of
Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, The children of Rezin, the children of
Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of
Besai, The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, The children of
Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, The children of Bazluth, the children
of Mehida, the children of Harsha, The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children
of Thamah, The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. And David was displeased, because
the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this
day. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. And Jacob lived in the
land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. Honour all [men]. And the LORD
said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 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; Though he were a Son, yet learned he
obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of
eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Called of God an high priest after the order of
Melchisedec. So Joseph died, [being] an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he
was put in a coffin in Egypt. Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same
[is] Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old
man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of
his mother, and his father loveth him. And in the dungeon [there was] no water, but mire: so
Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 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. And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by
what name, have ye done this? And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked [leave] of me
[to go] to Bethlehem: And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in
the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favour in
thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Then Paul took the men, and the
next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of
the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. And
there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came
therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would
see Jesus. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ. But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in
the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. And he shall break it as the breaking
of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be
found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water [withal] out
of the pit. But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and
abode in the rock Rimmon four months. And he answered, He told me [that] thou shouldest surely
recover. Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were
shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst,
and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you. He said unto him, What is written in the law? And the
waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. And he laid him down upon his bed,
and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. And all thy estimations shall be according to
the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. And, behold, [one] like the
similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto
him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have
retained no strength. 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, Take thee a roll of a book,
and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah,
and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto
this day. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and
gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she
departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the
Edomites became David’s servants. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children
of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout
their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: And it
shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of
the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which
ye use to go a whoring: That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your
God. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? Saith the LORD. And the woman came
unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath
obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which
thou spakest unto me. And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the
LORD, to serve other gods; For the LORD our God, he [it is] that brought us up and our fathers
out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our
sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we
passed: And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in
the land: [therefore] will we also serve the LORD; for he [is] our God. And the fish that [is]
in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the
water of the river. For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand
in one day, [which were] all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their
fathers. God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it].
Tell [them], Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof,
and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; And hath taken of the king’s seed,
and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of
the land: That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, [but] that by
keeping of his covenant it might stand. Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and
withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. But though
he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: That the saying of
Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? And
Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and
fought against it: And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the
second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that [were] therein,
according to all that he had done to Libnah. And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon
you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. So Saul
took a sword, and fell upon it. I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness
of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which
is] not bread? And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he
had built, And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his
ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he
went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. Then said David to the
Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to
thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he
shall not enter therein. He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. So
they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and
Obadiah went another way by himself. Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish
plucketh it down with her hands. For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. So
Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and
took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to
Jeremiah. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. But the house
of Judah followed David. But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the
hand of the mighty. And whatsoever soul [it be] that doeth any work in that same day, the same
soul will I destroy from among his people. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up,
and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast
out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. The LORD said also unto me in the days of
Josiah the king, Hast thou seen [that] which backsliding Israel hath done? At that time Jesus
went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck
the ears of corn, and to eat. But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him,
and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make
unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of
marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted
[me] with all thy waves. Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in
a strong city. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. Amen. Now concerning the
collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Kiss
the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.
Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become
loathsome. And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from
Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. And all
the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not [unto him], nor consent. Surely, had I
sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. And when they shall say unto you, Seek
unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a
people seek unto their God? And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. Selah. And they answered, As thou [art],
so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a king. And the LORD said unto him, Surely I
will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. Their tongue [is as] an arrow
shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in
heart he layeth his wait. Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the
king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried
him to Babylon. They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when
they wait for my soul. And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these
which hear the word of God, and do it. Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew not
the LORD. And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. Then went he
inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth
of the door, seven cubits. But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. 1Why then
hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? So
the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smote
the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it
should not be moved. So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the
vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all
that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. The LORD also will be a refuge for the
oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders
and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. If he be
able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against
him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. In thee are men that carry tales
to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit
lewdness. For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day,
because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. And
he made chains, [as] in the oracle, and put [them] on the heads of the pillars; and made an
hundred pomegranates, and put [them] on the chains. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as
unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ. Then Jeremiah the prophet
spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, When the king of Babylon’s army
fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish,
and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. Have mercy upon
me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, [yea], my soul and my belly.
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 1And
Shimei said unto the king, The saying [is] good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy
servant do. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as
other men [are], extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. Or what hast thou
to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? But take heed to yourselves: for
they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be
brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. And he told [it] to
his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What [is] this
dream that thou hast dreamed? BETH. And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of
the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents. Greet the friends by name. If God be
glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. And
no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any [man] from that day forth ask him any
more [questions]. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. Who smote
the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen [this], O
son of man? He will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. Whence
should I have flesh to give unto all this people? Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and
strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles
might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 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.
Every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. Presumptuous [are they],
selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Ye worship ye know not what: we know
what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put
away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity. And he looked up, and saw the
rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And so it was, that, while they were there, the
days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 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.
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh
shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be] quit. Glory and honour [are] in his
presence; strength and gladness [are] in his place. These [are they] whom the LORD commanded to
divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. And it shall be, as
with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid,
so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the
borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. He stretched out his
hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant
[city], to destroy the strong holds thereof. Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son
of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And they said unto him,
Where wilt thou that we prepare? When a ruler hath sinned, and done [somewhat] through ignorance
[against] any of the commandments of the LORD his God [concerning things] which should not be
done, and is guilty; Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall
bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: 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. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that
himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. I will set his
hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. Thy faithfulness [is] unto all
generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. And the prophet Gad said unto
David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Purge me with hyssop,
and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. But he said unto them, I have
meat to eat that ye know not of. And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE
KING OF THE JEWS. And in the fourth month, in the ninth [day] of the month, the famine was sore
in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. Thine heart shall meditate
terror. Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. Furthermore he made the court
of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them
with brass. The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are]
deceit. When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by
you into Spain. And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear
him. And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto
thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. And he put forth
a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying
unto them, When thou art bidden of any [man] to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room;
lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; And he that bade thee and him come and
say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. And Jesus
answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And they laughed him to
scorn, knowing that she was dead. Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and
upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and
consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall
ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and
stayed there until now: And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants:
and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. Then for Zechariah his son,
a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. 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. And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a
certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in [any] house, but
in the tombs. Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon [all] four, or
whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not
eat; for they [are] an abomination. For this man doeth many miracles. And it came to pass after
these things, [that] Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which [was] in Jezreel, hard by the
palace of Ahab king of Samaria. Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore
despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he
woundeth, and his hands make whole. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need
be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much
more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto
praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in
whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of
glory: Receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls. And Saul’s uncle
said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. Unto him that loved us, and washed us
from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to
him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. These things said he: and after that he saith
unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. And another
dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. Behold, I know your
thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me. And the man that stood among
the myrtle trees answered and said, These [are they] whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro
through the earth. Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and
Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five
thousand [small cattle], and five hundred oxen. For upon the first [day] of the first month
began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first [day] of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem,
according to the good hand of his God upon him. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of
the Light, that all [men] through him might believe. And now, O LORD God, the word that thou
hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish [it] for ever, and do as
thou hast said. Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! [Let] the potsherd [strive] with the
potsherds of the earth. [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and
platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. But when the husbandmen saw him, they
reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance
may be ours. Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image,
neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I [am] the
LORD your God. And she arose, and bowed herself on [her] face to the earth, and said, Behold,
[let] thine handmaid [be] a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. Why therefore
did ye not recover [them] within that time? Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire
of every living thing. And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the
saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand. Moreover [there were] at my table an
hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen
that [are] about us. And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved
David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. Wisdom [is] before him that hath
understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth. 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. The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the
brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no [more]. But the children of Israel said, Let us
flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. Believest thou this? And Eli blessed
Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent
to the LORD. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went
down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down
into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. 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. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. And when the woman saw that the tree [was]